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Tracking Amazon: 'The End of Illness' Gets Unprecedented Coverage, Sales Spike
The End of Illness by David B. Agus is #4 in hardcover and #33 in the paid Kindle Store on Amazon, likely due to the extensive coverage from media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and a segment on ABC'sWorld News with Diane Sawyer.
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Two New Gertrude Stein Editions Get Yale’s Royal Treatment
The new editions of two Getrude Stein works reveal the fraught and jealous relationship Stein had with her lover and editor Alice B. Toklas.
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News Briefs: Week of January 16, 2012
Nov. Bookstore Sales Drop 8.6% and more.
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Debts Cleared, MacAdam/Cage Returns
After nearly four years of disruptive financial problems, San Francisco independent publishing house MacAdam/Cage has paid off the bulk of its debt and looks ready to resume normal publishing operations. The house has hired Sonny Brewer as its new editor-in-chief and will launch its first list in two seasons in March.
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Berrett-Koehler Posts Another Profitable Year
Twenty years after he founded the indie San Francisco press Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Steve Piersanti continues to stay focused on the company’s original mission of stewardship and socially responsible publishing practices. That commitment has led B-K to be profitable for nine years in a row, and profits in 2011 will top the $424,868 generated in 2010 on sales of about $7.5 million.
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Buzz Bringing Sales to Coffee House
The editorial directorship at Coffee House Press may have changed hands only six months ago, passing from its founding publisher, Allan Kornblum, to longtime editor Chris Fischbach in July, but the 27-year-old Minneapolis literary nonprofit press certainly hasn’t lost any momentum during the transition. Two of the press’s fall 2011 releases, Leaving the Atocha Station, a debut novel by Ben Lerner, and Sông I Sing, a debut collection of poems by Bao Phi, have been published to critical acclaim in major media publications.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, January 13
This week, an intense discussion kicked up over a bill called the Research Works Act, which was introduced on December 16, PW’s Andrew Albanese tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Fault in Our Stars' Buoyed By Free Preview
In an exclusive, Amazon is featuring the entire first two chapters of John Green's just-released The Fault in Our Stars on the book's product page. The book is currently #11 on Amazon's bestseller list.
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East View Readies Map Link Web Site & Bookseller Program
Just over a year after East View Cartographic in Minneapolis purchased the Map Link name and launched a separate wholesale map operation, East View Map Link, it is focusing on the e-commerce piece of the Map Link business.
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BISG Explains Digital Books Policy Statement in Webcast
BISG held a webcast January 11 on “Understanding BISG’s Policy for Identifying Digital Products,” designed to help clarify the BISG Policy Statement published December 7, 2011 on best practices.
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Canadian Publishers Dismayed by M&S’s Loss of Independence
Some Canadian publishers see the acquisition of McClelland & Stewart by Random House of Canada as further erosion of the government’s commitment to keep cultural industries Canadian owned.
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Nancy Pearl Teams with Amazon for “Book Lust Rediscoveries” Series
Amazon today announced that it has launched a new series with “America’s favorite librarian” (and PW columnist) Nancy Pearl.
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Distribution: Hachette Renews with Time Home Entertainment
Hachette Book Group has renewed its book distribution services agreement with Time Home Entertainment Inc. The two have partnered since 2001.
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Harvard Univ. Press Agrees with De Gruyter on E-Content
Beginning this month, Harvard University Press will market its entire catalogue of new and backlist electronic titles through De Gruyter.
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Reorg at Chelsea Green
Coming off a strong 2011, Chelsea Green is in the midst of a reorganization that includes moving to a commission rep force, as reported here last week, organizing its in-house sales staff by market rather than geographic territory, and expanding its digital offerings. The indie press has also opened a second office in Vermont and hired three new staffers.
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Green Press Initiative Kicks Off Certification Program
The Green Press Initiative kicked off the launch of their new certification program with a webinar January 10, co-hosted by PW.
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Random House Extends Indie Shipping Program
Positive feedback from booksellers, as well as increased sales, prompted Random to extend the accelerated free shipping program.
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Publishers Back Bill to Ban Public Access Mandates to Federally Funded Research
A recently introduced bill in the House of Representatives would bar the federal government from mandating that the public have free access to the research it funds has the backing of the AAP.
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Tracking Amazon: Reduced Price 'Tune in Tokyo' Cracks Top 100
Tim Anderson's Tune in Tokyo, which was featured in the first issue of PW Select last December and was published by AmazonEncore, has reached #86 in the Paid Kindle Store.
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