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Moving Quickly At Bettie Youngs Books
When talking business with Bettie Youngs, publisher of Bettie Youngs Books, you’ll quickly get an idea of the scale of her ambition, as you’ll hear a lot of numbers. She wrote her first book in graduate school and has since authored 36 books, and now, at BYBooks, seven of her company’s last 12 memoirs are being developed or acquired for film. BYBooks has published 20 titles in the past 15 months and has more than 150 signed contracts in place. Her most recent title is Amazing Adventures of a Nobody by reality TV host Leon Logothetis (whose shows, on channels like Discovery, have aired in 100 countries).
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Akashic to Publish Real Kids' Book Based on 'Go the F*** to Sleep' Parody
It may have been a “fluke hit,” but Akashic Books publisher Johnny Temple says Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortes’ bestselling kids' book parody, Go the F**k to Sleep, has spent six months on the bestseller lists and has more than 500,000 copies in print.
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Distribution: Consortium Adds Three Overseas Publishers
Consortium has announced three new overseas publishers for the spring 2012 season: MCCM Creations, Nobrow Press, and Promopress.
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NYU’s Center for Publishing Holds Industry Insider Panel
The ramifications of shrinking shelf space and speed to market were two of the topics touched on in the latest NYU Media Talk series, presented Tuesday afternoon.
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Distribution News: IPS Adds 4, SCB Adds 8
SCB and Ingram Publishers Services Inc., an Ingram Content Group Company, announced distribution agreements with a total of a dozen new clients here and abroad. “IPS is pleased to welcome these four independent publishers to our growing list of clients,” said v-p and general manager Mark Ouimet. “We are eager to put our unique combination of solutions to work on behalf of each to help them expand their reach in the marketplace and grow their businesses worldwide.”
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Darien Library to Install Espresso Book Machine
The Darien Library in Darien, Ct. will unveil an Espresso Book Machine at Darien Library’s annual meeting on Sunday, October 30. The Darien Library will be the first public library on the East Coast to have an EBM on site.
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Thomas Nelson Opens Publishing Division in Mexico
Thomas Nelson Publishers has opened a new division, Thomas Nelson Mexico. Officially launched August 1, a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new facility was held last week in Mexico City.
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University of Michigan Press Uses Twitter to Promote New Releases
The University of Michigan Press launched their second social media marketing campaign Monday, this time on Twitter.
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DK Publishing Bounces Back
When Penguin began the restructuring of DK Publishing in 2009, it had two main objectives—to reduce the size of its list and to cut editorial costs to improve the profitability of its illustrated book group. What it hadn’t counted on was the phenomenal success of its publishing partnership with Lego. “That’s been the cherry on top,” said Peter Field, a Penguin veteran who took over responsibility for DK in summer 2009 as CEO. Since the Lego license kicked in, in fall 2009, DK has sold 6.5 million units through June 2011 and has 25 titles in its catalogue. The top-sellers in the line this year are LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Sticker Collection; LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World; and LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary.
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News Briefs: Week of October 24, 2011
‘Shine’ Withdrawn as NBA Finalist and more.
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Algonquin Launching YA/Middle Grade Line
Algonquin Books is launching a young reader program, focusing on YA and middle grade fiction.
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S&S Gives Sales Data to Authors Through New, Internal Web Site
Simon & Schuster has unveiled Author Portal, a Web site that its authors (and illustrators) can use to access their sales information, as well as tools to build their online presence.
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Berkley/NAL to Launch E-book Imprint, InterMix
With demand for mass market paperbacks withering, Berkley/NAL, the mass market paperback division of Penguin, will launch a new e-book imprint that will operate much like a mass market paperback publisher.
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Atlantyca and 21st Century to Publish One Million Stilton Books
Atlantyca Entertainment has signed with 21st Century Publishing House to publish one million Geronimo Stilton books promotionally priced for children. The agreement grants 21st Century Chinese-language rights to The Little Book of Nature.
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Crime Fiction Academy Launched; Lehane, Slaughter and More on Faculty
The Center for Fiction, founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library, has announced the February 2012 debut of The Crime Fiction Academy an ongoing program that will be exclusively dedicated to crime writing in all its forms.
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Distribution: Nolo Joins Ingram
Ingram Publisher Services Inc. and Nolo announced that Nolo has selected Ingram Publisher Services to handle its sales, marketing and distribution.
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PW Select Fall 2011: Mercer Re-ups with FastPencil
Late last month, the self-publishing company FastPencil re-signed bestselling children's author Mercer Mayer to another multibook deal. Mayer shared his experiences working with FastPencil with PW, and why he decided to do more books with the company.
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News Briefs: Week of October 17, 2011
Amazon Launches Sci Fi/Fantasy Imprint 47North and more.
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A Look at The West, Via Sweden
The Layton, Utah publisher Gibbs Smith has a well-deserved reputation for publishing books that celebrate the American West, and company founder Gibbs Smith is high on a fall book that takes a different look at the region and its culture. West, set for release November 1, is by the Swedish team of journalist Lars Aberg and photographer Lars Strandberg. “I could see from the first that it was an interesting, European look at the American West,” said Smith, who acquired the book after the Western Folklife Organization brought Aberg and Strandberg to his attention.
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