In contrast to lobbying efforts in some state legislatures, the dominant service provider for library ebook lending reports that the market is thriving. Overdrive notes that in 2021, “With a focus on equity of access to books for all, libraries achieved all-time records for circulation while lowering the average cost-per-title borrowed.” Senior manager for public library content Karen Estrovich says in one press release flexible pricing models are an important element: “Top performing libraries utilized simultaneous access, cost-per-use and community reading programs to maximize access by increasing the number of available books in their collections.” Among the factors, American Rescue […]
Archives for January 2022
HBG to Expand Indiana Warehouse
Hachette Book Group received local approval to expand their warehouse in Lebanon, IN. The company will invest almost $21 million in a 164,000-square-foot expansion that will also include ancillary office space. Construction is due to begin later this year, and the company tells PL the expected completion date for the construction is April 2023. When HBG announced their deal to acquire Workman Publishing last August, ceo Michael Pietsch had indicated to us, “It will take us at least a year or two to expand our warehouse to accommodate” the Workman distribution.
Discuss Today at Noon: Literary Agent Heather Jackson
One more reminder: Join literary agent and former editor Heather Jackson online at this Publishers Marketplace link today at noon Eastern. Just sign in and use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments and Heather will post back.
New Books Publishing January 11
Titles by Hanya Yanagihara and Alafair Burke lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes new work from Carl Bernstein and Kathryn Schulz. Also out today is a novel from Mahogany L. Browne, excerpted in our Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter sampler. 23 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-january-11 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_January_/221266 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-january-11 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_January_/221262 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can use this form to […]
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Kimberly Lau has joined Springer Nature as vp, consumer media and president of Scientific American. She was most recently evp, strategic partnerships and business development at The Atlantic.
Obituary: Lee Server
Lee Server, 68, author of numerous books about Hollywood cinema and pulp fiction, died on December 28. He is survived by his wife, Terri Hardin. His notable titles include Screenwriter: Words Become Pictures (1987), Danger Is My Business (1993) and Over My Dead Body! (1994).