Leaks from this spring’s Creators Update to the Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system suggest that Microsoft is yet again trying to establish a presence in the ebook market. In this first look on MSPowerUser, which contains screenshots of the new feature, we learn that a “new e-book store will be integrated into the Windows Store as a dedicated section where users will be able to buy books from a range of different publishers and authors. Buying a book from the Windows Store works just like how you would buy an app, game or a music album — simply find a […]
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At St. Martin’s Press, Laura Clark has been promoted to associate publisher, nonfiction, reporting to Jennifer Enderlin. “What impresses me most about Laura is her passion, her can-do attitude, her breadth of knowledge in so many varied areas of non-fiction,” Enderlin said in the announcement. “She is the natural choice for this position, as we gear up for some of the most important non-fiction this house has ever published. At BookPage, Cat Acree has been promoted to deputy editor. Forthcoming Bookseller metadata has long indicated that Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes‘ forthcoming book on Hillary Clinton was headed for publication at […]
Bookselling: Interabang Books to Open in Dallas; Lorelei Books for Sale; and More
Dallas will see a new independent bookstore, Interabang Books, open in May. The new 5000-square foot store will be located in the vicinity of a nearby Barnes & Noble store (though approximately a third of the size). Manager Jeremy Ellis, previously store manager for Brazos Bookstore in Houston, told the Dallas Morning News his story promises to be “different” from the chain stores because, “successful independent bookstores are successful because you have staff that is passionate about sharing their love of books all the time. To do that you have to carry books they are passionate about …. We’re not […]
Class Action Suit Filed Against All Romance eBooks
The sudden shutdown of romance ebook publishing and distribution company All Romance at the end of 2016 left many authors and publishers shortchanged, with an email from the company offering 10 cents on the dollar for distributed books for sales up through December 27 and nothing but reversion for books they published. In response, author Brenda Cothern has filed suit seeking class-action status against the company and its owner, Lori James. The complaint seeks damages in excess of $15,000 for “unpaid commissions, as well as injunctive relief to enjoin the defendants from misappropriating the ebooks which had been entrusted to them.” The […]
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Eric Lupfer is joining Fletcher & Company as an agent, moving over from William Morris Endeavor, where he has been for fourteen years. Lupfer specializes in non-fiction ranging from history, science, and economics, to narrative journalism and current affairs. At Trident Media Group, Alexa Stark has been promoted to literary agent, focusing primarily on literary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Mary Austin Speaker joins Milkweed Editions as art director on January 17. Franco Alvarado is leaving FW Media, where he was senior technical production specialist for three years, to launch Franco Alvarado Consulting, providing ebook development and QA, print book design, […]
Mackintosh’s I See You Tops February Library Reads List
Clare Mackintosh’s sophomore suspense thriller I See You tops the February 2017 Library Reads list. The list also includes Elan Mastai’s debut All Our Wrong Todays and A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline, excerpts of which you can read right now in our February Buzz Books Monthly. Download it now for free (at Amazon, iBooks and Google Play, or get it from NetGalley where it’s a Spotlight Pick) and share it with your reader communities to help build buzz for all of publishing in February. The rest of the February Library Reads includes: Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman (Norton) My […]