Short news items from the world of book publishing:
07/21/2017
Norton Announces Staff Changes
W.W. Norton & Company has named six new vice presidents and announced the retirement of cookbook editing veteran Maria Guarnaschelli.07/21/2017
NPR, Aspen Institute Team Up on New Literary Prize
NPR Books is the official media partner for the Aspen Institute's inaugural $35,000 Aspen Words literary prize for fiction.07/19/2017
Abingdon, CLC International Team Up
British distributor CLC will undertake sales and distribution of Abingdon Press products to trade accounts in the U.K., Ireland, and Europe.07/19/2017
Amazon Rapids Launches Children's Program
In effort to help children develop a love for reading, Amazon Rapids launched Signature Stories, a program featuring illustrated short stories that star familiar characters.07/18/2017
WNBA Prize Goes to Little Free Library
The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) is recognizing the Little Free Library for its "support of the power of reading" with the $5,000 Second Century Prize.07/18/2017
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Launches an IPO
With backing from Ashton Kutcher, the media company affiliated with the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul book series launched an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $30 million on Monday.07/17/2017
Writers House Reorgs Rights Department
Amid growth in its international and domestic licensing business, the literary agency has made a series of promotions and hires within its rights department.07/17/2017
IVP to Distribute U.K.’s Christian Publisher
InterVarsity Press (IVP) will handle distribution in the U.S. and Canada for the U.K.’s Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK).07/13/2017
Colm Tóibín Wins Richard C. Holbrooke Award
The Irish novelist will receive the 2017 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize ceremony on November 5.07/13/2017
S&S to Distribute IglooBooks
Simon & Schuster has entered into a sales and distribution agreement with IglooBooks, a recently launched division of Bonnier Publishing USA, effective August 1.07/13/2017
Bullying Book Co-Author Admits to Perjury
Bullying expert and author Barbara Coloroso has admitted to perjury on the eve of trial, and agreed to a settlement requiring her to make a cash payment and written apology to erstwhile co-author Andrew Faas.07/13/2017
Dana Canedy Elected Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes
The Pulitzer Prize–winning former senior editor at the 'New York Times' will succeed Mike Pride effective July 17.07/13/2017
Planned Parenthood President to Publish Memoir with Touchstone
Cecile Richards will publish an as-yet-untitled memoir with the Simon & Schuster imprint in 2018.07/11/2017
De Jong Named Publisher at HC Holland
Jacqueline de Jong will join the team at HarperCollins Holland as publisher, effective September 1.07/11/2017
LSC Communications Launches Anti-Piracy Platform
The platform, called IntercepTag, verifies textbook authenticity through the scanning of secure unique identifier codes.07/11/2017
Mika Brzezinksi Signs Three-Book Deal with Weinstein
The deal is in the high six figures and includes a revised edition of 'Knowing Your Value,' 'New York Post' column "Page Six" reports.07/11/2017
Erin Cox Joins House of SpeakEasy In Production Role
The publishing consultant and literary agent will be joining the organization as executive producer, responsible for producing SpeakEasy’s flagship show, “Seriously Entertaining.”07/10/2017
Len Riggio Named Grand Marshal of 2017 NYC Columbus Day Parade
The Barnes & Noble chairman and founder has declared the theme of this year's march “A Celebration of Italian-American Authors” and invites them to march with him up Fifth Avenue.07/06/2017
Poetry Coalition Awarded $200,000 Ford Foundation Grant
The foundation will donate $200,000 over two years to enable the founding members of the coalition to produce national programs on themes of social importance that feature leading contemporary poets.07/06/2017
Binc Launches Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship
The Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists, will be given annually to a single bookseller with fewer than five years of experience, working at a store with less than $500,000 in revenue.07/06/2017
Oxford UP Sees Growth in 2016
Oxford University Press reported headline growth of 11% with a turnover of £847.4 million in 2016, and a trading surplus headline growth of 24% to £124 million.07/06/2017
Shigenori Hamaguchi Takes Reins at HarperCollins Japan
Hamaguchi, named to the newly-created position of publishing director, will lead the publishing strategy for HC Japan.07/05/2017
Unicorn Publishing Group to Publish Tom Chambers Retrospective
The group's visual art imprint will publish the first title acquired by its Chicago office, which was opened earlier this year under the direction of its new director for North America Don Linn.07/03/2017
National Book Foundation's Book Rich Environments Initiative Goes Live
More than 270,000 books have been shipped to public housing authorities across the country as part of the initiative, and distribution to residents began earlier this month.07/03/2017
Taylor & Francis to Distribute Macat Library
Taylor & Francis and Macat International have announced an agreement under which Taylor & Francis will undertake exclusive sales and distribution for the Macat Library in the English language.07/03/2017
Amazon's Prime Day Includes Amazon Books Stores
