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Making the Penguin Random House Merger Work
The trick to making the Random House/Penguin Group merger work will be to create a publisher that can take advantage of the resources and economies of scale a company with revenue of $4 billion brings and combine that with an editorial approach that emphasizes close cooperation with authors, said the two men charged with forming Penguin Random House, in separate interviews with PW.
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Authors Guild Calls RH-Penguin Merger 'Unsettling'
In a letter sent to its members on Sunday, the Authors Guild weighed in on the forthcoming merger between Penguin and Random House, calling the impending creation of a megapublisher "unsettling."
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PW Up and Running
Publishers Weekly's offices and e-mail, both shut down for much of last week because of Superstorm Sandy, are both up and running.
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Publisher Coordinates Grassroots Efforts on Staten Island
Bywater Books publisher Michele Karlsberg is putting her skills as a book publicist to good use this week, coordinating relief efforts on Staten Island.
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Crown Expands Focus at Harmony
Harmony Books, an imprint at Random House's Crown Publishing Group, is being refocused.
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Fodor's Cancels 100 Hotel Awards Event
Fodor's planned event on November 13, to announce its list of 100 top hotels, has been canceled because the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, November 2
For a look at the stories we're talking about this week, listen here.
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Abingdon Goes With Ingram for Some Sales, Distribution
Abingdon Press has hired Ingram to handle its sales and distribution to ABA independents and some gift stores. It continues to handle its own sales and distribution to CBA stores, B&N, AWBC, and distributors.
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RH Postpones Open House
Random House has postponed its consumer open house. The one-day event, for readers eager to meet the house's authors, was scheduled for November, 2.
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The Bestselling Self-Published Kindle Books of 2012
Fifteen e-books with self-publishing origins are in Amazon’s Kindle top 100 overall for 2012.
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Consortium Adds Five
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution (Consortium), has added five new clients: Engine Books, Gilgamesh Publishing, Karadi Tales, Prospect Park Books, and Text Publishing Company. The agreements with the clients will begin on January 1.
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New York Publishing Struggling to Get Back Online Post-Sandy
The wind and rain may have died down in New York City, but the metropolis is far from recovered.
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NYC Indie Publishers Deal With Aftermath of Sandy
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, New York City indie publishers are improvising and dealing with various problems ranging from flooding and power outages to having staffers stranded at their homes, or outside of the city.
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Tracking Amazon: The State of Preorders
As of October 31, Amazon's top 100 saw nine preorder books place, including the #1 book, The Third Wheel (Wimpy Kid #7) by Jeff Kinney.
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Hurricane Sandy: NYC Publishers' Status After the Storm
Not surprisingly, Hurricane Sandy left most people in the New York City publishing world at home on Tuesday. Here is a list of different houses' status. We will try to update this throughout the day, as more information surfaces.
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Dohle Addresses Booksellers, Authors and Agents About Merger
CEO of Random House, Markus Dohle, has sent three letters--to booksellers, authors and agents--addressing the momentous news about his publishing company merging with Penguin.
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Tracking Amazon: A New-Look Top 10
After more than a year of being dominated by Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey books, Amazon's top 10 bestsellers look, for the most part, new and different as of October 29, with no title exceeding 227 days in the top 100. The #1 book is Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander, which has only spent 21 days in the top 100. Click through for the top 10.
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Makinson's Letter On Penguin-Random House Merger
Pearson chairman and CEO John Makinson sent the following letter about the merger of Random House and his company's trade publishing unit, Penguin Book Group:
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News Corp. Said to Ready Penguin Offer
The U.K.’s Sunday Times has reported that News Corp., parent company of HarperCollins, is preparing to make an offer to acquire Penguin Group.
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News Briefs: Week of October 29, 2012
Amazon’s Big Third-Quarter Loss and more
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