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Consortium, Ingram Publisher Services Add Clients
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution and Ingram Publisher Services have both announced new clients.
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The Nook is Barnes & Noble Top Seller
The Nook has become the fastest selling single item at Barnes & Noble since the retailer introduced the e-reader October 20.
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Barnes & Noble Sees Store Consolidation Ahead
B&N executives believe the retailer will benefit from store consolidation among its competitors.
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Lorena Jones New Publishing Director at Chronicle
Chronicle Books announced yesterday that former Ten Speed Press publisher Lorena Jones has taken over as publishing director. In her new role, Jones will initiate a digital food and drink publishing program, and oversee Chronicle’s food and drink list as a whole.
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Mixed Indigo Second Quarter
Sales rose slightly, but earnings were off at Canada's largest bookseller.
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Barnes & Noble Defends Its Turf
The country's largest bookseller is well positioned to grow as it plans to leverage its traditional bookstores, online presence and growing digital footprint to boost results, executives said.
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Hyperion Postpones James Arthur Ray Books Following Sweat Lodge Deaths
Hyperion has postponed the publication of two books by self-help author James Arthur Ray, following the author’s possible involvement in the deaths of three people and hospitalization of 21 others in a sauna-like sweat lodge at an Arizona resort last month.
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Weak School Sales Drop Results at McGraw-Hill Education
Sales in McGraw-Hill Education's school segment fell 19.6% in the third quarter, resulting in an 11.6% decline for the entire company. Results were strongest in the college division.
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North Star Press Tries Some New Things at 40
Still family-run, North Star Press is upping its output and trying some new marketing approaches in its 40th year.
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Soapbox: Selling Green
Business owners are realizing that they have a responsibility to help protect the environment. But what about your bookstore? Where do you fit in, and can changes you enact really make a difference?
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GSL Publishing Associates Handling Arcade Sale
GSL Publishing Associates has been appointed by the bankruptcy court to oversee the possible sale of Arcade Publishing.
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OR’s New Model at Work in ‘Going Rouge’
New progressive press OR Books is using an e-book, print-on-demand strategy to release its first book, Going Rouge.
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Simon & Schuster Delaying 'Under the Dome' E-book Release
With publishers experimenting on release dates for e-books, Simon & Schuster has announced it is delaying the release of the e-book of Stephen King's eagerly anticipated new 1,000-plus-page novel, Under the Dome.
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Cronin Moving to RH's Sub Rights Department
Denise Cronin has been named v-p of subsidiary rights for the Random House Publishing Group, filling a position that has been open since Rebecca Gardner left in late September to be rights director at the Gernert Company.
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Barnes & Noble Unveils the Nook 3G/Wi-Fi Digital Reader
Turns out those mysterious photos released last week of a rumored Barnes & Noble-sponsored digital reader were the real deal. B&N CEO Steve Riggio along with B&N.com president William Lynch were on hand to show off the new device—called the Nook—at a packed press conference on the west side of Manhattan Tuesday afternoon.
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Encounter's New Imprint Crashes Short Books
New York independent Encounter Books is creating a new imprint, Encounter Broadsides, which will publish 6,000-word titles by conservative writers on a tight turnaround schedule. The first books in the series are all 48-page, $5.99 paperbacks: How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our Elections by John Fund (Nov. 3) and Why Obama’s Government Takeover of Health Care Will Be a Disaster by Dr. David Gratzer (Nov. 10).
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Penguin Up... and Down
Reported third quarter sales at Penguin were up 12%, but without the benefit of currency fluctuations, revenue was off 4%.
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Weinstein Books Partners with Perseus
After rumors that it maybe closing down, Weinstein Books has partnered with Perseus Books Group to keep the imprint alive.
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Simon & Schuster Signs Trilogy Adapted from iTunes App
Simon & Schuster's Atria Books imprint has struck a three-book deal with F.J. Lennon for a series based on his popular video game app, Soul Trapper.
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Wayne State in Fourth Printing for NBA Finalist 'American Salvage'
When the National Book Award finalists were announced last Wednesday, Wayne State University Press was the only small publisher represented in the fiction category, with Bonnie Jo Campbell's American Salvage. It also marked the first time one of the press’ authors was nominated for the award.
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