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'PW' Teams with Exact Editions for iPhone App

| 05/25/2010 @ 12:00AM

In partnership with the U.K. digital vendor Exact Editions, Publishers Weekly has launched an iPhone app to coincide with the start of BookExpo America. Readers will be able to download the new PW iPhone app and access PW content starting with the April 26 pre-BEA issue on through current issues, including free daily access to Show Daily content from BEA (first print issue of Show Daily was published today with two more editions to come).
The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, May 25, 2010

by Rachel Deahl | 05/25/2010 @ 12:00AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: 'Mockingbird' Turns 50; eBooks sales up in the UK, too; Martin Gardner dies; SF Authors on alternate paths to publishing; 21 biz books, 21 female entrepreneurs; A literary 'Lost' recap; What the 'flarf'?
Web-Exclusive Reviews: Week of 5/24/10

| 05/24/2010 @ 12:00AM
The PW Morning Report: Monday, May 24, 2010

by Lynn Andriani | 05/24/2010 @ 12:00AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Independent Bookstores See Glimmers of Hope; The Afterlife of Stieg Larsson; With Nina Bourne's Death, Mourning an Era; Twain Will Finally Reveal All; Summer Beach Book Preview; First Lady Lit; Ghostwriting and the Political Book Culture.
New Briefs: Week of 5/24/10

By Publishers Weekly Staff | 05/24/2010 @ 12:00AM
Dohle Remodels Random House

By Jim Milliot | 05/24/2010 @ 12:00AM

When the first major restructuring at Random House occurred six months after Markus Dohle was named chairman of the country's largest trade book publisher, some pundits wondered why it took so long and questioned whether the reorganization was enough to give the giant house a jump-start. But one week shy of his second anniversary at the helm of Random, it is clear that Dohle has accomplished an overhaul of Random that was more evolutionary than revolutionary.
The (Tim) O'Reilly Factor

By Andrew Richard Albanese | 05/24/2010 @ 12:00AM

'PW' talks with the iconic technologist, publisher, and Tools of Change conference organizer about old habits, new directions, and, of course, Google.
A Peek at the May 24 'PW'

| 05/21/2010 @ 12:00AM

The May 24 issue features an interview with Random House chairman Markus Dohle on his first 2 years at the company. Agents react to the J.A. Konrath move to AmazonEncore, and booksellers evaluate Edelweiss. Tim O'Reilly opines on the industry's digital transformation, and the feature covers what's new in paranormal romance.
'Tinkers' Continues to Defy Expectations

by Publishers Weekly Staff | 05/21/2010 @ 12:00AM

The Perseus Book Group, which distributes Bellevue Press, publisher of the recent Pulitzer winner Tinkers, is reporting that sales for the book are still strong after a 100,000-copy printing of the book shipped in April. According to Perseus, which provided sales data, the book is selling as well or better than three of the five last Pulitzer winners for fiction in the five-week period after the prize was awarded. (Perseus provided Nielsen BookScan data which shows that, Tinkers, for that 5-week period, has sold 5,997 copies, besting March at 5,614, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao at 5,174 and Gilead at 5,704.)
Autumn Shifts at NBN and D.A.P.

by Judith Rosen | 05/21/2010 @ 12:00AM

It happens every fall, publishers change distributors. Both D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers and National Book Network have recently signed new clients. The latter added guidebook alternative NFT Not for Tourists, which is headquartered in New York City.
The PW Morning Report: Friday, May 21, 2010

by Lynn Andriani | 05/21/2010 @ 12:00AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: How E-Books Are Changing the Way Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstores Operate; Anti-War Protesters Try to Arrest Rove at Borders; Gail Rebuck's Take on E-Book Piracy; What Is Stieg Larsson's Secret?
Reloaded: New Press to Publish New Title from Controversial Author Michael Bellesiles

by Andrew Albanese | 05/20/2010 @ 12:00AM

Nearly a decade after his fall from grace, controversial Arming America author Michael Bellesiles is back with a new book, 1877: America's Year of Living Violently, set to be published by New Press in August. But just how forgiving will book buyers will be toward the historian? Already this week New Press is catching flak for its assertion in press materials that the author was "swiftboated" by pro-gun forces.
BookMasters Offers Self-Publishing Services

by Lynn Andriani | 05/20/2010 @ 12:00AM

On the heels of Barnes & Noble's announcement that it is launching a self-publishing service, distributor BookMasters has gone public with its decision to enter the field. The company today announced that it is starting a digital production and distribution service for self-published authors called AUTURO. It is tying the launch in to BEA DIY, which takes place next Monday in New York City.
The PW Morning Report: Thursday May 20, 2010

by Rachel Deahl | 05/20/2010 @ 12:00AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Harlequin & Ballantine do e-originals; 'Fast Company' on B&N's entry into self-publishing; LibreDigital secures funding; Late JG Farrell wins Britain's Lost Man Booker; Stanford to create "bookless" library
Amazon Launches Translation Imprint, AmazonCrossing

| 05/19/2010 @ 12:00AM

Amazon has established a second publishing imprint, launching, AmazonCrossing, which will do English-language translations of foreign-language books. Its first title will be Tierno Monenembo's The King of Kahel, which will be released on Nov. 2. English-language editions of the book will be available in print format through Amazon's online store and will also be released as an e-book.
Hachette Signs With RoyaltyShare to Manage Backend Digital Sales

by Rachel Deahl | 05/19/2010 @ 12:00AM

In a deal that reflects the growing need publishers have to process more complicated digital sales data, Hachette Book Group has hired the digital revenue management company RoyaltyShare to process its digital sales. RoyaltyShare, a five-year-old company based in San Diego with an office in New York, is one of the leading companies providing data on digital sales to music companies; now the software provider is looking to expand into the book publishing space. While Hachette is the first major publisher to sign with RoyaltyShare, the company's Steve Grady said it is currently in talks with other houses and will be attending BEA.
The PW Morning Report: Wednesday, May 19, 2010

by Lynn Andriani | 05/19/2010 @ 12:00AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Guns N' Roses Releases a Vook; Amazon to Publish Translations of Foreign-Language Books; NBA Ref-Turned-Felon Tim Donaghy Splits with Publisher; A Review of the Kobo; Pinter Wonders About "the Konrath Effect."
Chelsea Green Partners with Scribd on Oil Spill Book

| 05/18/2010 @ 12:00AM

In response to the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Chelsea Green Publishing and biologist and commercial salmon "fisher ma'am" Riki Ott are making her book about the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, Not One Drop, available for free download indefinitely on Scribd.com starting today.
The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, May 18, 2010

by Lynn Andriani | 05/18/2010 @ 12:00AM

A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across the Web: Obama Discloses Book Advance; Is the iPad Driving E-Book Piracy?; Kindle Goes on a Hiring Spree; Hachette wins three U.K. Bookseller Industry Awards; 'Seabiscuit' Author Returns; Printed Guidebooks Still Sell; Yiddish Novelist's Archives May Open.
'Blanket of Stars' Offers Different Look At Homeless Women

by Wendy Werris | 05/18/2010 @ 12:00AM

Frances Noble's Blanket of Stars: Homeless Women in Santa Monica, due out next month from Angel City Press, combines interviews and photographs that illuminates the humanity of the women living on the streets in her own neighborhood.

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