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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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Distribution: Continental & Behrman Add Clients
Continental Sales has taken over national distribution for Sea Hill Press and Behrman House has become the U.S. distributor for Jerusalem-based Gefen Publishing House.
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F+W Sued for Holiday Parody
Parody may be the highest form of flattery, but that’s not the way CCA and B, LLC, publishers of the holiday staple Elf on the Shelf, see it. In late June the company filed a 19-count lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Adams Media, parent company F+W Media, for its humor book for parents, Elf Off the Shelf.
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Sellers Publishing Goes Digital
With next month’s simultaneous print and e-book release of My First Ladies, a behind-the-scenes look at presidential wives from Rosalynn Carter to Michelle Obama by Nancy Clarke with Christie Matheson, Sellers Publishing is moving into digital publishing.
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Univ. of Pittsburgh Press Partners with On Demand Books
All 750 titles from the University of Pittsburgh Press paperbacks catalogue are now available through the Espresso Book Machine.
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Potomac Books Struggles to Pay Writers
Times are tough for small publishers, and their authors. Virginia-based Potomac Books is no exception. The small press is delinquent in paying a number of its authors but told PW it is addressing the problem, and is still open for business.
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Putnam and Riverhead Get New Directors
Alexis Welby has been appointed to director of publicity of G. P. Putnam’s Sons and Jynne Dilling Martin has been appointed to director of publicity for Riverhead Books to begin a new strategic publicity structure that focuses on the editorial strengths of each imprint.
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Central Recovery Press Starts Digital Shorts Line
The Las Vegas-based Central Recovery Press, which specializes in books about addiction (and recovery), has launched a new digital shorts line called CRP Editions.
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Clarification
Clarification: In the story in today’s issue of PW about the upcoming release of the new film, One Day, it should be noted that Random House and Focus Features jointly acquired film rights to One Day.
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Milkweed's First Bestseller Returns Home
In 1993 Milkweed Editions had its first bestseller with Larry Watson's Montana 1948. Now, after years of publishing with bigger houses, Watson has returned to the press for his latest, American Boy, which Milkweed sees not only as an editorial coup, but also as a major homecoming.
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