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Archives for June 2013

Ballantine the Latest to Break Ties with Paula Deen

June 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

On Friday afternoon, Ballantine Books announced that, “After careful consideration, [it] has made the difficult decision to cancel the publication of Paula Deen’s New Testament: 250 Favorite Recipes, All Lightened Up.” As we noted earlier in the week, it was the first title in a multi-book deal that was announced in January 2012 between Deen and […]

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Hyperion’s Adult List Sells to The Logical Buyer, Hachette

June 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

Hyperion’s adult trade list of over 1,000 titles, plus 25 new titles under contract but not yet published, are being sold to Hachette Book Group — which was always the most likely purchaser, since they took over distribution for Hyperion and Disney Publishing under long-term contract earlier this year. While a WSJ article from March […]

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Cengage Bankruptcy Filing Expected Shortly

June 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

Cengage’s long slow, reckoning with a bankruptcy filing — the only way the company can deal with its mountain of more than $5 billion in debt — is nearing its culmination. As previously reported, a payment of $225 million due July 5 remains the trigger point. The WSJ essentially confirms the obvious: Cengage “is preparing […]

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Hothouse Tops New Indie Next Picks

June 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

Boris Kachka’s book about FSG is the No. 1 pick on the August Indie Next List — and Alexander Maksik’s novel is the sixteenth of the 28 books featured in our Spring/Summer Buzz Books sampler to be named to a bookseller’s “best of the month” list. (The new edition is packed with substantial excerpts of 40 […]

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People, Etc.

June 28, 2013
By Michael Cader

Seale Ballenger will move to Disney Publishing on July 8 as publicity director. He has been director of marketing and publicity at Zola Books. James MacNevin will join McGill-Queen’s University Press on August 1 as acquisitions editor. Most recently he was acquisitions editor at Canadian Scholars’ Press in Toronto. Former Chicago Sun-Times books editor Henry […]

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Librarians to Create Monthly List of Top 10 Recommended LibraryReads

June 27, 2013
By Michael Cader

There is a wave of library-related press releases with the ALA’s annual conference and exhibition starting today in Chicago (and running through July 2). One announcement of broad interest is the launch of LibraryReads this fall, a recommendation program that aims to serve as a national “library staff picks list.” The initiative will highlight ten […]

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