New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially has declared Tuesday as “G.P. Putnam’s Sons Day,” in recognition of the publisher’s 175th anniversary. Bloomberg said: “The story of G.P. Putnam’s Sons has it all – entrepreneurship, determination, romance, big dreams. It is a classic New York City story, and on this wonderful occasion, today, we join Putnam’s extended family and many readers across the world in looking ahead to the next exciting chapter.” Michael Foster, who bought control of the UK agency PFD and merged it with his MF Management in 2010 to form The Rights House, has sold his shares back […]
Archives for May 2013
Another Chance at Frankfurt, As PLC Moves to Tuesday (October 8)
Even before TOC abruptly closed their business, we were already planning to move our Publishers Launch Frankfurt conference to Tuesday, October 8 — the main pre-Frankfurt conference day — after a successful run on the slightly-too-early Monday, so that more FBF attendees can make our event a regular part of their Frankfurt calendar. Last year’s remarkable PLC Frankfurt featured 11 c-level executives from publishers and retailers all over the world and this year’s program will include the same unique, high-level strategic and operational analysis of issues faced by trade publishers globally transitioning to a more digital world. We’ll continue the […]
More Buzzworthy Fall/Winter Commercial Fiction
In addition to presenting substantial excerpts of 40 highly anticipated titles, our free Buzz Books 2013 fall/winter ebook also includes an extensive preview of additional upcoming titles put together by editor Sarah Weinman. By itself it’s a great overview of important books and authors to look for at BEA and throughout the big fall publishing season, and another reason why downloading this free ebook now is a great way to prepare for the convention. We have been featuring extracts from that preview of the season as part of our run-up to BEA. Last week we started with the fiction overview, […]
Your Quick Guide to BEA
It’s almost here, so one more time, our links and resources to help you prepare for BEA (whether you’re going or not): – Our handy master BEA Schedule provides a comprehensive, day-by-day, hour-by-hour schedule of all the special events and educational sessions — and just a few selected signings– in a single file, which you can even download to your own computer. Share it with colleagues with this easy short link: publun.ch/BEA2013Sched BEA‘s own version of the schedule is here, and here. After today, we may dispatch Lunch at a non-lunch time of day, depending on what happens and how quickly we write […]
BEA-Timed Announcements: S&S Streamlines Promo Funds for Indies; Penguin Sells Books on Wheels; PublicAffairs Pairs with The Economist; Ingram Partners with Courier; and More
Simon & Schuster is expanding its offerings to booksellers with a new “premier marketing plan” that simplifies access to promotional funds for independent booksellers. They will bolster that new plan on June 10 with a new customer portal that consolidates marketing/co-op information, order tracking, invoices and digital catalogs. Independently owned and operated brick and mortar bookstores with a maximum of 15 shipping destinations qualify for the new allowances, which replace traditional and newsletter co-op, and eliminate existing co-op approval procedures. Promotional funds will be based on the previous year’s total direct and indirect net physical purchases, paid to booksellers in quarterly credits. It also offers […]
Author News: Clinton Pre-Orders, Geithner Co-Author
Hillary Clinton‘s memoir will not be published until June 1, 2014, but Simon & Schuster made the book available for pre-order through major retailers. The 320-page hardcover is priced at $40, with the ebook version selling for anywhere from $19.99 to $16.99 at the moment. When announcing the deal, S&S said Clinton would share key decisions and experiences from her time as Secretary of State and her ideas for how the United States can address the challenges of a dramatically changing world in the 21st century. Another former member of President Obama’s cabinet turned author Timothy Geithner has selected a collaborator […]