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Publishers Weekly News
Diamond's Thresholds a Year Later
On January 16th, 2009, Diamond announced a policy change that would have a huge impact on the comics market: the threshold for orders on new products was bumped up from $1500 to $2500, and fewer items would be relisted after their initial offering. In the year since, the change has had far reaching effects. Viz Signature and Manga for Grownups
Viz Media editorial manager Leyla Aker took some time to talk with PW Comics Week about the thinking behind the Signature line and Viz’s plans for SigIKKI, an online comics site that also targets older readers, as well as what is in the works for Viz Signature in 2010. Funnies Business: Big Cross-Over Events and the Barrier Method
You ever notice how hard it is these days to pick up a single comic title from Marvel or DC? And by single a comic title, I mean picking up one series that isn’t crossing over with several other titles a couple times each year and only comes out once a month. If you want to avoid bulk purchases, this plague of crossovers amounts to a barrier to entry for readers. Arcadia Publishing Becomes 100% FSC Certified
Effective with its current list, Arcadia Publishing is now printing all of its titles on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper, making it the first publisher of its size to be using FSC paper for all books. Da Capo Signs Tiger Woods Bio
Perseus imprint Da Capo Press has closed a deal for a new biography of controversy-embroiled superstar Tiger Woods. Crumb’s 'Book of Genesis' Rules Bestseller Lists
R. Crumb’s, The Book of Genesis Illustrated (W.W. Norton), a careful and scholarly comics adaptation of the first book of the Bible, has been number one on the New York Times weekly graphic books bestseller list for 16 weeks and on PW’s monthly comics bestseller list every month since its publication. John Wiley Signs Blio Deal
John Wiley has become the first major publisher to sign on to use Blio, the e-reader software application created by knfbReading Technology and powered by Baker & Taylor. Ian Brown’s Book about Disabled Son Wins Canadian Nonfiction Prize
Ian Brown’s nonfiction book The Boy in the Moon was awarded this year’s C$25,000 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction Monday in Toronto. A search is on for an American publisher. Wattpad Teams with Lulu.com; India’s Bharti Airtel Mobile Network
Wattpad, a Toronto-based online writing community, social networking site and mobile phone e-book developer, announced plans to partner with self-publishing and POD provider Lulu.com, and also reached an agreement to release its mobile phone e-book application on Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone network. The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Shakespeare in NY; Another Kindle-Exclusive Deal; Lipsyte Serialized; Kindle’s Colorful Future; Welcome Homer; Publishers Negotiating with Google. Bookworm Hosts 'Speed Dating by the Book'
Omaha's The Bookworm will host Speed Dating by the Book February 21 which it hopes will draw book-loving singles and raise money for Haiti The Nook Headed to Barnes & Noble Stores
After running out of stock on the Nook over the holidays, Barnes & Noble has caught up on orders and is shipping the e-reader to stores this week. Macmillan, Amazon Dispute Officially Over
The dispute between Macmillan and Amazon over the sale of e-books was finally resolved late Friday, when the e-tailer began restoring buy buttons to all of Macmillan's titles. Bowker Acquires U.K. Research Firm BML
Bowker has acquired BML (Book Marketing), a leading provider of research on the U.K. book market. The company will become part of Bowker’s Publishing Services division. Authors Guild Launches Amazon Buy Button-Tracking Program
Tapping into the anxiety the showdown between Macmillan and Amazon has caused for the house's authors, who've watched as the e-tailer removed the buy-buttons on their titles, the Authors Guild launched WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com. Medallion Debuts Action Interviews
Medallion Press has introduced the “action interview” audio download. The PW Morning Report: Monday, February 8, 2010
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: HuffPo on Kindle’s Future; Amazon Restores Macmillan Buy Buttons; FT Does Digital Snippets; Online Prices Wars...for All Products; A Bookstore Closes; Timothy McSweeney Dies; Little Richard Reviewed. Macmillan Buttons on the Way Back
Macmillan and Amazon have reached an agreement to have all of the publisher's buy buttons restored. The deal comes one week after the e-tailer pulled the buttons in protest over Macmillan's new e-book sales terms. Hachette Moves to Agency Model
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Hachette Book Group USA will move to the agency model to sell e-books and will release the digital editions simultaneously with the hardcover books.
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