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At 50, MIT Press Looks Forward
At a time when some university presses have cut back their publishing program or changed course, the MIT Press, which celebrated its first 50 years this spring, continues to look to the future—“relentlessly,” according to editorial director Gita Manaktala. “The retrospective glance doesn’t come naturally to us,” she said.
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Tracking Amazon: Self-Published Author Freethy Rises
A number of e-books by Barbara Freethy, the self-published romance author, saw a big increase in sales as the release of her newest, When Wishes Collide, approaches on August 23.
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Ingram Launches New Website
Ingram has given their homepage a new look at www.ingramcontent.com.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, August 10
This week: the books that are benefiting from 50 Shades spillover and Oliver Sacks's upcoming book. Listen here.
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With Director's Ouster, UNO Press Faces Uncertain Future
In the latest instance of a university press being shuttered, the University of New Orleans Press has been placed on hiatus and its longtime director, Bill Lavender, laid off after his position was eliminated.
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Tracking Amazon: New Oatmeal Book Skyrockets
The new book from The Oatmeal, the comic Website by Matthew Inman, How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You (Andrews McMeel Publishing), was opened up for preorders on August 7 and immediately went to #12 on the Amazon bestseller list, even though it doesn't release until October 9.
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Glenn Young Launches New Imprint, Opus Books
Former Applause Books publisher Glenn Young is launching Opus, a new imprint that will publish a line of titles that will include fiction and works on the performing arts beginning with The Dark Knight Trilogy: The Complete Screenplays with Storyboards by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan and David S. Goyer, to be published this month.
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Amazon Starts Textbook Rentals
Amazon will enter the textbook rental market, launching Amazon Textbook Rental, which will open up thousands of textbooks to rent for up to a 70% discount.
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UNO Press is Shut Down, Director Bill Lavender Ousted
According to published reports, Bill Lavender, director of the University of New Orleans Press since 2007, has been ousted from his position and the press has been placed on hiatus by the university administration.
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Call for Information: Music Books
Needed: Listings and descriptions of this seasons music books, as well as publishers’/editors’ written comments about the state of this category.
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Gibbs Smith Partners with Anorak Magazine
Gibbs Smith announced that it will co-publish and exclusively distribute the North American version of Anorak Magazine, published five times a year by the Anorak Press in Great Britain.
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Tracking Amazon: Oprah Catapults 'The Untethered Soul'
After being interviewed by Oprah on August 6, Michael A. Singer's The Untethered Soul (New Harbinger Publications) has jumped to #5 from #52 on Amazon's bestseller list, and to #36 from #372 on Kindle.
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside acquires Whitecap Books
Fitzhenry & Whiteside buys a culinary imprint, Vancouver's Whitecap Books.
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News Briefs: Week of August 6, 2012
S&S Sales Up But Earnings Drop and more
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Is Publishing Ready for Agile?
“Agile” is becoming more of a buzzword in publishing circles as companies look to harness the new possibilities digital is providing, but many are still unsure whether the agile model is right.
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DoJ Files Motion Asking for Court Approval of E-book Agreement
As expected, the Department of Justice late Friday filed a motion with Judge Denise Cote asking her to approve the final judgment that the government reached with Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins in the DoJ lawsuit that charged the three with colluding with Apple to fix e-book prices.
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The Best Books of Fall 2012
We've combed through hundreds of books to find our favorites of what's on tap for fall 2012. There's a little of everything here, from a novel that could just be this generation's Catch-22, to grand new biographies of two very different types of founding fathers, to the return of Peter Rabbit.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Eat to Live' Skyrockets Following 'Live with Kelly'
Dr. Joel Fuhrman appeared on Live With Kelly earlier this week for his book Eat to Live. Following the appearance the mass market edition of the book has jumped to #8 from #1,817, and the paperback has jumped to #32 from #92. The Kindle edition is also performing well, up to #147 from #774.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, August 3
"If you’re listening to us today, we can reasonably assume two things – one, you love books, and two, you’ve seen the number of places to buy books in your community shrink."
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Call for IBPA Cover Package
The deadline is August 6 for members of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) to have the opportunity to display titles on the front cover of Publishers Weekly in the August 27, 2012. If you would like to participate, please e-mail Terry Nathan at terry@ibpa-online.org, requesting details for the PW Front Cover package.
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