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Simon & Schuster Unites Pocket, Simon Spotlight Entertainment in Gallery Books Imprint
Simon & Schuster has united the editorial and publicity teams of its Pocket Books and Simon Spotlight Entertainment into a new imprint called Gallery Books. The new group will be headed by Louise Burke who is now executive v-p and publisher of Gallery with Antony Ziccardi named v-p and deputy publisher.
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St. Martin's to Publish E. Lynn Harris' 'In My Father's House' in July
While Mama Dearest is the last book of E, Lynn Harris that Simon & Schuster will publish, St. Martin’s will go ahead with the publication of In My Father’s House: The Chronicle of Bentley L. Dean next July.
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Garth Stein Moves to Simon & Schuster for Next Book
Garth Stein, author of the bestselling The Art of Racing in the Rain, is leaving HarperCollins, which published Rain in 2008, for Simon & Schuster, which will publish his next novel in summer 2011.
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Gingko Press, Upper Playground Ink Book Pact
After distributing the self-published titles of Upper Playground, the San Francisco—based street/youth culture design and apparel maker, for five years, Gingko Press has taken over the direction of its publishing program and will continue to handle its distribution. Founded 10 years ago by Matt Revelli, Upper Playground is known for cutting-edge street-influenced design produced by local ...
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Jimmy Carter Moves to FSG for White House Diaries
Jimmy Carter has moved houses, signing to do his next book with FSG. (Carter's last book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land, was published by Simon & Schuster in January.) John Sterling acquired world rights to the book--which will be the former president's White House diaries--and the house is planning to publish in October 2010.
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Scholastic Has Strong First Quarter
Led by gains in its educational technology and trade book segments, revenue for the first quarter ended August 31 rose 14% at Scholastic, to $315.6 million. The first quarter loss from continuing operations was cut to $24.6 million from $42.9 million, while the net loss was reduced to $23 million from $49.1 million.
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Self-Published Indiana Author Spurs Police Action with Novel
A self-published Indiana author spurs local police to re-open an old murder case with his novel, based on a local crime.
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Madras Press to Publish Short Fiction
Madras Press has been eatablished in Brookline, Mass. to publish works of short fiction that will be distributed to independent booksellers.
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QR Codes Tie Print, Online Marketing
As publishers continue to hunt for ways to use new technology to draw the attention of teens to books, HarperCollins has been extremely pleased with the response it has received to the use of QR (quick response) codes, which it used for recent releases L.A. Candy and The Amanda Project. To access the codes, teens (or anyone else) take a picture of the code with a smartphone, which then links the user...
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Barnes & Nobles Relaunches SparkNotes.com
Barnes & Noble has relaunched its online study guide site, SparkNotes.com. The new site features numerous blogs--on everything from test prep to grammar to college admissions--a new section dedicated to social networking called Sparklife and e-books.
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Simon & Schuster Issues Digital Piracy Policy
Simon & Schuster this morning issued a new policy statement regarding its stance about the online piracy of digital books. The statement notes that as sales of digital books becomes a bigger piece of the book business, combating unauthorized copying and posting of material “requires vigilance and innovation.
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Borders Names Michael Edwards New Head of Merchandising
Michael Edwards, most recently president and CEO of Ellington Leather, a Portland, Ore.-based wholesaler of leather handbags and accessories, has been named to succeed Anne Kubek who held the post of executive v-p, merchandising and marketing.
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Scribd Author’s Hardcover Debuts on ‘Chronicle’ Bestseller List
Kemble Scott's The Sower, first posted on Scribd, has hit the San Francisco Chronicle's bestsellers list after it was published by Numina Press.
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Andrews McMeel Expands Relationship with Simon & Schuster
Andrews McMeel Publishing and Simon & Schuster announced Monday afternoon that S&S will handle the sales of AMP books to the trade in the U.S. and Canada, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
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The Flavor Bible Still Selling One Year Later
On September 7, The Flavor Bible celebrated one year on Amazon’s “Cooking, Food & Wine” top 100 bestseller list. And, its authors are quick to add, before Julie & Julia-related books took over much of list’s prime real estate, The Flavor Bible spent most of its life in the top 25. How did a book without a movie tie-in, national TV presence or celebrity authors, that doesn’t contain one recipe, achieve such success?
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Welcome's Slow Food Book Could Be Breakout Indie Hit
Sleeper alert: one of this fall’s indie hits could be a gorgeous photography book on Italy's slow food movement. Welcome Books won’t release Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town by photographer Douglas Gayeton until next month, but it has already gone back for a second printing, bringing the total to 25,000 copies. The project began as a PBS Web series, grew into an art exhibition, and is now Welcome’s lead title for fall.
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A Day for the Bookstores
This fall, we invite you to join Publishers Weekly in celebrating the first annual National Bookstore Day, a day devoted to celebrating bookselling and the vibrant culture of bookstores. This year's day will take place on Saturday, November 7, and to make it a success we need your help and participation.
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It’s Good to Be Hachette
No matter what currency you are talking about, Lagardère Publishing Group was the big winner among the five largest trade houses operating in the U.S. in the first half of 2009. The parent company of Hachette Book Group was the only publisher to post an increase in both sales and profits in the six-month period.
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Haights Cross to Restructure Debt As Part of Pre-Packaged Bankruptcy
Haights Cross Communicaitions has reached an agreement with its major lenders to lower its debt obligations through a restructuring made as part of a pre-packaged bankruptcy filing. The day-to-day operations of Triumph Learning and Recorded Books will be unaffected by the debt restructuring.
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Balliett Leaving Hyperion to Head Thames & Hudson
Will Balliett is leaving as editor-in-chief of Hyperion to become president and publisher of Thames & Hudson Inc.
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