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Archives for September 2022

Ingram to Retire Ingram Publisher Services Brand

September 30, 2022
By Michael Cader

Ingram Content Group announced Friday a “streamlining of how we run and position our distribution brands.” In January, they will “sunset” the original Ingram Publisher Services brand as a standalone business. IPS clients will be shifted to one of the other four distribution lines: Consortium, Ingram Academic, Two Rivers and Publishers Group West. Ingram Publisher […]

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Ingram Invests in NFT eBook Company

September 30, 2022
By Erin Somers

Ingram Content Group has closed a seed funding round for NFT ebook company Book.io. The startup puts ebooks and audiobooks on the blockchain, where they can be sold as NFTs. The company says in a release that Ingram’s print-on-demand service Lightning Source will work with Book.io “to bundle NFT eBooks with bespoke printed physical books” […]

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Obituaries: Mark Laframboise, Marybeth Peters

September 30, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

Chief book buyer at Politics & Prose Mark Laframboise died this week. According to the store’s Facebook page, he joined Politics & Prose as a bookseller nearly 25 years ago and was promoted to the top buying position 11 years ago. He served as president of the board of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association. […]

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Hachette Employees to Return to Office on Nov. 1 (For Two Days A Week)

September 30, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

Hachette Book Group will end its return-to-office pilot program, which allowed staff to defer in-person work, on October 31. November 1 will be the start of the Hachette Hybrid program, in which staff is required to be in the office two set days per week, ceo Michael Pietsch announced in a memo to employees. “In […]

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Judge Dismisses Two Antitrust Suits Against Amazon and Big 5

September 30, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

A federal judge ended two longshot lawsuits against Amazon and the industry’s five biggest publishers, upholding recommendations from a magistrate judge last month. US District Judge Gregory Woods dismissed the cases without prejudice, and the plaintiffs can refile if they choose. One suit was brought in the name of Illinois bookseller Bookends & Beginnings, accusing […]

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Harper Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge

September 30, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

The Harper Collins Union shared on social media that it has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, after the company did not respond to a request for information during bargaining. “We strongly believe the Board has to agree with us that the company’s refusal not only violates the labor […]

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