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Amazon Changes Third-Party Seller Rules

November 11, 2016
By Sarah Weinman

Amazon instituted new selling and shipping rules for third party media sellers that will increase the fees reaped by the etailer, and effectively end of the economic viability of selling so-called “penny books” on the site. As of March 1, 2017, the fees for selling media products, including books, will rise in two ways. The per […]

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Briefs: More James Patterson Library Grants; DRM-Free Star Trek eBooks; and More

March 29, 2016
By Sarah Weinman

For the second year in a row, James Patterson will award $1.75 million in grants (of $1,000 to $10,000) on a rolling basis throughout the year to school libraries. Once again the initiative is run in partnership with Scholastic Reading Club. Aligned with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, Pocket Books has announced the release of more than […]

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Briefs: Diversion Spins Off Radius Book Group; Marie Force Launches Publisher; and More

March 23, 2016
By Sarah Weinman

Diversion Publishing is launching a new self-publishing division, Radius Book Group, led by vp, business development Mary Cummings and managing editor Fiona Hallowell. Radius will sell aspiring authors packages ranging from DIY options through Ingram Spark to comprehensive publishing services. Bestselling self-published author Marie Force is launching a new contemporary romance company, Jack’s House Publishing. Force says in […]

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Writer’s Digest Tries Self-Publishing Again With BookBaby; RosettaBooks Expands Into Print; and More

August 13, 2014
By Sarah Weinman

Writer’s Digest quietly severed ties with Author Solutions, which provided the back-end to its self-publishing service Abbott Press , earlier this year. Now the company has teamed up with BookBaby for a different self-publishing program under the name Blue Ash Publishing. The new program takes pain to distinguish itself from the earlier one, touting “100 […]

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LBF Announcements: Isaacson’s Innovators; Chevalier’s Othello; Shatzkin and McCarthy’s Digital Marketing Agency

April 7, 2014
By Michael Cader

Simon & Schuster likes to officially announce their Walter Isaacson books at the London Book Fair. Acquired some time ago, and already previewed online by the author, they will publish Isaacson’s THE INNOVATORS: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, in world English on October 7. The book “focuses […]

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Briefs: Trudeau Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison; Carnegie & Greenaway Awards Shortlists; and More

March 18, 2014
By Sarah Weinman

Allen Guelzo has won the inaugural Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History for GETTYSBURG: The Last Invasion (Knopf). The $50,000 prize was announced Monday night at a ceremony held at the New-York Historical Society. The Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists were announced this morning, with the winners to be named on June 23. Anne Fine, […]

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