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Random House Joins Bidding War for Allrecipes.com
Random House is the latest name to come up in the bidding war for Allrecipes.com, the food site put up for sale by Reader's Digest Association in October.
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Startup e-Book House Releases Crime Anthology
Michael Wolf, v-p of research at GigaOM, a technology news and analysis blog, has launched Bstsllr.com, an e-book publishing house specializing in crime and mystery fiction.
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Wimpy Kid Goes to Court Against Zombie
Up until now the Wimpy Kid’s adventures have stayed out of court. But that changed on Tuesday with the filing of a trademark infringement lawsuit in U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against Antarctic Press, publishers of Diary of a Zombie Kid.
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Macmillan Rebrands Higher Education Division
Macmillan is changing the name of its higher education publishing group. The publisher is switching the moniker from Bedford, Freeman, and Worth Publishing Group, to Macmillan Higher Education.
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BISG To Hold Digital Identfication Webcast
BISG will hold a webcast about their recently issued policy statement on best practices for identifying digital products. The webcast is designed to help clarify meaning and expectations regarding the statement's recommendations.
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Vintage Floods Market with More 'Dragon Tattoo' Editions in Time for Film
With David Fincher's adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo opening across the country tomorrow, Knopf has flooded the market with new editions of the bestselling title.
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McGraw-Hill Professional Restructures Sales
McGraw-Hill’s professional book group is the latest publisher to change its sales structure in response to the growth of sales of digital content and the reduction of shelf space at retail stores. The company has combined its different sales groups into one organization and created four “super regions,” according to Philip Ruppel, president of the professional book group.
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Dohle Reflects on "Successful Year"
In his annual year-end letter, Random House chairman Markus Dohle thanked the publisher’s employees across the globe for their work the last few years in aligning Random’s “culture, organization and strategy.”
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National Book Foundation To Match Donations
A member of the National Book Foundation's board of directors will match all personal gifts to the Foundation up to a total of $25,000 between now and the end of January, 2012.
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Reidy Says Year Ends on 'Higher' Note After Rough Start
In a lengthy year-end letter to staff sent on Friday, Simon & Schuster president and CEO Carolyn Reidy told employees that the year, after a rough start, is "ending on a much higher note."
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Arbitrator Finds for Regnery in Author Dispute
An arbitrator has ruled for Regnery Publishing in a lawsuit brought by three of its authors who charged the publisher with breach of contract, breach of good faith and breach of fiduciary duty.
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News Briefs: Week of December 19, 2011
Solid Quarter at Scholastic and more.
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Call for Information: Election Campaign Books
For a PW feature in the Jan. 16, 2012 issue centering on new books or pertinent reissues tied to the 2012 presidential election, publishers are encouraged to send publication details to Gwenda Bond, Gwenda007@gmail.com. The deadline for information and materials is Dec. 23.
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Podcast: PW's Week Ahead for Friday, December 16
Listen to the podcast here.
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Penguin Postpones Release of Two Mortenson YA Editions
Penguin’s Dial Books for Young Readers imprint is not publishing two Greg Mortenson titles it had on its schedule, at least for now.
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Samhain Rekindles Retro Romance
Samhain Publishing has announced the launch of Retro Romance, a Samhain line dedicated to bringing out-of-print romance novels from the seventies, eighties, nineties and early 2000s to an entirely new readership.
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Reader's Digest Cuts 150 Positions
Reader’s Digest has completed another restructuring, eliminating 150 positions across its worldwide operations. The cuts were in all business groups, including books.
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Author Jill Marshall Launches New Zealand Publishing House
Originally organized by author Jill Marshall to publish a benefit book in the wake of the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake earlier this year, Pear Jam Books has now been launched as a full-service publishing house.
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Penguin Releases Holiday eSampler
Penguin Group announced the release of its Holiday eSampler featuring excerpts from over 40 frontlist, backlist, and upcoming titles. Available for free wherever e-books are sold, the collection allows readers to browse sample chapters.
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PUBSLUSH Waiting On 2,000
At start-up PUBSLUSH Press, the magic number is 2,000. That's because if an author submits a book and 2,000 users "support" it, that book will be published.
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