Responding to community needs and inquiries, Penguin Random House formally stated on Tuesday that it is “permitting teachers, librarians and booksellers to create and share story time and read-aloud videos and live events,” according to publicly posted guidelines. Teachers and educators providing distance learning in a virtual classroom setting can conduct story time or read-aloud videos with PRH books through closed educational platforms (such as Google Classroom, Schoology, Edmodo and Discovery Education.) Videos posted to YouTube must be designated as “unlisted” when uploading, and then can be linked to from within a closed educational platform. The permission lasts until the end […]
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Some New Titles On Sale Today
In a special section of PublishersMarketplace we regularly list notable forthcoming releases by month, currently looking out through May. Some release dates are going to shift further into the year, but for now we want to help shine a light on titles publishing today. (Fiction is listed first; the nonfiction sections starts with David Daley.) A Conspiracy of Bones Reichs, Kathy Scribner The Shape of Family Gowda, Shilpi Somaya Morrow The Boy from the Woods Coben, Harlan Grand Central The Red Lotus Bohjalian, Chris Doubleday The Eighth Girl Chung, Maxine Mei-Fung Morrow Less Than a Moment Havill, Steven Poisoned Pen […]
Status Reports: HBG Supports Indie Home Delivery, Jeff Kinney Book Postponed, and More WFH and Cancellations
Hachette Book Group launched an indie home delivery initiative to provide extra margin to “any independent bookstore that offers local delivery of books to homes or businesses within their community done directly by a store staff member or other contracted local delivery service.” Between March 16 and May 15, bookstores will receive an additional discount of 5 percent off MSRP on any delivered HBG title once receipt of the credit request form is received with no minimum order to be eligible for the rebate. Abrams postponed the release of Jeff Kinney‘s ROWLEY JEFFERSON’S AWESOME FRIENDLY ADVENTURE, from April 7 to August […]
People, Etc.: LBF Director to Leave, and More
Director of the London Book Fair Jacks Thomas will step down and leave Reed Exhibitions this summer after 7 years running the show. She had intended to announce her departure at this year’s LBF before the event was cancelled. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Stephanie Fletcher has been promoted to senior editor. Jenny Xu has been promoted to associate editor. Liz Kossnar has joined Little, Brown Children’s as a senior editor. Awards The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, by Rick Atkinson has won the $50,000 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize. The […]
Powell’s and McNally Jackson Have Substantial Layoffs
After closing their physical stores due to the spread of COVID-19, Powell’s Books reportedly announced temporary layoffs that dismissed roughly 85 percent of the 400 workers represented by ILWU Local 5, according to the union. Citing “the rapid, significant downturn in sales in the recent weeks and days,” human resources director Michelle Afroso wrote to employees that the store “needs to take to immediate steps to scale back the company.” She said, “If sales continue to decrease in the future, we will need to take further action. We will try to avoid additional layoffs by reducing the size of the […]
Status Reports: Barnes & Noble Watchful, Ingram Stands By, S&S and Cengage Work From Home
With most of the nation’s major library systems closing and a wave of independent booksellers closing to the public, at least, we checked in with Barnes & Noble to see how they are approaching the situation. “We have reduced store hours in all of our stores, and are prepared to close stores promptly along with guidance from local and national officials,” a spokesperson told PL. “We have also enhanced cleaning in all of our stores, and have alerted all employees who are not feeling well, or need to care for family members, to stay home.” As physical outlets for obtaining […]