Last week when we reported that Audible was telling self-published ACX authors “we have chosen to wait until the outcome of the proceeding to release” their controversial Captions feature, the company said this was “what we’re communicating to authors” and declined to answer our question about whether that policy applied to publishers as well. The…
International News
Briefs: New from Owens and Clintons, The Atwood Review Embargo, and More
Forthcoming Delia Owens‘ WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, will be published in a Spanish-language edition in the US and Canada by Vintage Español. La chica salvaje will release in trade paperback on October 29, with Penguin Random House Audio publishing the audio edition. (That’s the title used by El Ático de los Libros in Barcelona, which…
Frankfurt Reminds You That Layout Changes Mean You’ll Need Time to Get to Your Next Meeting
It was almost a year ago that the Frankfurt Book Fair announced that continued construction at the fairgrounds would change the layout of the show starting this year, so some people may have forgotten to plan accordingly when making this year’s appointments. But a fresh announcement this week serves as a timely reminder, while providing…
People, Etc.
Allison Devlin has been appointed sales director in client sales at Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Former literary manager at The Gotham Group Eddie Gamarra has been hired as vp studio business development for Nickelodeon. Legal A jury cleared Nicholas Sparks of all counts of defamation and violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, concluding…
Shareholder Sues Over Barnes & Noble Sale; F+W UK Books Business Sold
Investor Richard Scarantino filed suit in a Delaware Federal Court against Barnes & Noble, seeking class action status on behalf of stockholders, arguing that the company’s tender offer solicitation “omits material information with respect to the Proposed Transaction, which renders the Solicitation Statement false and misleading.” From a Google search, filing lawsuits just like this…
Germany Wins Some Marketplace Terms Improvements from Amazon, As EU Investigates Bigger Issues
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office accepted a number of “concessions” from Amazon and closed the “abuse of dominance proceedings” they started last November, while the bigger and more volatile charges have been taken up by the European Commission “to assess whether Amazon’s use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in…