HMH Extends Retail Terms
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has extended its retail payment terms (exclusive of Distribution Centers) from net 30 days from date of invoice to net 90 days from date of invoice. The new terms begin June 1. more...Book Deals: Week of May 20, 2013
‘Striped Pajama’ Author Inks Two-Book Deal and more more...Amazon Fights to Keep Secrets in E-book Trial
Amazon attorneys filed a letter with the court asking that it be allowed to redact sensitive business information about its Kindle e-book program gathered as evidence for the upcoming Apple price-fixing trial. more...Losses Lead to Restructuring at Hastings
Hastings Entertainment reported a revenue decline of 5% in the first quarter ended April 30 and a net loss of $2.2 million compared to net income of $833,000 in last year’s first quarter. more...cookbooks and more. Sign up here!
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ComicsAnnual ECBACC Festival Honors Indie Black Comics
Indie black comics creators gathered in Philadelphia to showoff new comics to the fans, honor the 20th anniversary of Milestone Media, cosplay and present the Glyph Comics Awards for the best African American characters of the preceding year.
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People
Job Moves: May 21, 2013
Kelly Burdick has been named associate publisher at Melville House. He has been with the company since 2005.
Angela May Chen will be joining the Chronicle Books marketing communications team as the new Jr. designer.
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People
Job Moves: May 20, 2013
Jessica Sindler is now editor at Spiegel & Grau. She began her career with Gotham Books in 2003.
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People
Stambaugh Appointed to Top E-book Position at S&S
Doug Stambaugh has been named to the newly created position of v-p, global e-book market development and strategy at Simon & Schuster, reporting to Dennis Eulau.
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Awards & Prizes
Caro Wins Plutarch Biography Award
Robert Caro’s The Passage of Power (Knopf) won the Plutarch Award for the best biography of 2012 as judged by biographers.
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People
Authors on the Air May 20, 2013: Helene Wecker, Julie Wu, Douglas Trevor, Shannon Polson, Pamela Ryckman, George Packer
On The Literary New England Radio Show at 8 p.m.: Helene Wecker for The Golem and the Jinni (Harper, 978-0062110831); Julie Wu for The Third Son (Algonquin, 978-1616200794); Douglas Trevor for Girls I Know (SixOneSeven Books, 978-0983150534); and Shannon Huffman Poslon for North of Hope (Zondervan, 978-0310328766). Listeners can win copies of the books. Listen here.
Pamela Ryckman will be on The Cycle for Stiletto Network (AMACOM, 978-0814432532).
On May 21, George Packer will be on Morning Joe, On Point, Now with Alex Wagner, and The Leonard Lopate Show for The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0374102418).
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Cooking
Can a Farm-to-Table Cookbook from Vermont Go National?
With a hefty first printing, a Facebook campaign, and publicity at farmers markets, Countryman Press hopes to show that Vermont is the epicenter of good foods with The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook.
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Comics
Upcoming Comics Events: 5/20/2013
5/20 Lisa Hanawalt: My Dirty Dumb Eyes Book Launch and Signing in Brooklyn, NY; 5/23-25 Sixth Annual International Comic Arts Forum in Portland, OR; May 23-26 Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, AZ
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Cooking
A One-Pot Meal, Filipino Style
A classic chicken adobo recipe from The Adobo Road Cookbook by Marvin Gapultos.
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Cooking
The Standout Barbecue Books of Summer 2013
Whether you're grilling asparagus or smoking pork shoulder, these books will stoke your culinary fire from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
