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E-Reads Cuts Print Prices

| 11/28/2012 @ 12:00AM

Independent e-book and POD publisher E-Reads has cut print prices by as much as 25% across the board in a bid to narrow the gap between print and e-book prices.
Cyber Monday Serves Up Book Deals

| 11/26/2012 @ 12:00AM

Cyber Monday is extending to books, with sales at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Kobo, Apple, and others competing for holiday dollars.
News Briefs: Week of November 26, 2012

| 11/23/2012 @ 07:00PM

Comps Down at BAM, Sales Up and more
Graywolf Press in ‘New Era’

By Claire Kirch | 11/23/2012 @ 07:00PM

Looking to leverage recent critical and financial successes, the literary publisher Graywolf Press is embarking on several new initiatives to further boost its visibility and to reflect that it is, in new marketing director Michael Taeckens’s words, “entering a new era.”
Tolkien Estate Files Copyright Infringement Suit Against Warner Bros. and Partners

By Karen Raugust | 11/21/2012 @ 12:00AM

The J.R.R. Tolkien estate and Tolkien’s master publisher HarperCollins have filed an $80 million lawsuit in the U.S. Central District Court of California against Warner Bros., its subsidiary New Line, and Middle-earth Enterprises over copyright infringement and breach of contract. The suit focuses on digital licensing rights, specifically related to online slot machines.
D&M Publishers' Bankruptcy Protection Extended

By Leigh Anne Williams | 11/21/2012 @ 12:00AM

Canadian indie publisher D&M granted 45-day extension of bankruptcy protection.
Lamb, Egan to Oversee Rodale Books During Hunt for New Publisher

| 11/20/2012 @ 12:00AM

With the acting publisher of Rodale Books, Steve Perrine, leaving the company to start a new venture with David Zinczenko (who was editor-in-chief of Rodale-owned magazine Men's Health), as the New york Post reported, the books division is in need of new leadership.
DIY Publishing Pioneer Milt Adams Dies

By Claire Kirch | 11/20/2012 @ 12:00AM

Milt Adams, a pioneer in DIY publishing and the founding publisher of Beavers Pond Press died Sunday in the Twin Cities.
Tracking Amazon: NBA Winners Rise

| 11/19/2012 @ 12:00AM

The week after the 2012 National Book Awards, the fiction and nonfiction categories saw the biggest increases on Amazon.
How is Digital Changing Cookbooks?

| 11/19/2012 @ 12:00AM

The different purposes of digital vs. print kept coming up during a panel on adapting cookbooks for the digital age, held as part of PW's Discussion Series.
Call for Information: Personal Finance Feature

| 11/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

Needed: Information from publishers with personal finance books coming this winter and spring.
Let’s Get Political

By Rachel Deahl | 11/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

With the presidential election just decided, it’s a hot time to be submitting, or buying, political books.
News Briefs: Week of November 19, 2012

| 11/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

September Bookstore Sales Fell 8% and more
Distribution: O'Reilly and Wiley Agree

| 11/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

O'Reilly has signed a deal with John Wiley & Sons to become an online distributor for their technology e-books. O'Reilly's Website offers over 3,000 Wiley tech titles, all of which are DRM-free and available in multiple formats. The agreement includes nine Wiley imprints, including the Wrox, Sybex, and For Dummies brands.
New E-book Series Penguin Tracks Launches with Ferguson

| 11/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

Penguin will begin its new Penguin Tracks e-book series with Niall Ferguson's The Abyss, the first section of his book The War of the World, selling for $3.99. Penguin Tracks is designed to return backlist titles by well-known authors and award-winning works to an entirely new audience.
No Sales Boom for Broadwell's Petraeus Book

| 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

According to Nielsen BookScan, Paula Broadwell's All In sold 74 copies for the week ending November 11.
Abrams Reorganizes Adult Management Group

| 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

Abrams has reorganized its adult group management team in a move aimed at more aggressively exploiting the illustrated book publisher’s assets in the digital marketplace and expanding internationally.
S&S Pushing Up Petraeus Book

| 11/14/2012 @ 12:00AM

Simon & Schuster is bumping up, and spicing up, its forthcoming David Petraeus book. Fred Kaplan's The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War is now set for January 2, with a new postscript about the former CIA chief's recent resignation.
Amazon Best Books 2012 Revealed

| 11/13/2012 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has released its list of the top 100 books of 2012, as well as top 10 lists in over two dozen categories, from children's books to celebrity picks. The top 10 includes Louise Erdrich, Kevin Powers, and Gillian Flynn.
Scholastic to Donate 1 Million Books to Sandy Relief

| 11/12/2012 @ 10:00AM

Scholastic has announced that it will donate 1 million books to schools and libraries hard hit by superstorm Sandy. The company will also make available free to teachers online lesson plans and activities.

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