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Cengage Buys National Geographic School Unit
Cengage Learning has signed a definitive agreement with the National Geographic Society to acquire the organization’s digital and print school publishing unit.
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Distribution: Simon & Schuster Audio's New Deal, University of Nebraska Gets Caxton
Simon & Schuster Audio and independent music distributor Monostereo DLM have entered a new sales and distribution agreement, effective immediately. In other distribution news, the University of Nebraska Press will begin distributing for Caxton Press Sept. 1, 2011.
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Publishers See Interest Spike Following Whitey Bulger Arrest
The arrest of James "Whitey" Bulger, the mobster and FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive, on June 23 has had an immediate effect on the publishing world, with authors and publishers alike scrambling to meet the rekindled interest in one of America's most notorious crime figures.
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The Top Five Twitter Feeds for the Six Largest Publishing Houses
On June 6, PW ran an article detailing 16 imprints and their presence on Twitter. The 16 imprints selected in that piece were intended to offer a glimpse into what publishers--big and small, independent and corporate--are doing on Twitter. In response to the popularity of this article, PW has asked the six largest publishing houses for data on their top five Twitter feeds, which are laid out below.
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Evanovich's "Smokin' Seventeen" Sells 218,000 on First Day
Total first-day sales for Janet Evanovich’s new book, Smokin’ Seventeen, reached 218,000 copies across print, audio, and digital formats. On its first day, 100,000 hardcovers, 100,000 e-books, and 18,000 audio books were sold through U.S. retail channels.
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Perseus Distribution and Diversion Books Enter Agreement
Perseus Distribution and Diversion Books announced today that they have entered into a sales and distribution agreement for the US and Canada.
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Roost Books Launched by Shambhala Publications
Shambhala Publications has launched Roost Books, its new lifestyle imprint, placing president Nikko Odiseos in charge. The first title under the Roost Books imprint is All Together Singing in the Kitchen by Nerissa and Katryna Nields, a music book for families, set to pub on September 13.
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Random House Revives Loveswept as E-only Imprint
Bantam’s Loveswept imprint was one of the most popular romance imprints in the 1980s and 1990s and now Random House is reviving Loveswept as an e-book only line that will release its first titles in August.
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Norton Revives Iconic 20th Century Imprint Liveright
Norton is reopening its former literary imprint Liveright & Company with executive editor Robert Weil as editor-in-chief and publishing director.
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News Briefs: Week of 6/20/2011
Borders in Pact To Prevent Closings
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New Sports Champs Have New Books Out
The obligatory sports books celebrating the victors of the NBA and NHL championships are in the works with Triumph Books and KCI Sports doing titles on the Mavericks' and Bruins' wins, respectively.
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Thomas Nelson to Open Thomas Nelson Mexico
Thomas Nelson will open Thomas Nelson Mexico, a wholly owned division based in Mexico City, on August 1, giving the company the opportunity to market, distribute and sell its titles locally.
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Ingram Opens Lightning Source Plant in Australia
Ingram Content Group officially opened its Lightning Source Australia facility in Melbourne Thursday, its fifth globally networked print-on-demand plant. The opening of Ingram’s Australia location broadens the reach of the publishers that work with Lightning Source to a network of bookstores, libraries, and online retailers around the world.
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HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand and Weta Workshop Sign Multi-Platform Agreement
HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand has entered into an agreement with Weta Workshop, the conceptual design and manufacturing firm responsible for effects and design on films like Avatar, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Chronicles of Narnia.
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Distribution: IPM Adds Two
International Publishers Marketing (IPM) has announced two new client publishers from South Africa. It will distribute titles from New Africa Books starting fall 2011 and Briza beginning in winter 2011-2012. Both are first time entrants into the U.S. & Canadian markets but each has licensed books with North American publishers.
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Amazon Publishing Announces Summer List
Amazon Publishing has unveiled its summer and early fall list of 32 titles. The books, which fall under the banner of the e-tailer's various imprints including its translation unit AmazonCrossing and its recently announced mystery unit Thomas & Mercer, will be available in the Kindle store as well as in print on Amazon and in bookstores.
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Siglio Press: Merging Literature and the Visual Arts
From the office in her hillside home in Los Angeles, Lisa Pearson, founder and publisher of Siglio Press, muses about the inevitability of her foray into book publishing in 2007 after years spent advocating for the arts.
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Akashic to Launch Open Lens Imprint
Looking to provide a publishing platform for serious literary works, Brooklyn indie publisher Akashic Books is teaming with three notable African-American publishing and bookselling figures to launch Open Lens, a new imprint specializing in quality fiction and nonfiction aimed at the African-American reading audience. The new imprint will be called Open Lens and will debut in September with Makeda, a new novel by Randall Robinson, founder of the human rights and social justice organization TransAfrica.
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