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Chicago Schools Restrict Access to 'Persepolis'
Chicago Public Schools is under fire for pulling from classrooms Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s coming-of-age memoir of her youth in Iran.
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Amazon Publishing Debuts Literary Fiction Imprint, Little A
Amazon Publishing has begun rolling out the first titles in its newly created literary fiction imprint, Little A, and has begun a digital-only series as part of the imprint, Day One.
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Podcast: Millionaires By the Book
With the tide of e-book sales rising fast, the number of million-selling digital titles has likewise swelled. That’s good news for authors and their publishers, and lest we forget, heartening too for all makers of devices. Listen here.
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ABFFE Adds Staff to Boost Fundraising
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression has hired two consultants to manage its major fundraising projects.
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News Briefs: Week of March 17, 2014
HC rebrands, renames It Books and more in this week's publishing news briefs.
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SelfMadeHero Leading the New British Invasion of Graphic Novels
Although it may not quite be the contemporary equivalent of the British Invasion, the UK graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is certainly proof that the global comics market is growing in both size and range.
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American West Books Announces Partnership with Familius
American West Books, one of the primary distributors of titles into Costco, Sam’s Club, Whole Foods, and other retailers, has merged with Utah-based publishing company Familius.
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Harlequin, Sylvia Day Launch Cosmo Red Hot Reads with Seven-Figure Deal
Harlequin will kick off a new e-book program in conjunction with Cosmopolitan called Cosmo Red Hot Reads. The program will launch on August 15 with Afterburn by Sylvia Day; Cosmo Red Hot Reads will also publish another Day book in November called Aftershock. The two-book deal was made for seven figures.
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Judge Denies Proposal to Delay Schedule in Booksellers' Suit
Judge Jed Rakoff, the judge in the recently filed Book House Of Stuyvesant Plaza, Inc. et al v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al case, deemed a proposal from the parties to delay—or at least greatly drag their heels— in the suit “completely unacceptable,” and denied the motion.
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Random House Modifies Contracts for its Digital Imprints
Reacting to criticism from the Science Fiction Writers Association and other groups about the terms for its new digital imprints, Random House has made changes to its contracts.
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Threats Force Vick to Cancel Signings
Michael Vick’s book tour for his autobiography Finally Free, released in September, has been canceled after Barnes & Noble stores in Atlanta and Exton, Pa. and Books & Greetings in Northvale, N.J. received “threats of personal harm and property damage.”
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HMH, Hachette Sign International Sales Agreement
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has partnered with Hachette in international markets including Latin America, South America, Asia, and Europe. Hachette will be responsible for sales, billing, returns, credit processing and collections services for HMH general interest titles and books for young readers. HMH will handle order fulfillment.
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News Briefs: Week of March 11, 2013
Suchomel Leaves IPG and more
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Author Turns to Self-Publishing, with Help From ‘Podmates’
Brenda Peterson is one of the growing number of authors who are working on self-published projects in addition to writing books released by traditional houses.
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Three Questions for Square One’s Rudy Shur
Coming in April from Square One is Reversing Dyslexia: Improving Learning and Behavior Without Drugs by Phyllis Books.
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Podcast: SXSW Goes Literary
Live and learn. In 2009, book business representatives took their show on the road to Austin and were met with a hail of digital brickbats. Four years on, the techies and the booksters have found common ground at the upcoming SXSW Interactive Festival. Listen here.
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Random House, Penguin Merger Approved in Australia
The ACCC in Australia will approve the planned combination of Random House and Penguin Group, the book-publishing operations of the two international media companies Bertelsmann and Pearson, without any restrictions.
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Sellers Publishing Begins Direct Sales to Canada
Maine publisher Sellers Publishing has begun selling its line of books, calendars and greeting cards directly to Canadian retailers.
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Hyperion to Divest Some Backlist Books
A source at Hyperion has confirmed a Wall Street Journal story that reported that the publisher is looking to sell some of its backlist titles that don’t fit with its new strategy of focusing on books that can be linked to parent company Walt Disney’s other media properties.
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PEN's New Officers and Trustees Announced
PEN American Center announced yesterday at its Annual Members’ Meeting the newly-elected and reelected officer trustees of the Board, including John Troubh, executive v-p, and Jeri Laber, v-p.
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