The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
By Craig Morgan Teicher -- Publishers Weekly, 11/17/2009 5:01:00 AM
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Canadian Writers Reject Google Deal; B&N to Enable Gift Cards for E-books; S&S Expands Warehouse, Cuts Jobs; 'Going Rogue' Reviewed.Canadian Writers Reject New Google Deal
The Writers’ Union of Canada is the first major organization to weigh in against Friday’s revised Google Settlement. From the Bookseller.
B&N to Enable Gift Card Purchases for e-Books
B&N promises, according to the Consumerist, to enable gift card purchases for e-books by the holidays. It just depends on them figuring out a way to encrypt each e-book purchase with the buyer’s data, something publishers demand, using gift cards, not credit cards.
S&S Expands Warehouse, Cuts Jobs
According to the Burlington County Times, Simon & Schuster will be expanding one Pennsylvania warehouse facility, while cutting jobs at another.
‘Going Rogue’ Reviewed:
Washington Post Book World
Ana Marie Cox for the Washington Post Book World was forced to skim the end of the book due to a tight deadline, but she was not impressed.
Washington Post
Here is another take, also from the Post, in which the reviewers note Palin’s take on faith.
The New York Times
Michiko Kakutani says the most compelling parts of the book are the sections about Palin’s life in Alaska, not her political career.
