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Delay in Honorarium Payments Newest Rift Between NYCIP, GSMT
The lack of honorarium payments to speakers at the New York Center for Independent Publishing's April writers' conference led to a e-mail exchange between the event's organizer and the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen over when payment can be expected.
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Barnes & Noble.com Launches Bookstore iPhone App
Users can purchase items, view B&N Recommends lists, watch video interviews with authors and access other features of BN.com.
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Chelsea Green Sets Up Wish List for Librarians
Online wish list will let patrons buy Chelsea Green titles to contribute to local library.
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Stay Thirsty Lures Veteran Writers
Shamus Award—winning mystery writer David Fulmer first heard about Stay Thirsty Press when a friend sent him an e-mail. “It was a notice from Craigslist that a publisher was looking for original works to publish as e-books,” said Fulmer. “I'd had this book, The Last Time, that had technically been shopped around by my agent, but it was different from all my other work an...
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New Company Buys Gareth Stevens
Roger Rosen, owner of Rosen Publishing, has teamed with Gary Spears to acquire Gareth Stevens Publishing from Reader's Digest. Spears, who was a co-founder of Stevens 25 years ago, will be president.
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Barnes & Noble Appoints New Digital Executive
Former eBay v-p Jamie Iannone named executive v-p, B&N.com & B&N Digital.
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Books Flat at BAM
In its first-quarter filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Books-A-Million broke out sales by segment for the first time. Books and magazines accounted for just over 82% in the first quarter ended May 2, slightly less than in the comparable period of 2008. Sales of books and magazines were flat in the period at about $97 million.
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New Structure For Ingram Content Group
As part of the next phase of integrating the once separate Ingram Book Company, Ingram Digital and Lightning Source into the recently formed Ingram Content Group Inc., Skip Prichard, president and CEO of Ingram Content Group, has created two units organized around different markets. Phil Ollila has been named chief content officer and will head the content organization, and Shawn Everson has be...
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Penguin Launches Online Network
From the Publisher's Office will feature three online channels with nine series of programs dedicated to different subject areas. The goal is to give greater exposure to books and authors overlooked by the mainstream media.
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McGraw-Hill Education Announces Digital Initiative
McGraw-Hill Education today announced the creation of its Center for Digital Innovation, a research and development center that will focus on bringing technology to elementary and secondary classrooms. The Center will be led by McGraw-Hill Education’s team of former teachers, engineers and software developers.
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Freese Heading Back to National Book Network as President
Rich Freese, who was senior v-p of sales at NBN until 2001, is returning as president, freeing up current president Jed Lyons to focus on running NBN's sister company Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
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Allworth Press: Helping Artists Live in the Real World
Writers and artists don't always have their heads in the clouds—sometimes they need real world advice. At least that's the premise on which Tad Crawford founded Allworth Press in 1989. From its inaugural title, Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, Crawford explained, “I wanted to create a company to give practical advice to the creative professional.
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Participant Media Adds Book Arm
Participant Media's tagline is “entertainment that inspires.” Founded in 2004, the production company has released a wide swath of films, both documentaries and features, from Al Gore's green call to arms, An Inconvenient Truth, to Stephen Gaghan's thriller about the global hunt for oil, Syriana.
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Sedaris Small City Tour Playing Big
David Sedaris is drawing big crowds at the small cities he is hitting as part of his tour for the paperback release of When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
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Simon & Schuster in Deal with Scribd to Sell E-books
Simon & Schuster has entered into an agreement with Scribd through which the online company will host 5,000 S&S titles. The books will be available for online viewing and for sale as e-books or print books. Most books will be priced at a 20% discount to list.
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Brenda Burchard Wins Jan Nathan Scholarship
Brenda Burchard manages Safer Society Press, an arm of the Safer Society Foundation, a non-profit that provides resources for the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse. Burcard said she plans to use the knowledge she gains at Stanford to generate revenue for the press and market titles using social media.
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Sourcebooks Adds to New York, Connecticut Offices
The Illinois-based publisher has hired four new employees in its East Coast offices.
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Osprey Up in 2008
Results at the military publisher Osprey rose 16% in 2008 with U.S. revenue up 4%.
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Arcade Publishing Files Chapter 11
The respected literary house Arcade Publishing has filed for Chapter 11 five months after the death of cofounder and president Richard Seaver. The company hopes to be able to reorganize.
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Dover Introduces Flat Discount for Booksellers
Independent booksellers that do $2,500 in business with Dover will receive a flat 50% discount.
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