Amazon will host a press conference on September 6 at 10:30 PDT (1:30 EDT) at the Barker Hangar near Santa Monica Airport. The company provided no additional details of what they will announce next month, but it’s fair to speculate that any number of new devices, from the latest versions of the Kindle Fire and eInk devices, will be discussed. The Washington Post will launch a line of branded ebooks this fall, in conjunction with Diversion Books, that will “focus on a targeted topic featuring content from the Washington Post archives” and be available on all major online retailing platforms. […]
Archives for August 2012
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James Spackman has been named managing director of Watkins Publishing, effective November. He was most recently sales and marketing director for Hodder & Stoughton and John Murray. Spackman will work alongside Duncan Baird to develop both the Watkins and Duncan Baird imprints in the UK and internationally. “I’m delighted to be joining Watkins at such an exciting moment,” Spackman said in the announcement. “It will be a real privilege to work with a list representing such rich heritage, and a company with such a strong reputation for quality. I’m looking forward to working with the Watkins team to develop an […]
Pseudonymous Navy SEAL Book on Bin Laden Raid Surprises White House, Pentagon, Navy
Dutton’s announcement Wednesday that they will publish NO EASY DAY, a “firsthand account” of the May 2011 mission that killed Osama Bin Laden by a pseudonymous member of SEAL Team Six, on September 11 provoked plenty of media coverage but also raised questions about whether the story was vetted by any branch of the US Government. US Military officials told the AP they didn’t believe NO EASY DAY, written by “Mark Owen” with Kevin Maurer, was read or cleared by the Defense Department: “I haven’t read the book and am unaware that anyone in the Department has reviewed it,” said […]
THE CASUAL VACANCY Publicity Efforts: Rowling At Lincoln Center on October 16, And More
A lengthy feature in USA Today looks at Little, Brown’s publicity and promotion plans for JK Rowling’s upcoming novel for adults THE CASUAL VACANCY. Rowling will appear in public in the US just once, on October 16, when she will be in conversation with Ann Patchett at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall, with ticket prices ranging between $37 and $44 (including a hardcover copy of the book) though booksellers will be able to live-stream the event as well. Rowling, however, will be making a number of television appearances to promote the book, which is published on September […]
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At Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hallie Patterson has been named senior publicist. Previously she was senior publicist at at HarperCollins Children’s. In addition, Flinn Gillan has joined the School & Library Marketing group as marketing assistant. Previously he was a marketing coordinator at Garland Science. Judi Powers has resigned as director of marketing and publicity at Sterling Children’s Books to return to college and pursue a career in jewelry design. She can be reached at judi_powers@yahoo.com. In the UK, Eloy Sasot has been promoted to director of pricing and analytics at HarperCollins UK, reporting to Simon Johnson. Random […]
DOJ Response Again Stresses “Unmistakable Consumer Harm” From Agency Model Pricing
Filing late in the day on Wednesday evening, the Department of Justice responded to the latest wave of objections to the proposed ebook pricing settlement with the same disdain they have brought to any dissenting views through the Tunney Act process. Rather than addressing head-on the contention that the government has defined the relevant market too narrowly in looking at ebooks as things unto themselves (separate from ebook readers, and other elements of the book publishing market), the government answered by saying that every opponent of an antitrust action believes they are special. “While ebooks are a relatively new arrival […]