Sustainable Erotica Imprint

Launched by Chelsea Green.

Penguin Sues Oregon Nonprofit

For posting whole books online.

HC Sued by Former Death Row Prisoner

Nick Yarris, who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for murder, has sued his publisher over his abandoned life story.

Scotland's Mainstream Publishing Closes

Mainstream Publishing's founders Bill Campbell and Peter MacKenzie said its office would shut by the end of December, with the loss of ten jobs.

Cengage Poised to Pick Alvarez

Cengage Learning Inc is poised to hire Alvarez & Marsal Inc. to advise on restructuring options as deadlines approach to repay or refinance maturing debt, said people with knowledge of the matter.

Harvard Press Celebrates Centennial

Harvard got into the book-publishing business in the 1640s.

Matthew Bender Shutters Albany Office

Cuts 220 jobs.

Joe Simpson Dumps 'Bullying' RH

Mountaineer Joe Simpson, author of a bestselling memoir, Touching the Void, has dumped his "bullying" publisher Random House after failing to reach agreement with them over over e-book royalties.

D&M Publishers Gets Creditor Extension

D&M Publishers Inc., which filed for bankruptcy protection in October, has been granted a second extension for creditor protection. The Supreme Court of British Columbia has given the Vancouver-based publishing house until Feb. 18 to file a proposal to creditors.

The Big Disruption Opportunity

"What this points to is a huge disruption opportunity for a new generation publisher with the attitude that books should not be loss leaders for authors."

New Year's Resolutions for Publishing

Including: In 2013, publishers should resolve to find new ways to develop more of the intellectual property they own.

HC Eyes Downtown Office Space

The publisher is in negotiations to take a roughly 200,000-square-foot lease at 195 Broadway, between Dey and Fulton streets.

Hachette Sues Author for $550,000

Author Richard Ben Cramer was paid by the publisher to write a book about Alex Rodriguez.

Publishers Go Hyper-Local in S.C.

The story behind the flourishing local publishing happening in South Carolina.

HC Launches HarperTeen Impulse

The young adult category is perhaps the hottest market in publishing, so it is no surprise that industry executives are looking for every possible entry point. HarperCollins’s latest effort, to be announced Monday, is a digital imprint focusing on young adult short stories and novellas.

Penguin Expands E-book Lending

The Penguin Group plans to announce on Monday that it is expanding its e-book lending program to libraries in Los Angeles and Cleveland and surrounding areas though Baker & Taylor.

Santa Gets a PC Update

He doesn't smoke a pipe in new version of 'A Visit from St. Nicholas.'

Amazon Pub's Bumpy Start

The WSJ looks at the tepid start Amazon has had for its much-discussed publishing unit, Amazon Publishing.

Why Depp Is Into Print

The WSJ examines why Johnny Depp would want to get into something old fashioned like print books with his new HC imprint.

HC Gives Johnny Depp an Imprint

The actor is putting his name behind an imprint at HarperCollins called Infinitum Nihil (also the name of his production company).

Quarto Braced For Showdown

One of Britain’s most prominent non-fiction publishers is poised to bow to shareholder pressure and convene a meeting aimed at ousting the company’s founder and chairman.

Dennis Lehane Books Launches

The first title is "The Cutting Season" by Attica Locke.

AAUP on Univ. of Missouri Press Closing

"Whatever the merits of these plans, neither seems likely to inspire a renewed sense of intellectual vigor and grand purpose."

S&S Adds QR Codes

The publisher is adding to all its print books.

Phaidon Press Seeks New Owner

Richard Schlagman has owned the business since 1990 when he bought it after seeing it advertised in the Financial Times. He has now placed it on the market so that a new owner can lead it from print to digital books readable on devices including Kindles and iPads.

Univ. of Missouri Press Closing

Ten employees will be affected. Clair Willcox, editor in chief, declined to comment but did note that neither he nor any of the staff knew about the change before a midmorning meeting.

AAR's Simon Lipskar Pens Letter to DoJ

In an open letter to the DoJ published on Digital Book World, agent Simon Lipskar says the government has "a fatally flawed understanding of the economics and history of the emerging e-book industry."

Hachette Livre Drops 2,000 E-book Prices

The publisher has reduced the retail prices of e-books to the level of the paperback equivalents of about 2,000 literary titles published in hardback.

The Heart of Baseball is Nebraska

Inside University of Nebraska's Bison Books, which publishes four to eight hardcore baseball books per year.

HMH Hires Restructuring Advisers

The publisher is trying to handle its debt load.

Hachette UK Blocks Pirate E-books

Hachette UK is moving to have its e-books taken off Mobiles24, and has issued a letter before action to the site's owner.

