02/09/2012 @ 03:00PM
Macmillan’s children’s reorganization got underway with the hiring of Jennifer Gonzalez to the newly created position of v-p of children’s sales.
02/09/2012 @ 12:00AM
On February 9 two titles were in the top 10 on both lists: Kill Shot by Vince Flynn (#5 hardcover; #4 Kindle) and Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath by Mimi Alford (#8 on both lists).
02/08/2012 @ 12:00AM
On February 7, the American Book Producers sponsored a session on “The Business of E-readers” with Lisa Faith Phillips, director of digital strategy and development at Hachette Book Group.
02/07/2012 @ 12:00AM
Six of the top 10 Most Wished For titles on Amazon are nonfiction, and of the four fiction titles, three of them are the Hunger Games trilogy.
02/07/2012 @ 12:00AM
Penguin Group (USA) will feature six mass market paperback titles from authors Mary Balogh, Catherine Coulter, Wynonna Judd, Lynn Kurland, Nora Roberts, and Beatrice Small.
02/07/2012 @ 12:00AM
Weinstein Books, which has been in limbo since publisher Judy Hottensen decamped in August 2011 for a position at Grove/Atlantic, finally has a new editorial team in place.
02/06/2012 @ 12:00AM
Amazon's editors have selected their 10 titles as Top Picks in February, and the titles are seeing varying levels of success.
02/03/2012 @ 12:00AM
They sell books, don’t they? This week, Amazon and Barnes & Noble make news over which books they sell – and which ones they won’t.
02/03/2012 @ 12:00AM
Hannah Wolfson, marketing & publicity coordinator at Dorchester, told PW the company is reorganizing and reassessing, and the future of both the e-book and trade paperback lines will be decided by the end of the month.
02/02/2012 @ 12:00AM
Cormorant Books publisher takes on the challenge of new role as publisher of Thomas Allen & Son.
The Roundup for Publisher News
Publishing news from across the Web
Digital Book World ranks the publishers based on Glassdoor ratings, which measure employee reviews.
The Financial Post on Amazon's new bricks and mortar venture.
The NY Times speculates on whether Amazon retail stores could be around the corner.
A tale of how one author's two self-published books have far outsold his five traditionally published books.
Top Bestsellers
| Explosive Eighteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel | Audio Fiction |
| Killing Lincoln (unabr.) | Audio Nonfiction |
| The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus #2) | Children's Fiction |
| Elf on the Shelf | Children's Picture Book |
| Hunger Games | Children's Series & Tie-ins |
| Blue Exorcist, Volume 3 | Graphic Novels |
| Private: #1 Suspect | Hardcover Fiction |
| Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America | Hardcover Nonfiction |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Mass Market Paper |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Trade Paper |
