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News Briefs: Week of March 4, 2013
Penguin Profits Dip and more
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The Fastest-Growing Independent Publishers, 2012
Higher e-book sales, expansion into new markets, and leveraging the wild popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey were some of the ways the publishers that made this year’s list of PW’s fast-growing independent publishers prospered in 2012.
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Podcast: In Books, Everyone’s Declaring Independence
Across the publishing industry, all the players are proudly declaring independence. Authors have cut ties with publishers and agents and found success in more than “50 shades.” Listen here.
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AAP Annual Meeting Details Crises in Education, Politics
Renowned educator Diane Ravitch and retired U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe outlined the woeful state of American educational policy and that of our gridlocked Congress at the AAP annual meeting in New York.
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Penguin Faces June 3 Trial in e-Books Case
Antitrust litigation for e-book pricing is moving to trial with Penguin in the defendant’s seat alongside Apple, despite Penguin’s settlement with the DoJ last December.
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25 Backlist Sandra Brown Novels Come to E
Grand Central Publishing has acquired 25 of Sandra Brown's backlist titles, bringing them to e-book for the first time.
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Pharos Editions Pairs Name Authors With Old Favorites
Jonathan Evison and Frank Norris. Matt Groening and Eric Knight. Sherman Alexie and Todd Walton. What do these duos have in common? Pharos Editions, a new imprint from the Seattlle indie, Dark Coast Press.
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NetGalley and Perseus Partner
NetGalley and Perseus Books Group have announced a partnership which will allow Perseus and all of its distributed publishers to take advantage of NetGalley’s digital galley services at a preferential rate.
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Profits Dipped on Small Sales Gain at Penguin
Total sales at Penguin Group rose 1% for 2012, to £1.05 billion, although operating profit declined 12%, to £98 million.
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World Book Night To Showcase Books on April 9
World Book Night will present awards, as well as its new books for 2013 at AAP, 71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor, on Tuesday, April 9, 6:00-7:00. In attendance will be the book printing vendors and Hillary Jordan, author of 2013 WBN pick, Mudbound.
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Toni Morrison Does First-Ever Google Plus Hangout Book Signing
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison will participate in a first-of-its-kind digital book signing and a Google+ Hangout on Air at the Google New York offices.
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News Briefs: Week of February 25, 2013
Indie Booksellers Sue Amazon, Big Six and more
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Podcast: RIP Sherlock Holmes
One scholar wants to put an end to Holmes as a money-maker for the Conan Doyle Estate. Listen here.
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Candlewick to Launch Big Picture Press
Candlewick Press, which began publishing the Ology series a decade ago, announced that it will be the U.S. publisher of a new imprint also from Templar, Big Picture Press, to debut this fall.
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Rachael Ray Gets Atria Imprint
After signing Rachael Ray away from Clarkson Potter in 2010, Atria Publishing has given the bestselling cookbook author her own imprint, Rachael Ray Books.
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Grand Central to More Than Double Forever Output
Grand Central Publishing said this morning that it plans to more than double the number of titles it releases in its romance publishing program over the next two years.
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Tracking Amazon: Dan Brown's 'Inferno' Cracks Top 10
It won't be published until May 14, but Dan Brown's Inferno jumped to #5 from #34 on Amazon's bestseller list on February 21, thanks to its cover reveal on Wednesday. The reveal had less of an impact on the Kindle edition which saw a smaller jump (#57 from #182), following the release of the cover.
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YA Webcast Set for February 19
Join PW for a Live Interactive Webcast today, February 19 at 2:00 p.m. EST, Building the Next Generation of YA Stars.
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Binc Opens Up Scholarships to Bookstore Employees
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation will accept applications from February 18 through April 18 for the Binc Foundation Scholarship program.
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News Briefs: Week of February 18, 2013
DoJ Approves RH, Penguin Merger and more
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