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Dover Turns 75
After coming off the most successful year in its history, Dover Publications is getting ready to celebrate its 75th with a consumer contest to win free books by sharing stories about their favorite Dover titles.
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Hachette, Ingram Split Perseus’s Businesses
Eighteen months after the collapse of a complicated deal that would have delivered Perseus Books Group’s publishing business to Hachette Book Group and its distribution arm to Ingram Content Group, Perseus signed binding agreements last week to sell those same two businesses to those new owners.
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Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2016
The seven publishers on this year’s list are a mix of veterans and newcomers.
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Ingram Buys Perseus' Distribution Business
Ingram Content Group has acquired the distribution arm of the Perseus Books Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition comes on the heels of the sale, earlier this week, of Perseus' publishing division.
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More Layoffs Hit Berkley Publishing Group
A spokesperson at Penguin Random House confirmed layoffs at the division but would provide no further details. Sources have told PW that at least four editors have been cut.
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Scholastic Collaborates with WNDB on Reading Club Flyers
Scholastic is partnering with We Need Diverse Books to create monthly flyers that will spotlight books with diverse characters and themes.
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News Briefs: Week of February 29, 2016
Pearson 2016 PRH profits up and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Protecting Intellectual Property Remains the Top Job for Association of American Publishers
The publishing industry's trade association had a busy year protecting copyright in a changing market.
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Perseus Publishing New 'Roots' Tie-in
Perseus will publish a new edition of the novel to tie-in to a new television miniseries that will begin May 30 and run on the History, A&E, and Lifetime channels.
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News Briefs: Week of February 22, 2016
Wasserman named Heyday publisher and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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News Briefs: Week of February 15, 2016
After eight-year slump, 2015 bookstore sales rise and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Profits Up Nearly 13% At Simon & Schuster
An increase in operating efficiencies, higher backlist sales, and lower returns drove double-digit earnings increases.
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The Last Griffin & Sabine Book Is Publishing in March
After a successful 25-year run and selling more than three million copies, the final book in the Griffin and Sabine series will hit stores this spring.
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Hachette Reports Progress on Green Initiatives
Hachette Book Group increased its use of paper from certified sources and upped its use of recycled fiber in 2015 over 2014, according to a progress report released by the publisher.
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News Briefs: Week of February 8, 2016
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Revisiting NewSouth's Sanitized Twain
Five years after the Alabama-based publisher released a joint edition of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Huckleberry Finn' stripped of racial slurs, the controversy surrounding the book has subsided and orders are coming in.
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News Briefs: Week of February 1, 2016
Amazon’s 2015 revenue tops $100 billion and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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News Briefs: Week of January 25, 2016
EDC reports record quarter and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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The Upstart Pub Behind the Surprise Hit, 'Calendar Girl'
Waterhouse Press, which published the bestselling 12-book erotica series that 'USA Today' just touted as the next Fifty Shades of Grey, is taking a numbers-driven approach to cracking the bestseller list. So far, it seems to be working.



