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'Paterno' Debuts at Number One
Joe Posnanski's Paterno sold 11,439 copies in its first week, good enough to place it #1 on the adult nonfiction frontlist bestseller list.
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Navy SEAL Book Moved Up Again
Mark Owen's No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden has been moved up a week and will publish on September 4.
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Cherry Lake Acquires Sleeping Bear Press
Cherry Lake Publishing, a Mankato, Minn.-based educational publisher, announced that the company has acquired Sleeping Bear Press.
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Mizzou Backpedals on Proposed Reinvention of Press
University of Missouri president Timothy Wolfe issued a call Tuesday for nominations for members of an advisory committee to guide the University of Missouri Press through less of a transition than was originally proposed.
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Another Editor Resigns at Missouri Press
Tom Quirk, the editor of the Mark Twain and His Circle series at the University of Missouri Press, is the latest to submit a letter of resignation to university president Timothy Wolfe.
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PubWest and Library Journal To Present 'The Content Conundrum' Panel
Library Journal and PubWest will present a panel discussion on library book acquisitions in September.
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'The Writer' Returns to Boston
After a dozen years with Kalmbach Publishing Co. in Waukesha, Wisc., The Writer will return to Boston, where the 125-year-old magazine was acquired by Madavor Media.
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Bin Laden Book by 'Black Hawk Down' Author to Pub in October
With all the press surrounding No Easy Day, Atlantic Monthly Press is holding firm to the October date for its account of the al Qaeda leader’s death by Mark Bowden, The Finish.
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AnswerQi: Tech Info On-Demand
‘‘It’s an on-demand world,” said Glenn Nano, cofounder of startup AnswerQi. “People have unique needs and you can’t just give them off-the-shelf stuff.” Launched in May 2011, AnswerQi is a Web-based question and answer service that can provide immediate answers or detailed support for a wide variety of technology-related questions.
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AAA Shifts Gears
AAA Publishing is adapting to the digital age to ensure that its name remains synonymous with trusted travel tips and information. To that end, AAA is becoming a digital-first publisher, putting core data in digital formats at the top of its publishing pyramid.
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Buzz Grows Around Navy SEAL Bin Laden Book
Mark Owen's No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden has been moved up to a September 11 pub date by Dutton, and has revealed an extensive publicity campaign.
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First Two Familius Titles Land on Amazon’s Kindle Bestseller List
Familius, a digital publishing company launched this year by former Gibbs Smith CEO Christopher Robbins, released two titles on parenting that reached numbers one and five in Kindle's fatherhood category.
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Random House of Canada Launches Online Magazine and Digital-only Imprint
Random House of Canada is launching an online magazine and imprint for original e-publications as a part of a new digital strategy.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Getting Into...Soup
The Chicken Soup brand is expanding to include food. The publisher, which specializes in inspirational books, is launching a line of comfort foods, starting with soup.
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Tracking Amazon: Navy Seal's Bin Laden Book Skyrockets
Dutton is touting Mark Owen's No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden as the first first-person account of the plot that killed Bin Laden.
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Gibbs Smith Launches Gift Line and New Website
Gibbs Smith has launched a new branded Web site, BabyLit.com, as well as a line of accompanying gift products.
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Macmillan To Distribute Page Street
Macmillan announced that it has signed publishing start-up Page Street Publishing in Essex, Mass., to its roster of sales and distribution clients, which includes Rodale and Bloomsbury USA.
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Steve Clemente Named President & CEO of Nebraska
Nebraska Book Company, which operates more than 250 college stores, announced that Steve Clemente has been promoted to president and CEO.
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Rally Held at Missouri Honoring Press As More Editors Resign
As the exodus of authors and editors from the University of Missouri Press escalates, a rally celebrating the press's past accomplishments took place yesterday.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Paterno' Slides Slightly
On its release date, as reviews begin to come in, Paterno by Joe Posnanski is ranked #36 on Amazon's bestseller chart.
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