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Archives for October 2011

HarperCollins to Buy Privately-Held Thomas Nelson

October 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

HarperCollins announced Monday afternoon it “has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Thomas Nelson for an undisclosed sum.” (The deal is of sufficient scale that the purchase amount will be disclosed in a quarterly report from Harper parent News Corp. after it is finalized.) The acquisition is expected to close by the end of […]

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People, Etc.

October 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

Kristin Ellison is joining INScribe Digital as director of business development reporting to Larry Norton. She was editorial director of WOWIO. Nadine Vassallo has joined the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) as project coordinator, working in support of BISG’s research, event and standards development portfolios. She has worked at the Penguin Speakers Bureau, Phaidon Press, […]

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Dzanc Aims to rEprint Over 500 Literary Titles Over the Next Year

October 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

Independent non-profit publisher Dzanc Books is another player gearing up to publish a significant line of classic and backlist works in ebook form. Deal-watchers will have noticed that the publisher has been listing some of those acquisition recently in our deal reports, but publisher Dan Wickett says the scope of the project is far larger […]

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Bookselling: BN Boutiques and November 7 Announcement; Riverrun Bookstore Looks for New Location, Additional Backers

October 31, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

Building on our report from Friday, Barnes & Noble has indeed announced a press event on the morning of November 7 featuring “a very special announcement,” widely expected to unveil their latest ereading tablet. Separately, at the company’s annual meeting last week, the company confirmed the other piece of information cited from the Digital Reader: […]

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The WSJ’s New Bestseller Lists

October 31, 2011
By Michael Cader

As reported Friday, this weekend the WSJ launched their own ebook bestseller lists, managed by Nielsen BookScan. The inaugural groups–featuring lists of 10 slots each for fiction and nonfiction ebooks, and two combined any-format print and ebook lists–look pretty much like the same data pool already reflected in bestseller tabulations from USA Today and the […]

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eNews: WSJ Adds eBook Bestseller List, Compiled By Nielsen; Amazon in Talks for Kindle in China; and More

October 28, 2011
By Sarah Weinman

Starting tomorrow, the WSJ’s Weekend edition will feature their own ebook bestseller lists. Like the NYT lists, the Journal will present both ebook-only lists for fiction and nonfiction, as well as combined print and ebook lists in both categories. All titles are eligible–self-published, children’s, backlist, etc.–as long as they have a minimum price of 99 […]

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