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Archives for January 2011

Lunch Weekly for Monday, January 31

January 31, 2011
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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January 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

Agent Leigh Feldman has left Darhansoff, Verrill, Feldman, where she worked for 20 years, to join Writers House, starting next month. Feldman says in the announcement, “I’m so lucky to have had the experience of working with Liz and Chuck for the last 20 years. Liz was a wonderful mentor to me and her wisdom […]

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Announcements: Murakami’s 1Q84 Has a US Pub Date; FCIC Chipped in $40K In Shipping Costs; and More

January 31, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

Knopf has announced that all three volumes of Haruki Murakami‘s novel 1Q84 will be published as a single, 928-page book on October 25. The first two volumes were translated by Jay Rubin and the third by Philip Gabriel, and the combined edition will have a hardcover list price of $30 and an e-book edition published […]

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Borders Won’t Make January Payments, Either, And They Aren’t Paying Rent

January 30, 2011
By Michael Cader

Borders officially announced Sunday night that it will not be sending vendors payments due at the end of January either. And they indicate that publishers are not the only ones being stiffed, saying they are also “delaying additional payments to landlords and other parties.” Not paying rent is more drastic than holding off vendors, and […]

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Waterstone’s Tells Publisher They Are Cutting Orders As of March

January 28, 2011
By Michael Cader

As part of Waterstone’s perpetual turnaround efforts in the UK, the chain informed multiple major publishers by e-mail earlier this week that for new titles coming in March they are cutting their initial orders by approximately 20 percent. Publishers were asked to cancel existing pre-orders so that the chain can place new orders at the […]

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Grove/Atlantic Turns Digital Distribution Over to Constellation

January 27, 2011
By Michael Cader

As part of the renewal of their physical book distribution relationship, Grove/Atlantic will now use Perseus’s Constellation for digital distribution services as well. At one point Grove had come close to working with Open Road, though that deal was never completed and the publisher has been managing its own digital publishing until now. Company head […]

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