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Christopher Davis Remembered
Christopher Davis died on December 2nd, at home in his sleep. Though he wasn't Dorling, or Kindersley, Christopher was central to everything DK was, from its inception until its final integration into Penguin.
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News Briefs: Week of December 10, 2012
Hachette Implements New E Agreements and more
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Panel Debates The Future of University Presses
Asked what makes university presses different from commercial presses, Niko Pfund, president of Oxford University Press, U.S., answered: “University presses are harder to sell and harder to kill.”
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S&S Implements New E-book Agreements
Simon & Schuster has implemented new e-book agreements with its e-tailers. Although terms are confidential, e-tailers can sell individual titles at a discount. S&S joins HarperCollins and Hachette Book Group in modifying its e-book agreements following settlements with the DoJ in the government’s lawsuit of e-book price fixing.
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Hearst Puts a Toe Back in Trade Publishing
Ever since Hearst Corp. sold William Morrow to News Corp. in 1999, its book publishing activities have focused on partnering with different houses to publish books based on content from its magazines.
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All RH U.S.Employees Get $5,000 Bonus
Headed toward a record year, Random House announced at its holiday party Wednesday that all U.S. employees will receive a $5,000 bonus.
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Podcast: Not Everyone Is An E.L. James Fan
If you think 40 million readers can’t be wrong, think again.
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New E-book House, Riverdale Avenue Books, to Launch in December
Veteran literary agent and publisher Lori Perkins is teaming with former Alyson Books publisher Donald Weise to launch Riverdale Avenue Books, a multi-imprint e-book and audiobook publisher set to launch December 17 with two nonfiction titles.
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HMH in Big Book Donations
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has made a $650,000 book donation to the Department of Children and Families in Massachusetts.
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Artbook | D.A.P. Opens New Showroom in Los Angeles
Artbook | D.A.P., the largest source for books on twentieth century art, photography, design, and architecture has opened a showroom for book and gift buyers in historic downtown Los Angeles
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Oprah Picks Ayana Mathis
Oprah's next pick is The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (Knopf). Said Winfrey: "The opening pages of Ayana’s debut took my breath away. I can’t remember when I read anything that moved me in quite this way, besides the work of Toni Morrison."
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PW Launches 'Publishers Weekly Radio' Show
December 6 will mark the debut of the weekly Publishers Weekly Radio show on SiriusXM Book Radio, Channel 80.
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Harlequin Teams With 'Cosmo' for Book Line
Harlequin is partnering with the women's magazine Cosmopolitan to publish a series of co- branded romance novels.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Gone Girl' Hits #1 After Price Drop
Six months after its publication date, Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl has clawed its way back up to the #1 spot on Amazon, bringing Jeff Kinney's latest Wimpy Kid book off its perch.
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Vital Source Adds 60 New Publishers
Vital Source, Ingram's e-textbook solution for publishers, academic institutions, and students, has announced 60 publishers have added more than 35,000 new digital textbooks and online course materials to the VitalSource Bookshelf platform.
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'Hobbit' Scorches Social Media Circles
Comments surrounding The Hobbit as the film adaptation's release date approaches are "astronomical" in social media conversations, and top all other book-related discussions.
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Open Road and HowStuffWorks.com Partner for E-book Line
Open Road has partnered with HowStuffWorks to create a line of e-books drawn from the Web site's most popular content.
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Obituary: Christopher Davis
Christopher Davis, one of the founders of Dorling Kindersley, has died at the age of 71.
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HMH Appoints Short and Bronfin to Senior Leadership Team
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has appointed Mark Short as senior v-p and head of international markets and Wendy Bronfin as senior v-p, consumer products and marketing. Short comes from Pearson Education and Bronfin comes from Barnes & Noble.
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News Briefs: Week of December 3, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education Acquired and more



