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  • Sales, Earnings Off at Simon & Schuster

    Jim Milliot | 02/19/2010 @ 02:50PM

  • Jim Lee, Dan DiDio Named Copublishers of DC Comics

    Calvin Reid | 02/18/2010 @ 04:29PM

    DC Entertainment has named acclaimed comics artist Jim Lee and DC Universe senior v-p and executive editor Dan DiDio as copublishers of DC Comics, the comics division and publisher of Superman, Batman, and other classic comics characters.

  • Glenn Beck Helps Turn Anarchist Book Into Bestseller

    Judith Rosen | 02/18/2010 @ 03:04PM

    The old saw that there is no such thing as bad publicity could be behind the success of The Coming Insurrection, written by an anonymous group that goes by the pen name the Invisible Committee.

  • B&N Board Rejects Burkle Request to Drop Poison Pill

    By Calvin Reid | 02/17/2010 @ 04:25PM

    Barnes & Noble’s board has rejected the request of investor Ron Burkle to remove its poison pill provision and allow him acquire up to 37% of the national bookstore chain.

  • S&S Debuts Digital Author Widget

    By Calvin Reid | 02/17/2010 @ 01:50PM

    S&S has developed an author widget that will display information on all the books of an S&S author, and is using its recently launched business Web site, simonandschuster.biz, to distribute the software.

  • Raj Patel: Promo of the Gods or False Idol?

    By Bridget Kinsella | 02/17/2010 @ 01:12PM

    Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy (Picador), was named by an obscure religious group called Share International as its messiah Maitreya, or World Teacher.

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    Yaged to Leave Disney

    By Diane Roback | 02/16/2010 @ 07:11PM

    Jonathan Yaged, v-p and U.S. publisher of the Disney Book Group, has been named chief operating officer of House Party, a consumer activation and experiential marketing company. Yaged has been with Disney since 2000, when he joined as director of business affairs.

  • Penguin to Offer Digital Catalogs

    | 02/16/2010 @ 11:17AM

    Beginning in March, the Penguin Group will begin making its catalogs available digitally starting with its fall 2010 catalog.

  • B&T, Author Solutions Ink TextStream POD Deal

    By Calvin Reid | 02/16/2010 @ 11:15AM

    Print and digital wholesaler Baker & Taylor has reached an agreement with self-publishing house Author Solutions to provide print services for its authors through TextStream, B&T’s print-on-demand and short-run printing service.

  • Simon & Schuster Unveils Online B-to-B Site

    | 02/12/2010 @ 01:11PM

    Simon & Schuster has debuted a new b-to-b Web site, specifically for its clients, at www.simonandschuster.biz.

  • Seven Stories Book Looks at African Americans In Motorsports

    By Calvin Reid | 02/11/2010 @ 01:33PM

    Seven Stories Press is releasing, Racing While Black: How An African American Stock Car Team Made its Mark on NASCAR by Leonard T. Miller (with Andrew Simon), the story of how a family of African American racing car professionals rose to prominence in a traditionally white sport.

  • Hachette USA Has Record Year Despite Down Fourth Quarter

    By Jim Milliot | 02/11/2010 @ 01:18PM

    Fourth quarter sales at Hachette Book Group USA fell 20% in the fourth quarter has a number of new bestsellers could not offset the record results turned in by Stephenie Meyer titles in the final quarter of 2008. Still, HBG USA had a record 2009.

  • Who Dat? Triumph Rolls Out Saints Title

    By Claire Kirch | 02/11/2010 @ 01:16PM

    Triumph Books is once again doing an instant book on a Super Bowl winner, printing 30,000 copies of Marching In.

  • John Wiley Signs Blio Deal

    | 02/10/2010 @ 01:36PM

    John Wiley has become the first major publisher to sign on to use Blio, the e-reader software application created by knfbReading Technology and powered by Baker & Taylor.

  • Second Firm Ups Barnes & Noble Stake

    By Jim Miliot | 02/10/2010 @ 01:18PM

    Aletheia Research & Management has increased its stake in Barnes & Noble to a 17.5% stake, acquiring nearly 2 million shares in recent weeks.

  • Ingram Digital, Ex Libris Offer Access to MyiLibrary e-Content

    By Calvin Reid | 02/10/2010 @ 01:07PM

    Ingram Digital has teamed with Ex Libris, a library automation and software developer, to provide access to e-books available through Ingram Digital’s MyiLibrary, a digital content aggregator that offers more than 175,000 digital titles from more than 18,000 publishers.

  • Arcadia Publishing Becomes 100% FSC Certified

    | 02/10/2010 @ 01:02PM

    Effective with its current list, Arcadia Publishing is now printing all of its titles on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper, making it the first publisher of its size to be using FSC paper for all books.

  • The Nook Headed to Barnes & Noble Stores

    | 02/08/2010 @ 04:15PM

    After running out of stock on the Nook over the holidays, Barnes & Noble has caught up on orders and is shipping the e-reader to stores this week.

  • Medallion Debuts Action Interviews

    By Claire Kirch | 02/08/2010 @ 03:09PM

    Medallion Press has introduced the “action interview” audio download.

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