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Tinicum Acquires Majority Stake in F+W
Tinicum, a private equity firm with investments in media and e-commerce, has purchased a majority stake in F+W, A Content + eCommerce Company, an old media content company that has transformed itself into a digital content and retailing platform.
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Pretrial Schedule Proposed in Author Solutions Case
The parties have submitted a proposed pretrial schedule that would likely not have fraud claims against the self-publishing service provider ready for trial until after 2015.
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News Briefs: Week of May 5, 2014
Change ahead for Frankfurt Book Fair and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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With Harlequin Acquisition, HarperCollins Grows Again
Assuming HarperCollins’s agreement to acquire Harlequin for C$455 million (about $412 million) is approved by government regulators, the purchase will mark HC’s second major purchase in a little more than two years and further cements the company as the country’s second-largest trade publisher.
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Big Data: Should Publishers Even Care?
Like many people across the business world, publishers have a skeptical view of so-called Big Data, seeing it as “the next big hype.”
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HarperCollins to Buy Harlequin
The consolidation in the trade market continues today, just not in the way anyone expected, with HarperCollins agreeing to pay C$455 million to acquire Harlequin.
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Food52, Ten Speed Partner on Cookbook Imprint
Ten Speed Press has teamed up with crowdsourced culinary website Food52 to launch a new cookbook imprint, Food52 Works.
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F+W Media Changes Company Name
F+W Media is rebranding itself and will change the company’s name to F+W, a Content + eCommerce Company.
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Nikky Finney Named Editor of USC's Poetry Series
USC Press has announced Nikky Finney will take over as editor of its Palmetto Poetry Series.
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ChiZine Launches Teen Imprint
Growing on the dark side: Chizine launches YA imprint, an e-book only line and looks ahead to more.
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Authors Guild Issues Call to MacAdam Cage Authors
The Authors Guild is offering legal assistance to any MacAdam Cage author who wishes to mount a legal challenge to the agreement giving control of their e-book rights to MP Publishing.
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Staffing Changes at UC Press
The University of California Press has announced changes to three primary positions--editorial director, marketing director, and deputy director--resulting in promotions for long-time staff members.
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Disney Publishing, Del Rey Doing New Star Wars Novels
Disney Publishing Worldwide and Del Rey Books are teaming up to do a new line of Star Wars adult fiction novels. The publishers will be working directly with brand creator, Lucasfilm.
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News Briefs: Week of April 28, 2014
Amazon net income up in quarter and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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The New Frommer’s Turns One
As soon as Arthur Frommer bought back his namesake brand from Google a year ago, he and his daughter Pauline, who is now copublisher and a 50% partner in Frommer Media, quickly got to work on the first new line of guide books.
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The Sociology Book Primed To Become a Trade Hit
University of Chicago Press has a hit in "On the Run," having gone back to press three times and auctioned off the paperback and digital rights.
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Print, Digital Book Sales Settle Down
An analysis of the digital and print sales of seven companies between 2011 and 2013 provides more evidence that the days of rapidly rising e-book sales, and plunging print sales, are likely over for the trade book market.
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Bradt Guides Takes the Road Less Traveled
Hilary Bradt and her former husband George Bradt became book publishers by accident, writing their first travel guide on a river barge floating down a tributary of the Amazon while vacationing in Peru in 1974.
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Hodder Completes Quercus Buy
Quercus CEO and cofounder Mark Smith will be leaving the company, but aiding in the transition.
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