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Rodale Signs with NetGalley
Rodale Books has signed on with NetGalley to digitally deliver many of its biggest fall books to reviewers, booksellers, journalists, librarians and bloggers.
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Local Hit Morning Glory Farms Poised to Go National
It’s impressive enough that a book about a farm on Martha’s Vineyard published by a small, local press already has more than 12,000 copies in print. But with the Obamas heading to the Vineyard later this month, the farm behind the book is poised for national visibility.
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Slow, Steady Growth for Charlesbridge at 20
Other houses may be trimming staff and books, but 20-year-old Charlesbridge Publishing in Watertown, Mass., is profiting by maintaining both. Admittedly things looked “dicey” last fall, says president and publisher Brent Farmer, when sales dropped off as they did for trade houses large and small. But coming off a strong spring list, the independent children's press finished 2008 up 3%. And it's on track to be slightly up again this year.
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Maria Rodale to Succeed Steve Murphy
Maria Rodale has been named CEO of the family company, succedding Steven Murphy who is not renewing his contract after nearly a decade at the publisher.
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Square One Publishers Adds InnoVision Line
Square One Publishers is increasing its presence in the alternative medicine field, taking over the distribution for the book program of InnoVision Health Media.
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Weaker Canadian Dollar Helps Lift Harlequin
Sales rose 4.4% at Harlequin in the second quarter as a gain in foreign exchange offset a smll decline in underlying sales. The North America retail market had a decline in the period, though growth rose in the Overseas division.
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Barnes & Noble Adopts Lexile Framework for Reading
Starting this fall, Barnes & Noble will offer customers the ability to search for books by Lexile measure, both in stores and online at bn.com. Lexile is a widely used reading measure, helping young readers develop literacy skills by selecting materials that match their reading level and interests.
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Results Tumble at McGraw-Hill Education
Revenue fell 17% in the second quarter at McGraw-Hill Education with a sharp drop in sales in the school education group. Restructuring charges added to a decline in profits.
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Barnes & Noble Stores to Offer Free AT&T Wi-Fi
Barnes & Noble is partnering with AT&T to provide free in-store Wi-Fi access to customers at all outlets nationwide. CEO Steve Riggio said providing free Wi-Fi to customers is helping the retailer “[extend] the sense of community that has always been in our stores.”
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Cracks in Amazon's E-book Empire
With the launch of a new competitor and a public relations disaster, Amazon has endured one of the most difficult seven days in the e-books business since it launched its first Kindle in 2007. Amazon's removal on July 17 of 1984 and Animal Farm from customers who had downloaded the titles to their Kindle continued to be a hot topic in the book industry and blogosphere last week.
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Change Makers: Margo Baldwin
"Transforming Chelsea Green into a socially active company was really just returning to our roots.”
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Scholastic Says Profits Will Rise in 2010
Increased operating efficiencies, higher gross margins in its children's book business and $50 million in incremental revenue for its educational technology products will result in an additional $30 million to $70 million of operating income in fiscal 2010 that will bring it close to achieving an operating margin of 9%, Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson said in a conference call discussing fisc...
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Consortium Adds Five to the Fold
Consortium announced Wednesday that it is adding five publishers to its list, bringing the number of client publishers distributed this fall by the Minneapolis book distribution company up to 111 total.
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Attributor Adds Wiley
John Wiley has become the second book publisher to sign with Attributor, and will use Attributor’s online tracking service to help prevent unlawful use of its authors’ content on the Web.
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Amazon, Archaia To Release Kindle Graphic Novel
Although Amazon.com has published prose works exclusively on the Kindle before, in a first the online retailer has teamed with graphic novel publisher Archaia to publish Tumor, an original graphic novel by writer Joshua Fialkov and artist Noel Tuazon, initially in a digital edition formatted specifically for the Kindle; Tumor will be released serially on the Kindle before a hardcover print edition is published.
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Barnes & Noble Launches e-Book Store
Barnes & Noble made its long awaited entrance into the e-book market with an announcement late Monday afternoon of the launch of the Barnes & Noble eBookstore (www.bn.com/ebooks).
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Industry Begins Debate Over Removal of Kindle Titles
The industry continues to debate today what the implications for e-books are following Amazon’s decision on Friday to remove editions of 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles. The company did so after it learned that the e-books were illegal copies.
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Stielstra to Publish Bob Garfield
Next month, Stielstra Publishing, Nashville will publish its first title: The Chaos Scenario by Bob Garfield. It’s an apt first effort from the house, which was co-founded by Greg Stielstra, the former v-p of marketing at Thomas Nelson who left in 2007 to start his own consulting business.
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Poptropica: Online Publisher for Kids
At a time when many children's book publishers and authors are looking to connect with kids online to market their print books, two-year-old Poptropica is doing the reverse. It is engaging with children through a virtual world, where it publishes original stories and comics. As a result, it also generates interest in using that content in print books.
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Uproar Over Amazon Retracting Select Kindle Editions
A storm is brewing in the Kindle Community forum about Amazon’s decision to remove e-book editions of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from customers’ devices.
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