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Archives for February 2009

Vintage Broadens Spanish-Language Publishing

February 24, 2009
By Michael Cader

Vintage Español has announced a significant expansion through a co-publishing agreement with their parent company’s co-venture Random House Mondadori. Starting this fall, Vintage will reissue approximately 50 of RH Mondadori’s bestselling backlist titles, including all of the Spanish-language editions of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s work, along with works by such authors as Pablo Neruda, Federico García […]

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Starbucks to Feature Actress's Memoir

February 24, 2009
By Michael Cader

Actress Isabel Gillies’s HAPPENS EVERY DAY: An All-Too-True Story, will be the next book featured in 7,000 Starbucks locations across the US. Known for playing Detective Stabler’s wife on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Gillies memoir is about “coming to terms with the collapse of her marriage.’ Starbucks will carry the book as of […]

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Lunch Weekly for Monday, February 23

February 23, 2009
By Michael Macrone

Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time […]

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Condit Ready to Tell His Story

February 23, 2009
By Michael Cader

The confirmation of the possible pending arrest of Ingmar Guandique–already in federal custody in California–for the murder of Congressional intern Chandra Levy eight years ago has put former California congressman Gary Condit back in the news. And agent Rachelle Gardner at WordServe Literary (rachelle@wordserveliterary.com) is submitting a book proposal by Condit to publishers this week. […]

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Announcements

February 23, 2009
By Michael Cader

Encounter Books will move sales and distribution from NBN to Perseus Distribution as of August 1. Publisher Roger Kimball notes in the announcement, “Encounter has been seeking to raise its profile and discover effective new avenues to bring its wares to a broader audience…. Their combination of enthusiasm and pragmatism is as refreshing as it […]

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Immigration Audit Affects BN's Reno Warehouse

February 23, 2009
By Michael Cader

Approximately 50 Hispanic employees say they were fired from Barnes & Noble’s Reno, NV distribution center after a routine federal immigration audit found they did not have the required paperwork on file. The employees were told to report to the Reno Immigration and Customs Enforcement office with proper documentation by Friday, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. […]

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