Amazon's global shopping event offering deals, events, and exclusive content to members of its Prime program will include its Amazon Books stores for the first time.06/30/2017
Robert Sindelar Named ABA President
This June, Seattle’s Robert Sindelar was elected president of the American Booksellers Association, the youngest in 30 years06/30/2017
Goddard Riverside Honors David Cully, Mary Higgins Clark
The Baker & Taylor president and author will each be honored at Goddard Riverside’s Annual Book Fair Gala on November 1, and the inaugural Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice will be awarded.06/29/2017
American Chemical Society Files Suit Against Sci-Hub
Following its loss in court against Elsevier, web pirate organization Sci-Hub is being sued by the American Chemical Society for counterfeiting and copyright and trademark infringement.06/28/2017
Robert Olen Butler's Archive Goes to Yale
The writings of the Pulitzer Prize winner and Florida State University professor have been acquired by Yale University’s Beinecke Library.06/28/2017
PRH Expands Sales, Distribution Contract with DC
Penguin Random House Publisher Services has expanded its sales and distribution agreement with DC Entertainment to include the United Kingdom and Ireland, effective September 1.06/27/2017
Chris Butcher Leaves The Beguiling, Named Viz Media Editor-at-Large
Chris Butcher, longtime manager the Beguiling comics bookstore and founder and artistic director of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, is leaving the store and has been named a consulting editor-at-large for Viz Media.06/27/2017
Carolyn Savarese Joins Kneerim & Williams
The publishing executive is joining the literary agency as an affiliated agent.06/27/2017
Haank to Retire, Ropers to Head Springer Nature
Springer Nature CEO Derk Haank will retire from the company at the end of the year, and be replaced by Daniel Ropers, currently CEO of Bol.com.06/26/2017
ECPA's 2017 PubU Program Announced
PubU, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association's (ECPA) annual conference for Christian publishing professionals, is being held in Nashville, Tenn. from November 7-8 this year.06/26/2017
PRH Audio Offers Free U.S. Constitution, Declaration Audiobook Streaming
Penguin Random House Audio has put audiobook versions of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence on its website through July 31 in honor of Independence Day.06/23/2017
Binc and Macmillan Create Nine Bookselling Diversity Scholarships
The Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, currently a pilot program, will provide professional development to booksellers traditionally underrepresented within the industry.06/22/2017
'The Common' Adds Two to Board of Directors
The Amherst College–based literary magazine has elected W. Drake McFeely, chairman of W.W. Norton, and author Suketu Mehta to its board.06/21/2017
Paret Nets Pritzker Literature Award
Military historian and author Peter Paret has been named the 11th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.06/21/2017
Agualusa Wins Dublin Literary Award
Angolan author José Eduardo Agualusa has won the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award for his novel 'A General Theory of Oblivion,' translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.06/20/2017
New Book Explores Bob Dylan’s ‘Complicated, Confusing’ Spirituality
‘Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life’ by Scott Marshall looks at Dylan’s Jewish roots and his preoccupation with Jesus. It's being published by BP Books with distribution by WND on June 20.06/20/2017
Chicago Review Press Acquires Bright Ideas for Learning Titles
Effective July 1, the press will take over all 11 titles in the Bright Ideas for Learning series published by Bright Ring Publishing.06/20/2017
Follett Partners with EveryLibrary
Follet and EveryLibrary will focus on aiding school library associations in six states: Illinois, Washington, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Florida, and Mississippi.06/19/2017
Book Aid International Begins Support of Rwanda
The charity is expanding its work to provide new books to libraries, schools, and further education institutions in Rwanda.06/19/2017
Wylie to Give Keynote at Frankfurt Book Fair's 'The Markets' Conference
Agent Andrew Wylie will speak to the effects Donald Trump’s governance could have on the publishing industry at the Frankfurt conference.06/19/2017
Skybound’s Sean Mackiewicz to Publish ‘Gasolina’ in Fall 2017
Sean Mackiewicz, editorial director of Skybound Entertainment, the Image Comics imprint that publishes Robert Kirkman’s bestelling Walking Dead graphic novels, is publishing his own series, Gasolina, to be released September 2017 by Image/Skybound.06/16/2017
Brooklyn Book Festival Lineup Announced
Colson Whitehead will be the recipient of the annual Best of Brooklyn Award, and authors including Jonathan Safran Foer, Joyce Carol Oates, Hisham Matar, Morgan Parker, and Gene Luen Yang will be in attendance.06/15/2017
Writers House Closes London Office
The agency's London office will close, and Angharad Kowal has left the company. Peggy Boulos Smith joins the agency as U.K. rights director in its New York office.06/15/2017
Binc Launches Disaster Recovery Program
The Book Industry Charitable Foundation launched a pilot disaster recovery assistance program on June 1, offering assistance to booksellers in the case of a natural disaster.06/15/2017
Lerner to Distribute Full Tilt Titles
Lerner will distribute 12 new Full Tilt Press titles for reluctant readers in library-bound editions, effective August 1.News Brief Archive
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