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News Briefs: Week of January 28, 2013
Macmillan to Begin Library Lending and more
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HarperCollins Moving HQ Downtown
HarperCollins will be pulling up stakes in mid-town Manhattan and move its headquarters to the financial district in spring 2014. The publisher, currently located on 53rd St. in New York, said Friday afternoon that it had signed a lease for office space at 195 Broadway.
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Stephen King Tackles Gun Violence in Kindle Single
On January 25, Stephen King published a Kindle Single called "Guns," an essay about gun violence in the United States and possible solutions.
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RosettaBooks Completes Record Year
E-book pioneer RosettaBooks had it best year ever in 2012 with sales up more than 80% and the company said it paid out more than $2 million in royalties to authors and other rights holders.
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It Books to Publish New Robert Evans Memoir
It Books announced today its plans to publish, in the summer of 2013, a new memoir by Hollywood producer Robert Evans, and to republish his autobiography, The Kid Stays in the Picture. The books will be published both in print and in a digital multimedia edition.
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S&S Combines Scribner and Touchstone Publicity
Simon & Schuster has combined the Scribner and Touchstone publicity departments, both of which will now report to Brian Belfiglio, v-p, director of publicity, effective February 19. As a result of the reorganization, Marcia Burch, v-p, director of publicity for Touchstone, is leaving the company on February 15.
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Drake Rises at Crown; Palgon Departs
In the latest realignment at Random House's Crown Publishing Group, David Drake has been promoted to senior v-p and deputy publisher and, among other changes, Michael Palgon, current executive v-p and deputy publisher, is leaving.
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Vantage Authors Have Until End of Month to Get Rights
Vantage Press, which closed down in December, has sent a letter to authors informing them that they have until January 31 to return an “Assignment & Release Agreement” if they want to get their rights back to their books.
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OverDrive Adds Streaming Video and Audio for Libraries and Schools
OverDrive has added streaming video and audio technology to its library service platform, improving ease of use and device compatibility for OverDrive-hosted video, audiobook and music collections at libraries and schools.
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Amazon Touts Self-Publishing Benefits Front and Center
This week, Amazon's home page began featuring a promotion for author Vincent Zandri and the success he's found through publishing on the Kindle platform after his book deal with a traditional publishing house fell through.
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Ingram Adds Random House to MyiLibrary
Random House will add more than 36,000 titles to Ingram’s MyiLibrary e-book platform beginning in February.
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Stephen King Book Nets $2,850 for Needy Households
Earlier this month, Stephen King signed a rare edition of his book The Regulators in order to help keep boilers burning this winter in the households of low-income families in the Ellsworth, Maine area. The book has sold for $2,850, which will provide 740 gallons of fuel oil. The book sale was coordinated by Scotties Bookhouse owner Michael Riggs.
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Osprey Plans New Imprint
Osprey Publishing, the Oxford-based military history publisher, has announced plans to launch a new imprint called Osprey Adventures.
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Canadian Independent House Launches Short Nonfiction Series
Toronto's Coach House Books is launching a new series of short books on pop culture topics.
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News Briefs: Week of January 21, 2013
November Bookstore Sales Up and more
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Call for Information: Travel Books
Needed: Information on the hottest travel trends.
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The Building Blocks of Penguin Random House
The book industry spent the better part of 2011 watching the slow, painful collapse of Borders. Then there was the Department of Justice inquiry. The DoJ lawsuit against Apple, Penguin, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Macmillan—as well as the reaction to the lawsuit and ensuing settlements—took up much of the industry’s mindshare in 2012.
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Podcast: How Is Penguin-Random House Going to Work?
This week, we look at the huge merger through the lens of the digital age.
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How Publishers Are Taking Advantage of New Opportunities
New strategic avenues for publishers was a recurring theme during the last day of Digital Book World, as topics from acquisition to marketing have all undergone significant makeovers, according to panelists and experts.
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JHU Press Publishes First Instant Book In Response to Gun Violence
Johns Hopkins University Press is moving quickly to inform the national debate on gun control by fast-tracking into publication Reducing Gun Violence: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, which was acquired less than a week ago and is scheduled to be shipped January 28.
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