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Glitterati Inc.: Books that Shine
In 2002, Marta Hallett—a very experienced and successful publishing executive and packager— founded Glitterati Inc., a New York–based boutique press that focuses on art and photo books.
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AMP Reissues Self-Published Book of Poems
Andrews McMeel Publishing has moved quickly to produce and promote Lang Leav’s Love & Misadventure, a 176-page volume containing 75 poems, as well as prose and illustrations, in which the author ruminates upon the highs and lows that inevitably accompany romantic relationships.
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Tantor Media: More than Audio
Tantor Media’s decision last year to begin publishing print books to augment its audiobook and e-book titles has paid dividends, helping to boost total company sales in a number of ways.
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News Briefs: Week of October 14, 2013
Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize in Literature and more.
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Vintage Heads Back to Press on Munro Backlist
In response to Alice Munro's receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, the Canadian writer's U.S. paperback publisher, Vintage, announced that it will be reprinting 100,000 copies of Munro's backlist.
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PGW Adds Patagonia Books; Seven Other Clients
Patagonia's list includes titles on wilderness, wildlife, and outdoor sports, and books by company founder Yvonne Chouinard.
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'Wonder' Hits Million-Copy Milestone
Random House has announced that R.J. Palacio’s middle-grade novel, Wonder, has sold one million copies in print and digital formats in North America since its February 2012 release by Knopf Books for Young Readers.
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Taking a Chance on Robert Galbraith
When David Shelley, publisher of Little, Brown U.K., arrived at a lunch to meet a potential new author named Robert Galbraith, he instead found a blonde woman sitting next to agent Neil Blair. "When she turned round I had the surprise of my life. She said, ‘I'm Jo.'"
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HBG Partners with HUK for E-book Distribution
Hachette Book Group has inked a deal with its sister company, Hachette U.K., that allows the publishers to distribute each other's e-books through their respective e-book retailers.
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S&S and Yilin Press Enter Distribution and Publishing Agreement
Under one of the more comprehensive trade deals with a Chinese publishing house, S&S will distribute e-books of a broad cross-section of Yilin Press’s Mandarin language titles.
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One Year Later, Coady’s Atavist Books Set to Launch
Last September, when it was announced that media mogul Barry Diller, film producer Scott Rudin, and former Picador publisher Frances Coady were forming a multiplatform book publishing company, Coady promised it would be “not the usual model.”
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News Briefs: Week of October 7, 2013
Apple Appeals Price-Fixing Decision and more.
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The PW Publishing Industry Salary Survey, 2013
The Publishers Weekly salary survey is back. How well does your salary stack up to the industry average?
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Podcast: Book Business Sees Positive Side
Today in publishing, where so much about the book business is uncertain, positive thinking is surprisingly widespread among employees.
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McGraw-Hill Professional Introduces Webinar Series
"Work Smarter" will bring together leading business authors who will share career insights and strategies.
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S&S In Final Phases of Homepage Redesigns
Simon & Schuster, which has been redesigning the homepages on its Web sites, announced that it is now in the final phase of what has been a roll-out process.
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Former D&M Publisher and COO Launch New Agency
Page Two Strategies is the latest of several new ventures rising from the ashes of Canada's indie D&M Publishers.
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Hard Case Crime to Publish Early Crichton Thrillers
The author penned eight novels under the pseudonym John Lange during his time at Harvard Medical School.



