Bloomsbury has purchased the Duckworth Academic list outright from Gerald Duckworth & Company, and as an “integral” part of the deal, Bloomsbury will distribute the Duckworth trade list starting in March 2011. Bloomsbury will operate Duckworth Academic, which focuses on books about the ancient world, as Bristol Classical Press, through the Bloomsbury Academic division. Duckworth owner Peter Mayer emphasizes that the deal is driven by the growth of the company’s trade line. Jon Jackson has been named editorial director of Duckworth trade a Ben Slight is sales coordinator (he was a regional manager at Waterstone’s). He says, “With the recent […]
Archives for October 2010
Customers Tell BEA and ALA to Stay Separate, and They Agree
BEA and the American Library Association issued a joint statement explaining that their discussions of co-locating and co-managing the two shows have come to an end. “Many are aware that ALA has been talking with Reed Exhibitions (BookExpo America) about the possibility of co-locating the ALA Annual Conference and BookExpo America. The American Library Association and BookExpo America are today jointly announcing that discussions regarding any co-location of the two events have been concluded. “Communication from exhibitors, attendees and association members indicated that each show is serving its constituency, and after extensive discussion, the ALA Executive Board determined that current […]
Excerpts In the News: Drudge Reads Bush, Carter in VF
The Drudge Report goes first with modest excerpts from former President George Bush‘s DECISION POINTS, ahead of its November 9 release, declaring it “a strikingly personal work that takes very few shots at his critics.” They say Bush indicates he gave orders to shoot down planes in US airspace on 9/11 and thought the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania had been shot out of the air. On his battle to block stem-cell research, “I did feel a responsibility to voice my pro-life convictions and lead the country toward what Pope John Paul II called a culture of life.” He also […]
Authors in the News: New Garia Marquez Novel; Patterson Apped; King On His Kindle Story Experiment
With a book of his speeches about to be released, Gabriel Garcia Marquez is said to be close to finishing a new novel, WE’LL MEET IN AUGUST, according to Random House Mondadori editor Cristobal Pera. No pub date has been announced for the novel.AP Hachette Book Group launched a dedicated James Patterson iOS app, to “keep fans up to date on Patterson’s latest happenings,” in order “to learn about his books, his characters, his appearances, and his enthusiasms, to read an excerpt from every one of his books, and to press a button and buy that book within seconds from […]
Awards and People
The shortlist for the Guardian’s First Book Award features works by Nadifa Mohamed, Ned Beauman, Maile Chapman, Kathryn Schulz, and Alexandra Harris.Guardian The Books for a Better Life Awards announced their finalists, and inductees into their Hall of Fame at the ceremony next March will include Grand Central publisher Jamie Raab. I’ve been assured that most attendees of the FT/Goldman Sachs business book award did receive winner Raghuram G. Rajan‘s FAULT LINES. (My bag was uncharacteristically light.) Melville House said on its blog that it will no longer submit its books in translation for consideration for the Best Translated Book […]
Canongate’s Classics Play
Canongate has launched an on-demand classic program reminiscent of the Faber Finds line, reissuing over 100 Scottish classic as ebooks and print-on-demand-only paperbacks. One twist is that the editions are sold exclusively through The Book Depository until March, when they will expand to other retailers. They also received funding from Creative Scotland.CoverageBook Depository shop