Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Books-A-Million has joined with Barnes & Noble and will not carry Amazon Publishing titles, including those published under Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s New Harvest imprint, a BAM executive confirmed to PW.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
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.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
There is a growing crisis in the academic monograph marketplace, but organizations are rallying to devise new solutions.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012
In a major deal, Riverhead’s Sarah McGrath bought the buzzed-about Depression-era debut novel by Anton DiSclafani, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
Perseus Books is looking for a Contracts Manager. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone.
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
This week's print issue of PW
In this week's issue, we look at book app developers, run down what happened at ALA and DBW, talk to the winners of the big children's book prizes, talk to authors and more.
Dial Signs William Wegman for Publishing Program
After a hiatus of nearly seven years, artist and author William Wegman is returning to children's books.
Next Chapter to Open in Vermont
Barre, Vt., won't be without a bookstore for long. Next Chapter plans to open in mid-February in the space vacated by Barre Books, which closed at the end of the year.
Obituary: Gerald Harrison
Gerald (Jerry) Harrison, former president of the children's book division of Random House, died on January 19. He was 83.
| 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 |
Publishing news from across the Web
The NY Times speculates on whether Amazon retail stores could be around the corner.
Apple's new authoring software gets a full review from Macworld.
Dosdoce, a Spanish analysis firm, says the best way for publishers to control their turf is to share their content, users, and traffic across a common platform.
Check out this nifty, homemade book recommendation engine.
