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BAM Espresso Pilot A Success, So Far
Books-A-Million’s three-month experiment with the print-on-demand Espresso Book Machine has been a success, but the country’s second largest bookstore chain is not yet ready to take the program beyond the two locations that have been operating EBMs since last November.
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Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2014
The 11 companies that made PW’s list of fast-growing independent publishers in 2013 include four first-timers, four companies reappearing on the list after falling off for a year or two, and three companies that made the 2012 list.
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'Twelve Years a Slave' and the Oscar Effect
Sales of the movie-tie-in have climbed steadily in the lead up to the Academy Awards on Sunday—reaching back to holiday highs.
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R.R. Donnelley Buys Translation Tech Provider
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Peanuts Gang Hits Sourcebooks' Digital Platform
Sourcebooks announced on February 27 that the Chicago-based publisher is adding the Peanuts gang to its Put Me in the Story digital platform, which allows parents to create personalized versions of children's books as an app or in print format.
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Fifty Shades Trilogy Tops 100M Sold
As of this week, E.L. James's Fifty Shades trilogy has sold 100 million copies worldwide, and has spent 100 weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list.
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Penguin Canada Partners With Rights Agency
Penguin Canada will follow Random House of Canada's lead in contracting out foreign rights sales to the Cooke Agency International.
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Court Date Set to Decide Ban On 'Diary of Malcolm X'
A court date of March 6 has been set to decide whether X Legacy LLC, a corporation representing the heirs of Malcolm X, can extend a temporary restraining order banning Third World Press from publishing "The Diary Malcolm X."
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ECW Testing Short Form Nonfiction Series
Toronto's ECW press launches new short non-fiction series of pop classics with titles "It Doesn't Suck" and "Raise Some Shell."
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Penguin Random House Remains Committed to Indian Publishing
Despite the controversy surrounding its publication of "The Hindus: An Alternative History," Penguin Random House said it remains committed to publishing in India.
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Sterling to Close Lark Offices
All Lark operations will move into Sterling's New York offices.
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News Briefs: Week of February 24, 2014
Investment group buys CodeMantra.
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Flatiron’s Frick Strengthens Categories
Since joining Flatiron Books, Bob Miller’s new imprint at Macmillan, senior editor Whitney Frick has been aggressively trying to fill various buckets.
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'Super Hawks' Sells Nearly 7k Copies First Week
Triumph's "instant book" about the Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl win fared well in its first full week on sale.
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HMH Adds SF & Fantasy to 'Best American' Series
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's popular, long-running Best American Series is adding a volume on science fiction and fantasy.
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New Rowling/Galbraith Due in June
"The Silkworm," the followup novel to "The Cuckoo's Calling," the mystery written by J.K. Rowling using the Robert Galbraith pseudonym, will be released June 24 in the U.S.
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News Briefs: Week of February 17, 2014
Profits rose 32% in 2013 at S&S and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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HPS Revenues Up 50% for 2013
Hanover Publisher Services, a small press distribution unit operated by Steerforth Press, had a big year in 2013 reporting revenue rising 50%.
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Catherine Ryan Hyde Settles Into Hybrid Status
Catherine Ryan Hyde has written 24 novels, most of them published by Big Five houses. One of her works, Pay It Forward (S&S, 1999), was adapted into a (fairly successful) Hollywood film. She’s been invited to the White House to talk about her writing. More recently, she’s dabbled in self-publishing. Her efforts led to a rebound in sales in the U.S., a traditional deal with Amazon Publishing, and places her among the growing ranks of hybrid authors.
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IPA Criticizes Fair Use Proposal in Australia
A report advocating the inclusion of fair use provisions in Australia’s copyright laws has drawn criticism from the International Publishers Association.
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