TODAY'S NEWS

Quebecor Has Loss, Moves Ahead with Reorg
Revenue at Quebecor World tumbled 25.8% in the first quarter ended March 31, to $752.1 million, and the printer reported a net loss of $125.9 million compared to a loss of $190 million in the first quarter of 2008. The company attributed the loss to the recession which cut orders in almost all segments. Quebecor said it is continuing to look for ways to lower costs and has recently introduced a new plan to save $100 million that includes a reduction in wages and benefits for all employees. Read on »

Josalyn Moran to Run Chronicle Children's Division
By Lynn Andriani
Chronicle Books has hired Josalyn Moran as children’s publishing director, effective June 10. Moran, who has been v-p of children’s books at Barnes & Noble for the past nine years, will oversee and spearhead the growth of the company’s children’s publishing program, encompassing books and other formats. Before joining B&N, Moran was v-p, associate publisher at North-South Books, and prior to that she worked at Golden Books as v-p, director of special sales; and Scholastic as editorial director of school book clubs. Read on »

Square One to Publish Woodstock Movie Tie-In
By Lynn Andriani
Ang Lee’s latest film, Taking Woodstock, will have its world premiere Saturday, May 16, at the Cannes Film Festival—and Long Island independent publisher Square One has the movie tie-in edition. The house will release a trade paperback of Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert and a Life by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte on June 1. First printing is 75,000. Read on »

CPSIA Update: Still Waiting
By Karen Raugust
Publishers, librarians and others in the children’s book industry are still waiting for resolution on a number of questions that will determine how they can comply with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Pending issues include protocols for lead and phthalate testing, which would affect publishers of novelty and book-plus titles; guidance on tracking labels, which are required for all children’s books; and information on how schools and libraries should comply with the law, especially with regard to older books. Read on »

Monday's Reviews Today: A Fictional Take on Running a Restaurant & A Look at Gen Y’s Buying Habits
In Michael Idov's "sagely wry" first novel, Ground Up—loosely based on his experience running a Manhattan café—newlyweds open a hip downtown café and battle landlords, contractors, coffee distributors and temperamental pastry chefs. Per our review: “Idov’s debut mercilessly takes down ‘money is an illusion’ bohoism.” In nonfiction, Kit Yarrow and Jayne O’Donnell use "extensive research” to deliver a report on “the buying habits and influence of Generation Y” in Gen BuY: How Tweens, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail. The authors—a consumer psychologist and a reporter—“show how societal shifts contributed to a generation that’s strongly connected to shopping” and “present Gen Y’s unique—often gendered—buying behaviors and the psychological motivations guiding its purchasing.” Read on »

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The PW Morning Report: May 15, 2009
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Title for Palin's Book; Penguin to Restructure DK; Howard Books Moves to Nashville; Pogue's Twitter Book; A Fashionable E-Reader. Read on »

AUTHORS ON THE AIR

Authors on the Air: Angels & Demons; Martha Stewart's Cupcakes; Zachary Mexico
Today’s the opening of the movie Angels & Demons, directed by Ron Howard, starring Tom Hanks and based on Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons (Washington Square Press reprint, 978-1416580829, $16; S&S Audio abridged CD, $30). PW’s review said “this well-plotted if over-the-top thriller is crammed with Vatican intrigue and high-tech drama. Though its premises strain credulity, Brown's tale is laced with twists and shocks that keep the reader wired right up to the last revelation.” The movie tie-in is Angels & Demons: The Illustrated Movie Companion by Linda Sunshine (Newmarket Press, 978-1557048332, $19.95). Read on »

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Moms Party at the Plaza
On May 4 in New York City, more than 400 “V.I.P. Divalysscious Moms” attended a party for If You Give A Mom A Martini... 100 Ways to Find 10 Blissful Minutes for Yourself by Julie Klappas and Lyss Stern (Clarkson Potter). Cookie magazine sponsored the event, at the Plaza Hotel’s Warren Tricomi Salon. Women sipped “divatinis” and got “mommy makeovers”; pictured here are co-author and DivalyssciousMoms.com creator Lyss Stern, and Clarkson Potter senior editor Rosy Ngo.
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