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Chicago Review Press Hits Major Milestone

By Claire Kirch | 11/22/2013 @ 12:00AM

Forty years ago this fall, a University of Chicago graduate student named Curt Matthews and his wife, Linda Matthews, founded Chicago Review Press, naming it after the Chicago Review literary journal, for which Curt was then poetry editor. Operating initially out of the couple’s basement, CRP’s debut releases included Spring and Asura by Miyazawa Kenji, a collection of contemporary Japanese poetry in translation, and what might have been the first graphic novel: Prairie State Blues by Bill Bergeron.
Avon Goes Back to School for Next Big Romance Author

| 11/21/2013 @ 10:00AM

Partnering with HarperCollins's academic marketing division, Avon (which is a trade imprint at HC), is opening its editorial doors to submissions from undergraduate and graduate students.
‘Diary of Malcolm X’ Delayed by Court Order

By Eugene Holley Jr. | 11/21/2013 @ 08:30AM

Just days before the scheduled release of The Diary of Malcolm X, X Legacy LLC, a corporation representing the heirs of Malcolm X, secured a temporary restraining order in Manhattan federal court against the book’s publisher, Third World Press, to halt its publication.
Bloomberg News Lays Off Book Editor

| 11/19/2013 @ 10:00AM

Cuts in the the arts and culture divisions include book editor Laurie Muchnick.
Patience, Persistence Pay Off For Wisconsin Small Press

By Claire Kirch | 11/19/2013 @ 07:00AM

The Wisconsin Historical Society Press scored big this fall by signing on bestselling author Michael Perry, who wanted a collection of essays published with a quick turn-around. It's a story of patience, persistence -- and nimbleness.
News Briefs: Week of November 18, 2013

| 11/15/2013 @ 07:00PM

Follett lays off 570 bookstore employees and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
Eyeing Indie Presses for The Next Great Thing

By Clare Swanson | 11/15/2013 @ 07:00PM

Last fall, Timothy O’Connell, an editor at Vintage, noticed a starred PW review of The Natural Order of Things by Kevin P. Keating.
Penguin Random House Canada Merges Sales Forces

By Leigh Anne Williams | 11/15/2013 @ 08:30AM

There were both casualties and promotions as Penguin Random House Canada unveiled its restructured sales force.
Derek Jeter, S&S Team to Launch Jeter Publishing

By Calvin Reid | 11/14/2013 @ 04:00PM

New York Yankees superstar shortstop Derek Jeter is joining with S&S to launch Jeter Publishing, an elaborate co-publishing partnership that will release picture books, middle-grade fiction, adult nonfiction, and more.
PRH Makes Donation for Typhoon Relief

| 11/14/2013 @ 10:00AM

A substantial donation to the Red Cross was made, with concern for the nearly 1,400 PRH employees in the Author Solutions division who work in Cebu, an area very near where the greatest devastation has taken place.
Book Country Debuts Curated Kickstarter Page

| 11/14/2013 @ 09:00AM

Book Country, the Penguin Group’s online writing community and self-publishing platform, has launched a curated page on Kickstarter, the popular online crowdfunding site, to highlight funding projects by Book Country members.
Book Groups Back Bill to Restore Privacy Protections

| 11/14/2013 @ 12:00AM

Spurred by revelations of how the National Security Agency is collecting information on citizens, the Campaign for Reader Privacy has issued a statement calling for Congress to pass the USA Freedom Act.
Regnery Forms Middle Grade Imprint

| 11/13/2013 @ 10:00AM

Regnery Publishing has added to its list of books for children, forming Regnery Adventure.
UPNE Launches Trade Imprint

By Judith Rosen | 11/12/2013 @ 09:30AM

New trade list for regionalized publisher to take its name from the "fore-edge" of a book, opposite the spine.
News Briefs: Week of November 11, 2013

| 11/08/2013 @ 07:00PM

Booksellers Say No to Amazon Source and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
Minnesota ‘Legacy Fund’ Grows Nonprofit Literary Presses

By Claire Kirch | 11/08/2013 @ 07:00PM

In 2008, Minnesotans voted to support the arts through the creation of the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund (also called the “Legacy Fund”), which stipulates that 19.75% of the revenues raised from state sales taxes for 25 years are to be disbursed to arts and cultural organizations, programs, and projects.
Agate Publishing Marks 10 Years

By Diane Patrick | 11/08/2013 @ 07:00PM

Eclectic, independent Evanston, Ill.–based Agate Publishing is celebrating its first decade in business this year by highlighting two imprints formed last year.
Amazon Publishing: More Than Bricks-and-Mortar

By Jim Milliot, with Clare Swanson | 11/08/2013 @ 07:00PM

Daphne Durham, who is stepping into the role of publisher for Amazon’s adult trade and children’s imprints as Larry Kirshbaum departs, said the company is “delighted” with the sales performance of the unit’s titles to date.
S&S Pulls Benghazi Book

| 11/08/2013 @ 05:30PM

After allegations were made about the legitimacy of the author's account of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya last September, Simon & Schuster has halted publication and sale of The Embassy House, by Sgt. Morgan Jones and Damien Lewis.
HBG Hires MK for Ad Buying

| 11/07/2013 @ 03:30PM

MK Creative Media Marketing will handle HBG's media planning and buying, resulting in the dissolution at year's end of the house's internal ad buying team.

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