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What Went Wrong for Canada’s D&M Publishers
Veteran Canadian publisher Scott McIntyre described the dismantling of D&M Publishers, the iconic Canadian independent publishing house he cofounded 40 years ago, as the result of an unfortunate confluence of circumstances.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Continues To Evolve
In 2012—a year when it went through a prepackaged bankruptcy, brought in a number of new top corporate executives, and restructured the sales organization of its education group—total revenue at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt was relatively flat at $1.29 billion, while adjusted EBITDA rose 34.4% to $320 million.
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What Does Kirtsaeng v. Wiley Mean For the Industry?
Last week’s landmark Supreme Court decision is a major development, both for the industry and for the broader debate over copyright in the digital age.
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Melville House U.K. Announced
Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians, founders of U.S. independent publishing house Melville House, have announced they’re opening a British publishing company, Melville House UK, to be headquartered in London.
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Podcast: Copyright Reform Next?
Publishers prepare to pack for London, while the Supreme Court sends John Wiley & Sons packing with a copyright-related ruling that the First Sale doctrine applies as well in Bangkok as it does in Berkeley. Listen here.
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Sandberg's 'Lean In' Tops Bestseller Chart
Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead (Knopf) was the #1 overall bestseller for the week ending March 17, according to Nielsen BookScan. The book sold 74,000 copies, more than double the #2 book, David Baldacci's The Innocent.
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Robinson Has More on Storia, Hunger Games
During Thursday’s conference call with analysts, Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson talked about how Storia is progressing. He also said the steepest decline in Hunger Games sales in the quarter was of the e-book editions.
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S&S Updates Piracy Reports for Authors
Simon & Schuster is making available to authors information about infringement and unauthorized copies of their works that the publisher receives from Attributor, its service engaged to help fight piracy.
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Einhorn Wrapping Up Multi-Author ‘Summer Soiree' Tour
Editor/publisher Amy Einhorn travels with four of her authors on the "Summer Soiree" tour for booksellers in Seattle,San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and New York.
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St. Martin's Reorganizes Marketing and Publicity Departments
St. Martin's Press has announced changes in its marketing and publicity departments, moving from a "format-driven orientation to an audience-and-category-focused orientation."
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Ecco, MLB Team Up for E-book Series
Ecco and Major League Baseball Advanced Media have created a new series of enhanced e-books for the Kindle, Nook, and iPad. Called MLB.com PLAY BALL Books, each enhanced e-book will feature 20 minutes of video, plus photos and interactive sections with stats and other elements.
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Amazon Publishing Speeds Up Royalty Payments
Amazon has come forward announcing it intends to pay its author more efficiently.
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Bibliomotion Launches New Web Site
Independent book publisher Bibliomotion has announced the launch of its new Web site, BiblioSpeakers.com.
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Bestselling Authors Help Promote Straw Paper
An environmental group has produced collector's editions of books by Yann Martel and Alice Munro to promote the use of straw-based paper.
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More Pope Books Coming
Two more books about newly elected Pope Francis have been announced, one releasing next week in Spanish. El Papa Francisco: Conversaciones con Jorge Bergoglio by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti (Ediciones B/Spanish Publishers) will publish Mar. 27.
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Images from the Past Signs with Applewood
A Bennington, Vt.-based independent press agrees to be distributed for the first time since its founding nearly 30 years ago and the publication of its first book in 1994.
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The Bestselling E-books of 2012
A snapshot of the e-book industry today shows more than 1,000 e-books with sales of 25,000+. And while our survey of publishers is by no means complete, it's more than enough to prove that the book business is quickly moving to digital.
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Hyperion Goes All In on Synergy
As part of the Walt Disney Company, Hyperion has been long engaged in synergy, but over the last year the publisher has put even more emphasis on publishing titles that can work with other Disney business units.
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News Briefs: Week of March 18, 2013
RH Modifies Digital Contracts and more
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Pomegranate Press Makes the Move From California to Oregon
After 45 years in Northern California, Pomegranate Press is moving its warehouse and offices to a 100,000 sq. ft. building in Portland, Ore.— both as a cost-saving measure and as a means of returning to an urban environment.
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