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Random House and Triumph Part Ways
Following the July sale of Monacelli Press to Gianfranco Monacelli, Random announced today that Triumph Books, the Chicago sports publisher it acquired in 2006, has been sold back to its publisher, Mitch Rogatz.
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Broadcaster Bob Edwards Releases Memoir E-book Early
Bob Edwards, the legendary broadcaster and former host of All Things Considered and Morning Edition, will release his new memoir, A Voice in the Box: My Life in Radio for free on electronic devices a week before its print edition releases.
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Lynch: Agency Model Dominates
The agency model may have drawn a host of class action lawsuits but Barnes & Noble sees it becoming the dominant form of pricing.
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Distribution: PGW to Handle Unbridled Books
Publishers Group West and Unbridled Books announced that PGW will begin distributing their print titles in the US beginning October 1, 2011. Unbridled also signed with Constellation for their e-book distribution.
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Brazilian Government Objects to U.S. Small Press Title
Brazilian government officials are expressing their objections in that country’s major print media to a small Ohio publisher’s latest release, a parody set in a fictional Rio de Janero by a satirist who’s never visited that country. Due to the controversy, Two Dollar Radio will make Seven Days in Rio available in digital format to Brazilians.
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Hot Topic: Tome Raiders
If heft is what you're looking for—as well as something that can do double duty keeping doors ajar—you'll have a few literary options this fall. Whether you're in the market for revisionist history or alternate reality, you'll be able to find something clocking in at just under, or just over, 1,000 pages.
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New Name, New Model at BenchPrep
Previously known as Watermelon Express, the test prep and educational app developer has a new name, BenchPrep, and has rebranded itself as a firm offering interactive learning programs that can be used on any device.
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News Briefs: Week of August 29, 2011
Borders Sales Rise as Inventory Shrinks, and more.
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Len Vlahos Named BISG Executive Director
Len Vlahos, COO of the American Booksellers Association, has been appointed executive director of the Book Industry Study Group. Vlahos succeeds former BISG executive director Scott Lubeck, who resigned from the position in May. Vlahos will start his new job on September 12 and address the BISG annual meeting on September 20.
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'Parachute' Stays Relevant At 40
When your book makes it onto the Library of Congress's "25 Books That Have Shaped Readers' Lives" alongside books like the Bible and War and Peace, the phrase "rest on your laurels" could certainly be applicable and understandable. But that's the last thing author Richard N. Bolles and Ten Speed Press are doing for the just released 40th anniversary edition of What Color Is Your Parachute?
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News Briefs: Week of August 22, 2011
Quarto Results Rise; Group Buys Frances Lincoln Ltd. and more.
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9/11 Again
Ten years after, you wonder what we've learned. When the towers fell on September 11, Frank Rich wrote a moving column the following Sunday in the New York Times saying everything had changed—the "fat, daydreaming America" that feasted on reality shows like Survivor and Fear Factor, he said, "is gone now, way gone."
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Will January 1, 2013, Be Doomsday for Publishers?
As Don Henley told the New York Times, what's at stake is "fairness" and "parity." The Eagles lead singer, who also heads a group called the Recording Artists Coalition, was referring to a revision to copyright law, made in the 1970s, that could drastically affect the ownership of some of the cornerstones of classic rock.
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PublishAmerica "Promotions" Repudiated
Despite having two recent “marketing promotions” refuted by would-be partners, PublishAmerica is now offering its authors the opportunity to send a message to government officials about creating jobs.
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White Cloud Press Adds Collaborative Imprint
White Cloud Press has launched its third imprint in Confluence Books, a division that was formed to accommodate the high number of self-published authors White Cloud was finding that weren’t suited for their spirituality and religion lines.
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The Experiment Gets First Bestseller in 'Forks Over Knives'
Independent publisher The Experiment took its first bestseller, Forks Over Knives from concept to publication in less than four months.
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Farrah Gray Publishing Gets First Bestseller
In late 2009, social entrepreneur and businessman Farrah Gray approached Peter Vegso, the president of HCI, which published Gray's first book, Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out, about starting his own publishing company.
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Pegasus Books Takes Flight
Launched by Claiborne Hancock in the fall of 2006 with his own money and 24 titles, Pegasus Books has sprouted wings. The New York independent published 65 titles last year and reported sales of $1.8 million, turning its second consecutive year of profits.
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News Briefs: Week of August 15, 2011
June Store Sales Down and more.
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