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Cagney & Lacey Producer Rethinks Publishing On Demand
Emmy Award-winning producer Barney Rosenzweig recently published his memoir, Cagney & Lacey and Me, through the Print On Demand publisher iUniverse. He explains the process and why he will go the traditional publishing route next time.
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That 8.3 Million Copies Sold
Was Just the BeginningHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has set records for Scholastic, Random House, Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon as the fastest-selling book (or CD) in history. Independent bookstores also reported record sales, with scattered reports of shortages.
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Chang to LBYR
Melanie Chang has been named executive director of publicity and communications at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, succeeding Elizabeth Eulberg.
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Little, Brown Has Big Plans for Meyer
One of the few things that can provoke a hint of annoyance from author Stephenie Meyer is calling her the next J.K. Rowling. While the press might be eager to crown the Phoenix homemaker—cum—international bestseller the next YA fantasy wunderkind, Meyer would demur that she will never be as big as the creator of Harry Potter.
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Scholastic Gives Continuities Last Chance
While Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will provide a boost to Scholastic's sales and earnings in fiscal 2008, another important ingredient in improving the company's earnings is turning around the performance in its continuities business, which posted another large loss in the fiscal year ended May 31.
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Moving On at PMA
In 1983, Jan Nathan was asked to represent 15 small Southern California publishers at the ABA convention in Dallas. Nathan, a Brooklyn native but by then a longtime Californian, had dabbled in various publishing ventures, including transportation and travel magazines and had just started her own company, whose mission was to help manage trade associations.
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Big Books on Campus
This fall, university presses are at the forefront of the debate on many of today's front-page issues. In fact, one book, Poems from Guantánamo, actually made the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Iraq, the Guantánamo detainees, the environment, the role of religion in America today: these are the subjects of lead titles from several presses.
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A New Home for International Literature
Chad W. Post, formerly of Dalkey Archives Press, is leading a new publishing company dedicated to translations and other international literaure.
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Fulcrum Buys Speck; Adds Staff
Fulcrum Press has acquired Speck Press, adding 20 titles to its list; Speck founder Derek Lawrence will join Fulcrum in September as associate publisher.
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Doubleday to Publish Pelosi
First female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has signed with Doubleday to release a memoir scheduled for publication in summer 2008.
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EBay Pulls Harry Potter 7 Listing--
Hours After Sale Was CompletedEBay has become the latest front in the battle to salvage the battered HP 7 embargo.
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Tales from the Slush Pile #82
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Scholastic's Intricate Plan to Guard HP 7
Apparently Undone By Upstart E-TailerParent company of DeepDiscount.com promises investigation of embargo breach, as Scholastic issues plea to readers who got copies early: "keep the packages hidden until midnight on July 21st."
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Wainwright to Crown
Katie Wainwright, formerly of Hyperion, will take up the post of Vice President, Executive Director of Publicity at Crown Publishing Group as of August 1, 2007.
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After 46 Years, FSG On the Move
Farrar, Straus & Giroux is making its first move since 1961, leaving Union Square and heading a few blocks west to new lodgings at 18 West 18th Street. The move is planned for the end of the year, possibly around the Christmas holidays.
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Nasshan Leaving Borders
Borders old guard continues its slow departure with news that head of trade books Bill Nasshan is stepping down.
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Scholastic Trying to Plug Web Leaks
Scholastic has obtained subpoenas to try to prevent Web sites from posting digital copies of the final volume of Harry Potter.
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How Will HM's Harcourt Buy Affect Trade?
The combination of the Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt trade units would create a company with revenue of about $200 million--and a formidable backlist of literary fiction and nonfiction.
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Amazon Buys Brilliance Audio
The e-tailer is increasing its commitment to audiobooks, acquiring publisher Brilliance Audio and expanding its CustomFlix disc on demand service.
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Winton Buys Soft Skull Press
Less than a week after announcing its acquisition of Counterpoint Press, Winton, Shoemaker & Co. LLC has acquired Soft Skull Press. Soft Skull publisher Richard Nash will join the new company as executive editor and will be editorial director of the Soft Skull imprint run from a New York office.
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