Best Publishing Companies to Work For

Digital Book World ranks the publishers based on Glassdoor ratings, which measure employee reviews.

Is Amazon Building a Bookstore Near You?

The Financial Post on Amazon's new bricks and mortar venture.

Amazon Stores?

The NY Times speculates on whether Amazon retail stores could be around the corner.

Why Entrepreneurs Should Self-Publish

A tale of how one author's two self-published books have far outsold his five traditionally published books.

Melville House Makes Colbert's Day

The publisher has offered a massive $500 advance to unknown children's book author Stephen Colbert.

What's Going on at Rodale?

Behind the company's "tipping point."

USC Partners with Kaya Press

"The five-year contract with the university means students can become involved with a fully operational literary publishing company with the actual processes of acquiring, putting together and publicizing books."

Safari Books Acquires Threepress, Ibis

The on-demand digital library developer Safari Books has acquired web developer and e-reading consultancy firm Threepress Consulting, makers of the Ibis Reader, an HTML5 e-book platform.

Chris Columbus To Write Fantasy Series

EW: "Harry Potter" director Chris Columbus will write three books for HarperCollins.

Franco Sells His First Novel to Amazon

Amazon Publishing has acquired James Franco's first novel, "Actors Anonymous."

Publisher Recalls Pink Bibles

The Southern Baptist Convention's publishing division is recalling pink Bibles it sold to support breast cancer research, after finding out some of the money went to Planned Parenthood.

St. Martin's Disputes Plagiarism Claim

The publisher is defending Lenore Hart and her book "The Raven's Bride."

Penguin Sees Dark Clouds After Xmas

John Makinson: "We don't expect publishing performance in the fourth quarter to be quite as strong as in the fourth quarter of 2010, but it won't be bad."

UGA Press Seeks New Director

The largest book publisher in Georgia expects to name a new director by the end of spring.

Dalkey Starts Korean Literature Series

Dalkey Archive Press will publish 25 works in a Korean translation series.

Coronel Leaving Bookseller + Publisher

The publisher of Bookseller + Publisher, the trade journal of the Australian book business, Tim Coronel, is leaving the magazine.

Book Country Decried by Self-Pub Authors

Self-published authors are criticizing Penguin's Book Country, calling it "overpriced, royalty-grabbing and truly-awful."

Harper Exploring Interactive Ads

The publisher is looking into the "untapped" ad market of interactive and contextual formats.

Amazon Lands Chopra Book

Deepak Chopra will publish a book, said to be a memoir, for Amazon Publishing, despite his relationship with Crown.

Cornell Univ. Press Sales Drop

Books in the humanities have fallen off the most, declining by approximately 15 to 20 percent.

Amazon Cuts Publishers Out

Will Amazon's full slate of 122 books for the fall signal a sea change in the industry?

Can Harper Reinvent Publishing?

How Harper Perennial is using cool young writers, low advances and sharp design to great effect.

Campain to Oust Murdoch Grows

A call has been made to vote 13 of 15 directors off the board.

Hay House TV Shops Anthology

Hay House, known for self-help books, is branching out into TV and movies.

Are There Too Many Books?

The Atlantic on why traditional publishing's upswing doesn't necessarily mean an increase in print quality.

Digital Kills Japan's Best Books

Two publishers in Japan, Kodansha International and TokyoPop, have closed their doors.

McGraw-Hill Shareholders Seek Split

Shareholders have proposed to separate the company into four units: S&P, the S&P index business, information & media, and education.

Scholastic Backs Off From Corporate Ties

Publisher will retreat from corporate and industry-sponsored programs after being criticized for coal-sponsored curriculum.

Unbound is Customer Friendly

The publisher's new book is funded by their website users toward a target goal; the more money you donate, the more likely the book will be published.

Dorchester Says It's Back on Track

W.W. Norton's Changes

Will Norton's notoriously difficult-to-please editorial board still be in place? Yes.

ABA Calls For Pearson Investigation

Pearson acquisition of Borders and Angus & Robertson's websites is being challenged by the Australian Booksellers Association. From TheBookseller.

Comma Drama

Oxford University seemed like it was dropping support for its famous Oxford/ Serial comma, but it turns out it's not, sorta. From Salon.

HuffPost Readers' Top Indie Publishers

In the spirit of Independence Day, Huffington Post and their readers list their favorite Independent Publishers.

Politico To Publish 4 Books Through RH

Politico will publish four books on the 2012 presidential campaign through Random House, the NY Times reports. First will release at Christmas.

The Huge Success of Self-Publishing

The Guardian tells you how self-publishing "is fast becoming the most successful trend in writing."

Library Victory

A library in Hood River County, OR, will re-open after a year-long closure. From Library Journal