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Podcast: Publishing Looks into the Future
At the Tools of Change conference for 2013, to paraphrase William Gibson, the future is already here – and it was pretty evenly distributed among the many panels and workshops. Listen here.
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Europa Editions Goes Global with World Noir Imprint
Europa Editions has long been a publisher of renowned international crime fiction, but its newest imprint, World Noir, marks the publisher’s rededicated effort to the genre—with a distinctive look and personality.
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Nook Losses to Exceed 2012
Barnes & Noble reported late Wednesday that Nook EBITDA for its fiscal year ending at the end of April will be greater than in fiscal 2012 when the unit had an EBITDA loss of $262 million. B&N executives had expected Nook losses to be no worse than last year.
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Bestsellers: 'American Sniper' Jumps, 'Legend of Zelda' Plummets
Chris Kyle's American Sniper was the #1 bestseller on Nielsen BookScan, in the first full week of sales reporting following the author's death.
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What Should Authors Do in the Digital Age?
How to get discovered, how to not get overwhelmed by digital's opportunities, and when to use social media--these topics and many more were discussed at O'Reilly's Tools of Change Author (R)Evolution Day, which was cosponsored by Publishers Weekly.
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Self-Publishers Get E-book Conversion Through Bowker and DCL
Self-publishers who register through Bowker's MyIdentifiers.com Web site are now offered Data Conversion Laboratory's EPUB on Demand, the company's e-book conversion capability.
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Indie SF Press Lands Big Names for Anthology
The small indie science fiction press, JournalStone Publishing, has a new book with some big authors.
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Tracking Amazon: Oprah Effect Strikes Again
Northfield Publishing's The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman has already sold over 900,000 copies according to Nielsen BookScan, and that number will likely be very close to 1 million after the effects of Chapman's appearance February 10 on OWN's Life Class are tallied.
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Forecasting the Future: James McQuivey
While everyone knows that digital distribution and consumption has affected everything about the world we live in, James McQuivey is one of the people who has figured out exactly how the change works.
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News Briefs: Week of February 11, 2013
Macmillan Settles With DoJ and more
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The Growing Interest in Digital Backlist
Whether they call themselves publishers or distributors, whether they promise elaborate marketing plans, or the basic production tasks necessary to get an e-book up for sale, there are a growing number of companies selling (and acquiring) backlist books.
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Premier Digital Publishing: The Best of Old and New
Launched in 2011 by a veteran digital entrepreneur, Premier Digital Publishing is a full-service publishing venture combining everything from e-books, apps, and POD technology to low costs and higher royalty rates.
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Judge Approves State E-book Settlement
Following a swift, 15-minute fairness hearing Friday morning, Judge Denise Cote quickly approved a $70-million plus settlement with 54 states and territories to settle price-fixing charges against five publishers.
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Macmillan Settles E-book Price Suit with DoJ
With its larger publisher competitors already having settled with the Department of Justice, Macmillan said Friday morning that it too has reached an agreement that will end the government’s lawsuit over its e-book pricing policy.
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Podcast: Tao of Publishing
It’s the Tao of Publishing in the Digital Age – the way to success flows from reconciling the combating forces of destruction and renewal. Put another way, satori is possible in a world of both clicks and mortar.
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Surprise Bestseller? 'Legend of Zelda' Takes Number One Spot
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia was Nielsen BookScan's #1 bestseller for the week ending February 3, selling nearly 60,000 copies in its first week. A significant percentage of that number is likely preorders, as the book spent 100 days in Amazon's top 100 (many of them in the top 10) before it even released.
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Reagan Arthur Named Publisher of Little, Brown
Reagan Arthur has been chosen to fill the top perch at Little, Brown. Arthur, who has an eponymous imprint at LB, is filling the publisher position left open when Michael Pietsch was named CEO of Hachette in September.
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D&M Publishers Finds Buyer for Douglas & McIntyre Imprint
D&M Publishers announced late yesterday that it has agreed to sell its flagship imprint, Douglas & McIntyre, to the owners of British Columbia-based Harbour Publishing, Howard and Mary White. The deal comes a week after D&M, which has been in bankruptcy protection since October, found a buyer for its Greystone Books imprint, Heritage House Publishing.
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Rodale Taps Zola Exec to Head Books Division
Rodale Books has found a new publisher. After a number of executive shake-ups at the division, and then the departure of publisher Steve Perrine in November, Rodale has hired Mary Ann Naples to oversee its books unit.
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Publishing Education Gets Innovative at Ooligan Press
Ooligan Press, the student-staffed press that is part of Portland State’s publishing program, has added a recent innovation: Start to Finish, a project in which students give a behind-the-scenes look at how a book is created.
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