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  • The Author as Entrepreneur

    Samuel Johnson famously said “no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.”

  • Indie Presses Donate Royalties to Fight Censorship

    The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) has received an initial payment of $4,750 in royalties from the sale of Read This! Handpicked Favorites from America’s Indie Bookstores, which was published by Coffee House Press in September. Coffee House Press is donating to ABFFE all of the royalties from the sale of Read This!

  • Patty Marks: Sex, Romance, and Erotic Bestsellers

    PW talks to CEO Patty Marks about the beginnings of Ellora’s Cave, the Akron, Ohio–based publisher of erotic romance fiction, which have become something of a publishing business legend.

  • New Harbinger Stays True to Its Roots

    When New Harbinger Publications cofounders Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning were establishing their small press in 1973, it was Fanning’s monthly reading of Popular Mechanics magazine that served as a step-by-step guide to book publishing for the partners.

  • 'Los Angeles Review of Books' Debuts Print Edition

    One year after launching its full Web site, the Los Angeles Review of Books has published its first print edition and plans to make it a perfect bound quarterly.

  • Ruckus Gets National Science Foundation Grant

    Ruckus Media Group, an independent family entertainment company, has received a grant from the United States National Science Foundation to build Read Together While Apart Technology.

  • 'Inferno' Has Huge Debut, But Below 'The Lost Symbol'

    Dan Brown's Inferno posted a massive debut, selling 369,000 copies at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan. But how did it compare to the first week sales of his last novel?

  • Orbit Announces Moves for Holman, Clarke

    Tim Holman, SVP and publisher of the Orbit division at Hachette Book Group in the U.S. and the Orbit imprint of Little, Brown Book Group in the U.K., will be returning to the U.K. with his family later this year. Anne Clarke, currently editorial director of Orbit in the U.K., will relocate from London to New York and take up the role of deputy publisher, reporting to Holman.

  • Michigan Writers Series Takes to the Road

    A group of Michigan authors took to the state’s highways this past weekend to take part in four unique literary events in four cities, as the Meijer Foundation commits $500,000 to sustain Wayne State University Press’s Made in Michigan Writers Series.

  • Review: 'Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography--from Grantham to the Falklands' by Charles Moore

    PW's review of Moore's "richly detailed narrative" of Thatcher's life benefits from "prickly interviews" and ultimately portrays a "multidimensional, conflicted figure."

  • Marysue Rucci: Moving Beyond ‘Little Bee’

    Marysue Rucci said the moment that changed her career came in 1996. At the time she worked for Lisa Drew Books, a now-defunct imprint of Scribner, as an assistant.

  • Sookie Stackhouse, Duck Dynasty Top Bestseller List

    Charlaine Harris's last Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After, took #1 on Nielsen BookScan, selling 85,00 copies in the week ending May 12.

  • Tracking Amazon: 'Inferno' Still Hot

    Dan Brown's Inferno is, unsurprisingly, holding its #1 spot on both the print and e-book bestseller lists on Amazon, as of May 15.

  • MPS Acquires Element, Adds K-12 Capability

    MPS Limited has reached an agreement to acquire Element, a U.S.-based, full-service editorial, design, and production service provider to the K-12 publishing market.

  • Broadway Books Gets New Logo

    Crown Publishers, has unveiled a new logo for its paperback unit, Broadway Books.

  • Review: 'The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies' by Jonathan Alter

    PW's review of Jonathan Alter's book on Obama's 2012 campaign calls it "engrossing," "entertaining," and "savvy."

  • Tantor Out with 'Behind the Candelabra' in Three Formats

    Tantor Media did an initial first printing of 20,000 copies for Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace. The book is the basis for the May 26 HBO movie Behind the Candelabra and Tantor director of rights and acquisitions Ron Formica acquired print, e-book and audio rights after discovering the book had been out-of-print.

  • Attention, Publishers: Book Industry Survey Requests Data

    The Book Industry Environmental Council has launched surveys for publishers, printers and paper manufacturers involved in the U.S. book industry. The surveys will remain open until June 19th and ask questions that will allow for continued tracking of the progress the book industry has made towards reducing its environmental footprint. Click through to participate.

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