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Vintage Classics to Publish Another Williams Novel
Following the runaway success of forgotten classic, Stoner, earlier this year, Vintage Classics will publish Butcher’s Crossing, a third novel from the author John Williams.
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HBG Employees Show Their Artistic Side
Editors, designers, and publicists spend their days refining and supporting a writer’s art—his or her book.
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For Major Publishers, Will Print No Longer Be the Norm?
The idea that any standard deal from a major publisher guarantees a print format release—which was previously a foregone conclusion—is something agents are no longer taking for granted, with some expressing concern that the big houses are starting to hedge on print edition commitments in contracts.
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Publishers Respond to Common Core
At a panel on Common Core at BookExpo America, a number of booksellers in the audience seemed anxious about how to incorporate the new state standards into their stores.
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News Briefs: Week of October 28, 2013
Kirshbaum to Leave Amazon Publishing and more.
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Kirshbaum to Leave Amazon Publishing
Amazon has confirmed to PW a story in Friday’s Shelf Awareness that Larry Kirshbaum will step down as head of Amazon Publishing’s general publishing program early next year.
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'Allegiant' Sells 455K Copies on Day One
In what was the largest ever first-day number for HarperCollins, Veronica Roth's YA novel Allegiant sold 455,000 copies globally across all formats on its release day.
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Soho Press Relaunches Web Site
Indie publisher Soho Press has redesigned its Web site and will be selling titles direct, at a discount, through the updated portal.
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Simon & Schuster to Launch Science Fiction, Fantasy Imprint
Simon & Schuster is preparing to up its presence in the science fiction, fantasy and horror market with the launch of a new imprint dedicated to the category.
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115M Wimpy Kid Copies in Print
Amulet Books announced that Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will surpass 115 million books in print on November 5, when the eighth book, Hard Luck, releases worldwide.
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Goodman Fiell Enters the U.S.
In their nearly 15 year tenure at art publisher Taschen, husband-and-wife writing team Charlotte and Peter Fiell authored and edited 38 books on art, design, and architecture.
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News Briefs: Week of October 21, 2013
Macmillan to Offer Entire E-book Backlist To Libraries and more.
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Bloomsbury Launches Pop Science Imprint, Sigma
Bloomsbury has launched a new imprint called Sigma that will publish books in the popular science category.
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Archipelago Meets $20k Kickstarter Goal
The publisher announced it met its goal to fund the printing costs for a special hardcover edition of My Struggle: Book One by Karl Ove Knausgaard, to be released next June.
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BelleBooks Acquires New Imprint and Editorial Director
BelleBooks, Inc. announced its acquisition of new imprint ImaJinn Books, as well as the addition of Brenda Chin as the imprint’s editorial director.
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Little, Brown Heads Back to Press on Booker Winner
Little, Brown announced that it will return to press for 25,000 copies of The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, which was awarded the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
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Tracking Publisher-Amazon Relations in 'The Everything Store'
One of the more interesting strands in Brad Stone’s new book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon is watching how the relationship between Amazon and publishers evolved over the years.
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Schulman Named President at Rodale
Scott Schulman, a former Dow Jones executive, has been named president of Rodale. Schulman, who will start at the media company on October 28, will be reporting directly to chairman and CEO, Maria Rodale.
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AmazonCrossing to Publish Brazilian Lit
The announcement follows Brazil’s participation as Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week.



