Random House Trade Paperbacks has moved up publication of the trade paperback edition of National Book Award-winning novel LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN by Colum McCann from next spring to December 4. They say they are printing 100,000 copies. PJ Mark, formerly an agent and international rights director at McCormick & Williams, will join Janklow & Nesbit Associates in January as an agent, to expand his list of award-winning young talent in fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels. Wiley has signed with the Copyright Clearance Center to use their Rightslink service as the online licensing solution for their journals and books. […]
Archives for November 2009
Little, Brown Tries eOnly Title
The publisher is updating their backlist title THE VACCINE BOOK by Dr. Robert Sears in ebook form only, adding a 2,000-word chapter all about H1N1. The new version publishes electronically December 1, priced at $13.99. Sears says he writes on “everything parents need to know about this year’s H1N1 and seasonal flu diseases and vaccines so that worried parents can educate themselves without being confused by all the media hype.”
Bookselling: Palin Sales Said to be 700k In Opening Week; Hudson Picks The Help As Best of the Year; Germany's Thalia Buys Out
A “publishing official close to” Sarah Palin says that GOING ROGUE sold 700,000 copies in its first week on sale. Earlier, Harper had confirmed another leak that the book sold 300,000 copies the first day alone. Last Friday, the publisher announced a new printing would bring the copies in print to 2.5 million units.AP Hudson Booksellers picked Kathryn Stockett’s THE HELP as their best book of 2009. The chain operates 65 full-service bookstores and 350 bookstore/newsstands in airports and other terminals, with 2009 book sales of $93 million. The rest of their Best Fiction list includes: The Year of the […]
Smashwords Will Distribute to Kindle Store, Too
Following recent distribution arrangements with Barnes & Noble.com and Shortcovers, Smashwords has now added an agreement with Amazon’s Kindle store, with titles expected to appear there “sometime in December.” Smashwords says that their self-published authors and small publishers will receive 42.5 percent of the creator-set digital list price for Amazon sales, “higher than what many ebook authors can receive on their own if they publish direct with Amazon.”Release
Looming Nielsen Magazine Sale Could Include Book Publications
Though the report of a sale of the Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and other titles owned by Nielsen Business Media was not announced Friday as The Wrap had originally reported, Paid Content has found additional sources to confirm the basic story of a pending sale to News Communications and other investors. Run by James Finkelstein, NC owns The Hill and Who’s Who among other publications. Paid Content says the sale “is about two weeks away.” By their account, Nielsen will sell nearly all of the magazine and online properties, retaining their trade show division and properties in some “international territories” though […]
With No Buyer Yet, Concern Over the Fate of Borders UK
Concerns about the fate of Borders UK rose over the past few days, as the Times declared Sunday the struggling chain is “on the verge of collapse” after a potential deal with WH Smith fell apart (first reported by Retail Week, and linked here on Friday.) RW had reported that “an alternative buyer of Borders UK is being sought and the retailer is understood to have received several expressions of interest.” Asked for comment by the Guardian, WH Smith “refused to confirm reports that it had pulled out of the deal,” but they too warned the company “appeared to be […]