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St. Martin's to Phase Out Palgrave Name
Following the merger of most of Macmillan’s higher education assets with Springer Science+ Business Media, Macmillan’s trade operations have begun phasing out the use of the Palgrave name.
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Windham-Campbell Prizes, Yale to Launch 'Why I Write' Series
Yale University Press will publish the Windham-Campbell Prizes's annual keynote addresses in a new series titled "Why I Write.”
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New Fifty Shades Hits #1, as Vintage Heads to Press for 1.25 Million Copies
In a matter of hours, pre-orders pushed 'Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian,' to the top of the Barnes & Noble and Amazon bestseller lists.
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New Fifty Shades of Grey Book Coming
E.L. James announced that she will release a new version of 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' but this time written from the perspective of Christian Grey. 'Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian' will be released by Vintage on June 18 (the character’s birthday).
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News Briefs: Week of June 1, 2015
Kuyper to head BISG and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Authors Guild Announces 'Fair Contract' Initiative
At this year's BookExpo America, the Authors Guild is rolling out its Fair Contract Initiative, a series of commentaries it will publish in the coming months that take a "fresh look at the standard book publishing contract."
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James Patterson Announces New Children's Imprint
In another effort to encourage children to read, James Patterson has formed the jimmy patterson imprint at Little, Brown.
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Skyhorse Starts Investigative Book Imprint
Skyhorse Publishing and David Talbot, founder of Salon, are teaming to launch a new imprint, Hot Books.
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PRH and Amazon UK Sparring Over Terms?
Penguin Random House and Amazon.co.uk are involved in negotiations for new sales terms, but representatives from the publisher denied speculation that Penguin UK was thinking of withholding it titles from the retailer if a deal isn't reached.
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News Briefs: Week of May 25, 2015
Harlequin Launches Audio Imprint and more.
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Printing and Publishing at Black Classic Press
37 years ago W. Paul Coates founded Black Classic Press, an independent publisher of classic works of African American history and scholarship. 20 years ago, he launched BCP Digital Printing, a short run book printing operation instrumental in keeping the publishing side alive.
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Will Author Solutions Case Go Class Action?
With legal briefs now filed, attorneys for the author plaintiffs argue that a common question merits class action status: “Did [Author Solutions] engage in a fraudulent scheme to sell authors worthless marketing services?”
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News Briefs: Week of May 18, 2015
First-quarter sales declined and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Coloring Books Grow Up
Publishers hustle to meet demand for the newest craze: coloring books for adults.
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A Century of Alfred A. Knopf
In its 100-year history, Knopf has had only three people at the helm—Alfred A. Knopf, Robert Gottlieb, and current editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta.
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'Clinton Cash,' 'Selfish' Hit the List
'Clinton Cash' and 'Selfish' both landed in the top 15 adult nonfiction bestsellers, according to data released by Nielsen BookScan on Wednesday.
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Kensington Adds Imprints to Digital-First Line
Lyrical Shine will focus on contemporary romance, while Lyrical Underground will include thriller, mystery, and horror titles.
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Lonely Planet to Launch Mag in U.S.
The inaugural issue of the magazine, to be a quarterly, will be available in print and digital beginning September 2, circulated to 450,000.
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Melville House Touts 'Lost' Memoir About WWII Exodus
The Brooklyn-based indie is hoping to make waves with the first English language edition of Leon Werth's memoir, '33 Days,' about the grueling trek he and over eight million Jews made, in 1940, fleeing Paris and the advancing German army.
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News Briefs: Week of May 11, 2015
Macmillan to offer audiobooks to libraries via Hoopla and more in this week's publishing news briefs.



