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Mixed Signals From Three Publishers
First-quarter reports from three of the largest U.S. trade houses gave mixed messages about the state of book publishing at the start of 2015.
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Amazon Publishing Marches On
Amazon Publishing may have scaled back its plans to have a major New York City trade publishing presence, but the company still continues to expand its overall operation.
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Encountering George Braziller
After a long and distinguished career that began in the 1930s, legendary independent publisher George Braziller recently decided to write a book of his own.
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Self-Pub Startup Gatekeeper Offering 100% Royalty
Self-Publishing platform Gatekeeper Press offers e-book and POD print publication as well as distribution via all major e-book retailers.
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Digital Printing Gets the Nod from OUP
Oxford University Press has appointed Hong Kong-based CTPS to provide end-to-end digital solutions.
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Off Strong 2014, Skyhorse Reorgs & Promotes Multiple Staffers
Skyhorse Publishing announced a series of promotions as phase one of a company-wide reorganization following record revenue growth in 2014.
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News Briefs: Week of May 4, 2015
Murphy succeeding Katz as head of HC Children’s and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Harper360 Turns U.K. Cookbook Into U.S. Hit
In March 2015, British singer Sam Smith took to Instagram to tell his 3.6 million followers that one woman, Amelia Freer, had changed his life with her book, "Eat. Nourish. Glow.," which he credited with his recent weight loss.
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At Sourcebooks, Diversification Drives Gains
Sourcebooks continues to move forward at a rapid pace, with company executives reporting a 20% sales gain in 2014 over 2013.
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The New Globe Pequot Press
In October 2014, Rowman & Littlefield CEO Jed Lyons brought on Jim Childs, former president of Time Home Entertainment and publisher of Oxmoor House, as publisher of Globe Pequot, which R&L had acquired five months earlier.
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Knopf Working to Ensure ‘City on Fire’ Catches Fire
Knopf is putting lots of marketing muscle behind "City on Fire," a 900-page first novel by Garth Risk Hallberg, for which the publisher is building bookseller interest well before its October pub date.
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ProQuest Acquires Coutts from Ingram
ProQuest will assume ownership and management of Coutts and MyiLibrary, and “form a strategic partnership" with Ingram for print fulfillment.
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Time Home Entertainment Rebrands
Time Inc. has renamed its book and bookazine publishing division, Time Home Entertainment, Inc., as Time Inc. Books.
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News Briefs: Week of April 27, 2015
Scholastic selling tech group to HMH and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Univ of Minnesota Press Gets Interactive with Scholarly Books
Through a grant, the University of Minnesota is launching an effort that will allow it to produce interactive digital editions of the books it is publishing in print.
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Penguin Random House Debuts New Unified Website
The publisher's newly designed website, which brings Random House and Penguin together online, is optimized for mobile devices and, according to PRH CEO Markus Dohle is “consumer-focused.”
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Publishers Applaud Removal of Sanctions on Syrian Authors
At the urging of a coalition of publishers, regulations prohibiting American publishers from working with authors in the war-torn region was recently lifted, under a general license.
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News Briefs: Week of April 20, 2015
HC, Amazon reach terms agreement and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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Liveright to Publish ‘The Complete Works of Primo Levi’ in Fall 2015
The collected works will be arranged in the chronological order of their original publication, with new English translations of 13 of the 14 books.



