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Regnery Goes One-Two in Nonfiction
The Amateur, by Ed Klein and released by Regnery May 1, moves to the top of the hardcover nonfiction list this week, while The Great Destroyer debuts at # 2.
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Hachette Launching New Fiction Imprint, Redhook
Hachette is launching a new commercial fiction imprint called Redhook within its Orbit division.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Fermentation' Gets NPR Spike
The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World by Sandor Ellix Katz (with a foreword from Michael Pollan) made the leap to #34 from #481.
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Perseus Moving to New NYC Offices Later This Month
The Perseus Book Group is gearing up to move its New York City offices into one location at 250 W. 57th St. by the end of the month.
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Scholars Join Fight To Save University of Missouri Press
The battle to save the University of Missouri Press continues to heat up. In addition to a Facebook page and online petition, the latest salvo comes from 10 acclaimed scholars who issued a joint statement in support of the press’ importance to their work.
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Pynchon Comes to E
Penguin Press will bring all seven of Thomas Pynchon's novels and his story collection to e-readers beginning June 13.
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Tracking Amazon: Kindle's Mixed Bag Pricing
If you're looking for any sort of trend at the top of the Kindle bestseller list, don't look at pricing. The top 25 bestsellers have prices ranging from $1.99 to $29.99 (The Fifty Shades trilogy bundle) and everything in between.
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Call for Information – Reminder
PW’s fall/winter First Fiction feature is running in our July 23 issue; the deadline for publishers’ submissions is Thursday, June 14. The Call for Information is in our May 28 issue (p. 8); send all info and galleys, if available, to Dick Donahue (ddonahue@publishersweekly.com).
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Fifty Shades Gets Repped by Caroline Mickler Ltd.
Caroline Mickler Limited has been appointed master licensing agent for Fifty Shades of Grey, making it responsible for building the program in the U.K. and working with the brand owner to appoint agents for territories worldwide.
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Tracking Amazon: Political Books Rise
Four political books were in Amazon's top 20 bestsellers as of the morning of June 12.
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Grey House Taking Over Major Broadcasting Database
Reference publisher Grey House Publishing has acquired the directory and database of the Broadcasting & Cable Industry, which has been published, most recently by Bowker, as the Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. The publication is the standard source for station data in the U.S. and Canada.
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Tracking Amazon: Oprah Helps Breathnach
Cheryl Strayed isn't the only author Oprah Winfrey has been helping out with sales recently--Sarah Ban Breathnach was interviewed by Winfrey on June 8 on OWN.
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Book Boom
Different reports released by Bowker last week showed that the self-publishing craze is leading to an upsurge in the number of new titles available to the general public. According to Bowker’s annual measurement of the number of print titles produced, projected title output in 2011 was 347,178, up 6% from 2010. For the first time, in 2011 Bowker combined titles from self-publishers with titles from mainstream houses, and Bowker said that the gain in 2011 was entirely generated by the production from self-publishers.
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Wattpad Raises $17.3 Million
Wattpad announced June 5 that it has raised $17.3 million in new funding from Khosla Ventures, Union Square Ventures and Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang.
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Gaiman, Eggers Honor Bradbury in Tribute Book
Called Shadow Show, the book will be a collection of short stories from 26 authors honoring Bradbury and his contribution to the literary canon. The book will feature work from Dave Eggers, Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Atwood, among others.
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BEA 2012: IPG to Offer DRM-Free Option to Clients
IPG announced Tuesday that the Chicago-based book distribution company is offering its client publishers the option of selling their titles without DRM.
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Amazon Adds Over 3,000 Titles in Deal with Avalon Books
Amazon Publishing has significantly increased the size of its publishing program, acquiring publication rights from Avalon Books to more than 3,000 backlist titles.
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Distribution: PGW Adds Four
PGW has signed Entangled Publishing, Night Shade Books, Cameron + Company, and Yosemite Conservancy to distribution deals.
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News Briefs: Week of June 4, 2012
IPG and Amazon Agree and more
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