Short news items from the world of book publishing:
05/24/2017
B&N Education Partners with Unizin
BNED LoudCloud, a Barnes & Noble Education company, has entered into an agreement with Unizin to provide its 22 member universities with LoudCloud’s predictive analytics program.05/24/2017
Celebrate French Graphic Novels at BookExpo After Hours
VIP Brands, a licensing agent handling European comics and graphic novels, is partnering with French publisher associations to host a special social event June 1 during BookExpo to celebrate French graphic novels.05/23/2017
S&S Launches Summer Reading Campaign
Simon & Schuster is launching the #WhatBeachWhatBook campaign, which will run through Labor Day weekend and use digital and in-person methods of introducing the publisher's books to new readers.05/23/2017
Barrs In at Hachette, Hulsebosch Transitions to Black Dog
Michael Barrs will join the Hachette Books division as marketing director, effective May 30, and Betsy Hulsebosch’s role as marketing director will now shift to the Black Dog & Leventhal list.05/22/2017
Lerner to Distribute Lantana
Lerner Publisher Services has announced a new partnership with Lantana Publishing to be their exclusive distributor in the U.S. and Canada, effective August 2017.05/22/2017
B&T Global Publishers Services and S&S India Enter Distribution Agreement
Through its new agreement with Simon & Schuster India, Baker & Taylor will be able to locally stock titles for optimal distribution into the Indian marketplace, including to key online retailers.05/22/2017
Knopf to Publish Jann Wenner Bio in October
The publisher has acquired Joe Hagan’s biography of the 'Rolling Stone' magazine founder, 'Sticky Fingers.'05/22/2017
Amazon Books to Open in L.A.
Amazon will open a bookstore in a Century City mall, marking its first bricks-and-mortar foray into the Los Angeles market.05/19/2017
Viz Expands Manga Selection on OverDrive
Manga publisher and anime distributor Viz Media is expanding its offerings of titles available on OverDrive, the digital content library vendor, adding more than 48 series to the OverDrive inventory.05/18/2017
Author Boris Vujicic Dies at 62
The author of 'Raising the Perfectly Imperfect child' and the father of Life Without Limbs founder Nick Vujicic passed away on May 14.05/18/2017
HarperCollins Nabs Ann Patchett's Upcoming History
Tentatively titled 'Vote,' the work is a comprehensive history of the women's suffrage movement.05/17/2017
indiCo Forms Subsidiary
indiCo has established a Canadian operation, indiCo Store Services, to deliver its full range of operational and sourcing services to independent campus stores in Canada.05/15/2017
Ingram to Distribute Five New Publishers
Ingram Publisher Services has added five new publisher clients to its distribution network: Dovetail Press, PIE International, Oceanview Publishing, The TMG Firm, and Ramsey Press.05/15/2017
Nelson to Buy McGraw-Hill Ryerson
The educational publisher will acquire the K-12 business holdings of McGraw-Hill Education's Canadian subsidiary.05/10/2017
Amazon Adds Marvel Comics to Comixology Unlimited and Guided View to the Kindle
Amazon plans to add selected Marvel Comics titles to its Comixology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited and Prime Reading subscription services. Amazon has also added Comixology’s Guided View technology to the Kindle platform.05/10/2017
Readerlink Reorganizes Leadership
The publisher and book distributor has shifted around its executives.05/09/2017
Curtis Sittenfeld's Untitled Hillary Clinton Novel Goes to Random House
Sittenfeld's next novel, as yet untitled, was bought as part of a three-book deal by Jennifer Hershey at Random House from Jennifer Rudolph Walsh at William Morris Endeavor.05/09/2017
Crown to Publish Andy Weir's 'Artemis'
The latest from the author of 'The Martian' will publish on November 14, and movie rights have already been acquired.05/04/2017
New Leibovitz Monograph Goes to Phaidon
Phaidon will publish 'Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016' on October 25.05/04/2017
Feminist As F*ck Reading Series Announces Vulture Festival Lineup
Amber Tablyn will host the reading at the event held by the 'New York' magazine vertical, and readers include Jacqueline Woodson and Airea D. Matthews.05/04/2017
Andrews McMeel and Meredith Corp. Launch Posh Coloring Studio
The new program is billed as "the first on-demand, all-access coloring club for adults."05/04/2017
Sharjah International Book Fair Submissions Open
Publishers and agents are invited to submit authors offiction, non-fiction, cooking, and poetry for consideration at the Sharjah International Book Fair 2017. The deadline for submissions is May 17.05/04/2017
Idra Novey Wins 2017 Sami Rohr Prize
The Jewish literature prize, a program of the Jewish Book Council, was awarded to Novey's 'Ways to Disappear' (Little, Brown), along with an attendant $100,000 purse.05/03/2017
‘Charlie Chan Hock Chye’ Tops Nominees for 2017 Eisner Awards
Sonny Liew’s virtuosic graphic novel 'Charlie Chan Hock Chye' (Pantheon) was nominated in six categories to top the slate of comics and graphic novels nominated for this year's Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.05/02/2017
TNG Acquires Ingram Periodicals' Magazine Sales and Distribution Business
The agreement is effective May 1, but delivery will continue through Ingram’s current distribution centers in California, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania until customers are properly transitioned.05/02/2017
