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News Briefs: Week of 7/11/11
Amazon Buys The Book Depository and more.
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Robert Weil and The Music of Editing
By any measure, Robert Weil, W.W. Norton executive editor and newly appointed editor-in-chief and publishing director of the newly revived Liveright & Company imprint, is not only a good editor but a great one.
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Gena Knox Media, Wind Publications Step Up
The Southern Independent Booksellers Association (SIBA) announced its 2011 Book Award winners on Independence Day (naturally), honoring two independent Southern presses as well: Wind Publications, which published poetry winner A House of Branches by Janisse Ray, and self-publishing enterprise Gena Knox Media, whose Southern My Way won in the "cooking" category.
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Of Note: July 7, 2011
Today marks the launch of the redesigned PW Daily. In addition to our regular original news items we're adding more links to publishing news from other sources through the Roundup and check out this space for brief, but noteworthy, items.
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The Potter In Print Count
With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 set to be released in theaters next Thursday, Scholastic is expecting a bump in sales for the hugely popular series. In the U.S., the seven Potter books have 150 million copies in print with the first book, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone, the leader at 30 million copies.
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Minnesota Historical Society Press Shut by Government Impasse
If Minnesota's state government shutdown, going into its second week, lasts much longer, there will be serious consequences for the Minnesota Historical Society Press, housed at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.
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Vook to Open New Office in New York
The mixed media company Vook is consolidating its operations into a new office in New York City. Since its launch in 2009, Vook has had space in both New York and Emeryville, Calif., but beginning July 18 the company will bring all employees to a new office on West 25th St. in Chelsea.
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Kate Middleton's Fondness for 'Anne of Green Gables'
Reports that the duchess loved the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables as a girl and wanted to visit Prince Edward Island, the province where the series is set, have sparked a lot of interest and media attention during the royal couple's Canadian tour.
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Gabrielsson's 'Things I Want You To Know' a Hit for Seven Stories
After more a than week of personal appearances from Eva Gabrielsson in support of her much anticipated memoir, There are Things I Want You To Know About Stieg Larsson and Me, Seven Stories Press publisher Dan Simon reports that the book has more than 43,000 copies in print and has landed on the National Indiebound Bestseller List and on several regional lists.
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Turkish Publisher Faces Obscenity Charges Over Burroughs Novel
The Turkish house Sel Publishing is under fire in its native country for releasing, in Turkish, William Burroughs' novel, The Soft Machine.
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'Parks and Recreation' Book Headlines NBCUniversal’s Upcoming TV-to-Book Titles
NBCUniversal and Hyperion will release a book based on the television show Parks and Recreation in October.
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News Briefs: Week of Jul 4, 2011
Nebraska Book Co. Files Chapter 11 and more.
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Harvard Square Editions: A Publishing House Run by Alumni
University alumni are often supportive of their alma mater, including its press. But a group of Harvard University alums who met on one of the university’s online discussion boards, felt they needed a press of their own and formed Harvard Square Editions to publish literary fiction with a social message.
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eChristian Forms eC Publishing Group
eChristian, Inc., the online digital retailer and audio publisher, announced today that it has formed the eC Publishing Group, comprising its two current audio imprints (christianaudio and Mission Audio) and two new book imprints, eChristianBooks and Mission Books.
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The Upper Room Positions Itself for Digital Future
Christian publisher The Upper Room has announced several staff changes, promoting from within and turning its focus toward digital platforms.
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Chelsea Green Taps Seventh Generation Exec as Associate Publisher/COO
Sustainability and renewable energy publisher Chelsea Green Publishing in White River Junction, Vt., named former Seventh Generation executive Dave Rapaport as associate publisher/COO starting July 1.
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Supreme Court Rejects California Law Banning Violent Video Games
The Media Coalition, a trade association that defends media First Amendment rights, hailed the U.S. Supreme Court after it delivered a 7-2 ruling Monday striking down a California Law banning the sale of violent video games to minors.
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MP Publishing: From Man to America
More than three years ago, Mark Pearce, a successful architect and property developer, started MP Publishing on the Isle of Man. Pearce immediately started buying book rights (mostly electronic) of work written by U.K. authors and built the company up to almost $400,000 in annual revenue.
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Guitar Madness
In a project carefully planned to be the last word on guitars, specialty book packager Epic Ink is publishing The Guitar Collection: An Elite Gathering of 150 Exceptional Guitars along with a companion volume called The Guitar Collection: Stories, a mammoth and meticulously crafted dual book collection that will document many of the most famous and historically significant guitars of all time.
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News Briefs: Week of 6/27/11
Borders Asset Sale Likely and More.
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