Apple did not have to wait long for a new Supreme Court conference date. Originally scheduled for the court’s February 19 conference, which was cancelled after Justice Scalia’s death, and then briefly in limbo, Apple’s request to have their appeal heard will now be taken up at the court’s next conference session on Friday, March 4. (The results of the conference are generally announced on or before the following Monday.) For perspective, note that over 100 cases are on the Court’s conference calendar — including a second one involving Apple (part of their longstanding litigation with Samsung).
Archives for March 2016
Headline Makers, On Stage Next Week
With the main Digital Book World conference less than a week away — Tuesday March 8 and Wednesday March 9 — many of our featured speakers come straight from the latest headlines. Whatever the final disposition of the Perseus distribution companies, it will alter the distribution landscape, and the long-term transformation of Ingram Content Group as told by John Ingram is highly relevant. Barnes & Noble will report earnings tomorrow, and recently made headlines for renewed hints about their new store prototype, along with the rollout of Sourcebooks’ customized Put Me In the Story to over 200 stores. We have both […]
People, Etc.
Sam Im has been promoted to director, digital strategy & business development at Random House Children’s. Adrienne Szpyrka has been promoted to editor at Sky Pony Press. Rachel Zugschwert has joined Sparkhouse Family as director of marketing. Previously, she was marketing manager at Consortium. In Amazon‘s continuing rollout of staffed “pickup locations” on college campuses, the company announced an agreement to open a facility at the University of Texas at Austin in summer 2016. (In January, they announced new locations for the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Davis and the University of California, Berkeley. Obituary Former literary agent Ginger Barber, […]
BEA Buzz Panel Titles Named
Book Expo America named the titles to be featured on the three Editors’ Buzz panels at the show in May. The adult panel will feature 4 debut novels (the most since 2011, when 5 fiction debuts were featured) and one work of nonfiction: Another Day in the Death of America, Gary Younge (Nation Books) Darktown, Thomas Mullen (37 Ink) History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund (Grove Atlantic) Little Deaths, Emma Flint (Hachette Books) The Mothers, Brit Bennett (Riverhead) The Nix, Nathan Hill (Knopf) Young Adult Caraval, Stephanie Garber (Flatiron Books) Stalking Jack the Ripper, Kerri Maniscalco (Jimmy Patterson) Rani Patel In Full Effect, Sonia Patel (Cinco Puntos Press) Spontaneous, Aaron Starmer (Dutton Children’s) […]
Second Time’s A Charm: Perseus Sells Publishing Lines to Hachette
The deal to sell the Perseus Book Group that fell apart at the last minute in August 2014 has returned: After an open sale process that began in September 2015, conducted by Greenhill & Co., the initial result is essentially the same. Hachette Book Group has made a “binding commitment” to purchase the Perseus publishing imprints (Basic, Public Affairs, Running Press, Avalon Travel, Seal Press, academic textbook publisher Westview Press, the Weinstein Books joint-venture and a partnership with Nation Books — comprising about 6,000 titles). “The transaction is expected to close after regulatory approval is received.” As before, the purchase […]
Mondadori Likely to Sell Three Imprints for Approval of Rizzoli Acquisition
With Italy’s Antitrust Authority due to make a recommendation shortly on Mondadori‘s acquisition of RCS Media’s Rizzoli book publishing group, Italy’s La Repubblica has reported that the government will require the sale of three publishing lines. Mondadori managing director Ernesto Mauri had already indicated in a recent television interview the expectation that the company would have to give up publishers comprising about 3 percent market share in order to get approval for the deal, indicating they would sell Bompiani and Marsilio. But La Repubblica then reported over the weekend that the final report will call for the sale of Sonzogno as well, […]