PEN America Panel Announced for BookExpo
Moderated by NPR's 'On the Media' co-host Brooke Gladstone, the panel will "feature a diverse range of voices to tackle today’s age of fake news and viral provocation and the role that the publishing industry can play within it."05/02/2017
Threshold to Publish Two By Tucker Carlson
The conservative imprint will publish two books by the host of Fox News's 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'05/02/2017
Amazon Publishing Launches New Author Portal
Starting May 2, Amazon Publishing has launched APub.com, a new “gateway” for authors and agents to access real-time sales data, feedback from readers and monthly royalty statements.05/02/2017
B&T Launches Initiative With Better World Books
The program that will enable public libraries to apply funding generated through the Better World Books’ discards and donations’ program directly towards material from Baker & Taylor or toward a subscription with collectionHQ.05/01/2017
Consortium to Distribute Four New Publishers
The Ingram subsidiary will distribute four new publishers, effective June 1: Catalyst Press, Cinestate, Conundrum Press, and Scribe Publications.04/28/2017
Triangle Award Winners Announced
The awards, which honored LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature published in 2016, went to authors including Ocean Vuong and Cathleen Schine.04/28/2017
PRH to Donate 300,000 Books to Save the Children
#ProjectReadathon, the Penguin Random House reading and giving initiative that launched on April 17 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, culminated on World Book Day on April 23 by surpassing its one million minutes goal.04/27/2017
Ingram to Distribute Fodor's Travel
Ingram Publisher Services will distribute books published Fodor's Travel, effective July 1.04/27/2017
Holly Root to Launch Eponymous Shingle
After 10 years with Waxman Leavell Literary Agency, Root will launch Root Literary on May 1. Agent Taylor Haggerty will join Root at the new Los Angeles–based agency.04/26/2017
Granta Names Third Class of Best Young Novelists
Authors to get the nod include Emma Cline, Lauren Groff, Yaa Gyasi, Garth Risk Hallber, Ben Lerner, Dinaw Mengestu, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Claire Vaye Watkins.04/26/2017
2017 JIBF Zev Birger Fellows Announced
The Jerusalem International Book Fair has announced the 35 editors, scouts, and literary agents who are recipients of the 2017 Zev Birger Fellowship.04/26/2017
Center Street to Publish Gretchen Carlson's Book
'Be Fierce,' a book on the subject of sexual harassment and empowerment, will be published on September 26.04/25/2017
Joan Bertin Steps Down at NCAC
The longtime executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship will step down from her role in June.04/24/2017
Grove Atlantic to Publish Latest by Mark Bowden
'Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam' will be published on June 6 by Atlantic Monthly Press, and film rights have already been acquired.04/24/2017
‘Beverly’ Wins 2017 L.A. Times Graphic Novel Prize
'Beverly', Nick Drnaso’s merciless satire about the bleak social world of the suburbs, was awarded the 2017 L.A. Times Book Prize for graphic novels.04/24/2017
Glidden’s ‘Rolling Blackouts’ Wins 2017 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize
Sarah Glidden’s 'Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria and Iraq', a comics memoir and account of ravels throughout the Middle East, has been awarded the 2017 Lynd Ward Prize for Graphic Novel of the Year by Penn State University Libraries.04/24/2017
Touchstone to Publish Four New Philippa Gregory Titles
Gregory has signed a new four-book global publishing agreement with her longstanding U.S. publisher, including a new fiction series and a work of nonfiction.04/24/2017
David C Cook Hires New CPO
Jon Burgess is joining David C Cook as chief publishing officer on June 5, replacing Verne Kenney, who will return to his consulting business in Western Michigan.04/21/2017
PEN America Pushes for Speech At Berkeley
The free speech nonprofit has issued a statement condemning the decision by the University of California at Berkeley to cancel an appearance by conservative commentator Ann Coulter.04/20/2017
Kevin Hart Meet and Greet, Q&A Planned for BookCon
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart will attend BookCon in New York City on June 4 for a meet and greet with fans as well as a Q&A discussion about his new memoir, according to ReedPOP.04/20/2017
Penguin Press to Publish ‘Hillaryland’
The Penguin Press will publish the account of Lissa Muscatine, Hillary Clinton's former chief speechwriter of 25 years.04/19/2017
BookExpo Announces 2017 Hot Graphic Novel Panelists
BookExpo, the annual book industry trade show, has announced the books and authors that will be showcased on the Hot Graphic Novels of Fall 2017 panel at this year’s show.04/19/2017
Cassi Smith Named 2017 RBC Taylor Emerging Writer
Smith was chosen by 2017 RBC Taylor Prize–winner Ross King, who will mentor Smith in addition to her C$10,000 prize.04/19/2017
Margaret Ferguson Joins Holiday House
Ferguson will be the publisher of her own eponymous imprint, and will report to Mary Cash.04/19/2017
Lee Huang Joins HBG In New Role
Huang, who has consulted at Hachette Book Group during the integration of Perseus, has been named to the newly-created v-p of program and product management position.News Brief Archive
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