The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 11/10/2009 5:53:00 AM
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Amazon Courts Agents; Google’s Extension; Richard Nash on the Future of BEA; Thames & Hudson Profits Halved; Amazon’s Top 100; Granta on the Berlin Wall.Amazon Courts Agents
According to Crain’s, Amazon.com flew a bunch of New York agents out to Seattle last week to help convince them that “they are not trying to destroy publishing as we know it.”
Google’s Extension
Here’s the New York Times story on the newest extension on the Google settlement, until Friday.
Richard Nash on the Future of BEA
Richard Nash tells the Huffington Post why BEA needs to be more like Comic-Con.
Thames & Hudson Profits Halved
The illustrated book publisher saw a sharp decline after a warehouse closing, but also extols the virtues of selling to overseas markets. From the Bookseller.
Amazon’s Top 100 Books of 2009
Amazon’s compiled an editors’ list and a readers’ list.
Granta on the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Granta looks back at its literary responses to the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.
