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Faber and Faber Acquires News Corp Scandal Book
Nick Davies, the Guardian journalist who broke Rupert Murdoch's News International scandal, has signed with Faber and Faber to write Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with the World’s Most Powerful Man; publication is planned for fall 2012.
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Kania Leaving HarperCollins; Publisher to Reorg Paperback Program
Carrie Kania, who oversees HarperCollins's paperback programs and its It Books imprint, is decamping for the agent-ing business, having signed on to work at the London-based outfit Conville & Walsh.
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Agate Grows Through Diversification
Agate Publishing, founded in 2003 with the release of a single novel, Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson, has found success in a volatile industry by publishing nonfiction and fiction for a variety of distinct niche markets. The Chicagoland press currently publishes about 20–22 titles each year across three trade imprints: Surrey Books (cookbooks and lifestyle), Bolden Books (African-American interest), and B2 Books (business). By the end of 2013, the company expects to publish 25–30 titles annually across four trade imprints. Agate's Midway Books imprint, which will specialize in Midwestern topics by Midwestern authors, with an emphasis on Chicago, will launch in spring 2012 with three or four releases.
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New Louvre Book Looks At All the Pretty Paintings
Museum art books are common staples in any exhibition's gift store and on coffee tables around the world, but The Louvre: All the Paintings (Black Dog & Leventhal) has one thing that no other art book can claim: every single painting from the museum's permanent collection.
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News Briefs: Week of 7/25/11
Scholastic Earnings Up 1% In 4Q and more.
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Publishing Success Sparks New Company for Concept, Inc.
Concept, Inc. president Susie Kelley has announced that, due to the success of the company's first cookbook, Concept, Inc. has formed a new company to handle the publishing demand.
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Abrams Partners With AMC for 'Walking Dead' Books
Abrams has signed a deal with AMC, the cable television network, and Robert Kirkman’s Skybound, an imprint of Image Comics, to publish two books based on AMC's original series The Walking Dead.
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F+W Acquires The Writers Store
F+W Media, Inc. announced Monday the acquisition of The Writers Store, the largest reseller of third-party writing and filmmaking tools worldwide.
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University Press Launches Facebook Serials
The University of Michigan Press is hoping to entice Facebook members into purchasing two new releases this summer by posting installments from each novel on the press’s Facebook page over the next eight weeks.
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News Briefs: Week of 7/18/11
Borders: The Week Ahead, and more.
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Wiley and Blackboard Partner on Learning Content
John Wiley & Sons and Blackboard Inc. announced a new global partnership that will enable institutions running the Blackboard Learn platform to access Wiley’s collection of learning content and tools – including the popular online teaching and learning environment, WileyPLUS.
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NetRead and Macmillan Renew Partnership
NetRead's JacketCaster will continue to handle Macmillan's metadata.
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University of California Press Brings Flashpoint Series To an End
U.C. Press has decided to cease publication of its FlashPoint series, which launched five years ago and specialized in scholarly literary studies titles.
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Ingram Adds Four New Clients
Ingram Publisher Services Inc. announced agreements with four new publishers, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Insight Publications, No Limit Publishing Group and Opinionated About.
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A Look at Fall's Big Books
This is a reminder that nearly 8,500 fall titles can be viewed at publishersweekly.com/Fall2011. PW subscribers can browse the titles submitted by using a variety of helpful filters--by publisher, imprint, subject category, publication date, and format.
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PoliPoint Press Closed
After selling off 21 titles to Paradigm and Berrett-Koehler in May, PoliPoint Press, founded in 2004 in Sausalito, Calif., has closed. According to Monique Lusse, PoliPoint’s director of finance and its sole remaining employee, rights to the balance of the press’s titles reverted back to the authors.
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Distribution: Sasquatch Moves to RH
Seattle-based independent publisher Sasquatch Books has announced it is entering a sales and distribution agreement with Random House Publisher Services, effective January 1, 2012.
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July 12, 2011
The Association of Canadian Publishers has selected Ingram’s digital asset management platform CoreSource to distribute and archive content for their members globally.
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July 11, 2011
Lorelei James’ e-book-only, newest Rough Riders novel, Chasin' Eight, became Samhain Publishing's first New York Times and USA Today bestseller.
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