University of Minnesota Press Has Weinstein Tie-in By Claire Kirch - 11/12/2009
The University of Minnesota Press is doing a 25,000-copy tie-in edition for A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood that is being released as a film by the Weinstein Company in December. The press has set up a Web site to promote both the book and the movie.
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Cengage Learning Charges Houghton Mifflin Harcourt with Breach of Contract By Jim Milliot - 11/11/2009
Cengage Learning is seeking at least $20 million from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for what it charges was HMH's actions to saturate the international textbook market prior to its sales of the HMH college division to Cengage.
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AmazonEncore Adds Three Titles 11/12/2009
Amazon adds three new titles to AmazonEncore. Its first book, Legacy, has sold 1,000 copies since August.
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Hachette Book Group in New Tech Deal 11/11/2009
Hachette Book Group has signed with Tata Consultancy Services in an agreement through which TCS will provide targeted application and development support services that will help HBG to continue to expand in the digital market.
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James Tabbed to Run Harlequin’s E-book-only Carina Press By Calvin Reid - 11/11/2009
In a move that signifies the importance of women readers and the romance genre in driving e-book sales, romance publisher Harlequin is launching Carina Press, a digital-only publishing venture that will be run separately from Harlequin’s conventional publishing program.
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Holt Wins Auction for New Elizabeth Kolbert Book 11/04/2009
Henry Holt executive editor Gillian Blake has won a hotly contested auction for New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert's new book, The Sixth Extinction. Blake beat out eight other houses for the book, which will be expanded from the author's May 2009 New Yorker piece of the same name.
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Third-Quarter Profits Jump at Harlequin 11/04/2009
Third-quarter sales rose 22.5% at Harlequin on a 3.7% sales gain. Earnings were helped by lower costs and foreign exchange.
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McIntosh Named to New Spot at Random House 11/02/2009
Madeline McIntosh is returning to Random House in a newly created high level post in which she will report directly to CEO Markus Dohle.
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Publishing Results Drop at Marvel 11/03/2009
Marvel Enterainment announced this morning that sales in its publishing segment fell 6% in the third quarter ended September 30, to $48.9 million. Operating income declined 19.7%, to $10.2 million.
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Borders Offers “In-Stock Guarantee” 11/03/2009
Borders has started a new holiday program under which it will ship for free any item listed on Borders.com that is not in-stock in a store where a customer is shopping.
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Dyssegaard Joins Hyperion 11/02/2009
Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Hyperion November 16 as editor-in chief, replacing Will Balliett, who left earlier this fall to head Thames and Hudson.
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New Macmillan Contract Latest Wrinkle in Pricing Conundrum by Rachel Deahl and Jim Milliot - 11/02/2009
In a letter sent to publishers on October 26, Macmillan CEO John Sargent drew what might be one of the first significant lines in the sand in the looming battle over the payout structure for e-books. Sargent announced that Macmillan would be instituting a boilerplate contract across its divisions that would offer a 20% royalty on net proceeds on e-books, a drop from what has become the de facto...
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Barnes & Noble Touts Three-Prong Approach by Jim Milliot - 11/02/2009
Try as it might, Barnes & Noble has had a hard time convincing investors and analysts that, as reading moves more and more to e-books, there is a place for retailers that derive most their revenue—and profits—from the sale of print books. In a 90-minute presentation October 27, B&N's management team did its best to persuade analysts that the company's dominant position in th...
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The Nook is Barnes & Noble Top Seller By Jim Milliot - 10/27/2009
The Nook has become the fastest selling single item at Barnes & Noble since the retailer introduced the e-reader October 20.
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