Another successful weekend National Book Festival in Washington, DC began with a report that the event is in for a big change. There were indications that festival will have to leave the Mall and will be held instead at the less-appealing Washington Convention Center in 2014. Project manager of the Library of Congress National Book […]
Marketing
TODAY Show Launches New Book Club With Shannon’s THE BONE SEASON
Samantha Shannon’s just-published fantasy debut THE BONE SEASON, already the beneficiary of a great deal of advance buzz, will receive an extra boost as a result of being the inaugural pick of The Today Show’s new Book Club. Shannon’s publisher Bloomsbury told the NYT that retailer orders “roughly doubled” when they were told of the […]
Librarians to Create Monthly List of Top 10 Recommended LibraryReads
There is a wave of library-related press releases with the ALA’s annual conference and exhibition starting today in Chicago (and running through July 2). One announcement of broad interest is the launch of LibraryReads this fall, a recommendation program that aims to serve as a national “library staff picks list.” The initiative will highlight ten […]
People, Etc.
Knopf Doubleday has announced a number of promotions in the division’s publicity department. Michiko Clark has been promoted to director of publicity, Pantheon & Schocken, while Michelle Somers moves up to associate director of publicity. Josie Kals has been promoted to publicity manager, Knopf & Pantheon, while also taking on added responsibility for the division’s […]
Up Next: Comprehensive Marketing, and Publishing Services
With the long stretch of BEA events now over, Publishers Launch Conferences is pairing with Digital Book World on a new event to put on your calendars for September: The Marketing + Publishing Services Conference & Expo This “mini-convention” is actually multiple shows under one roof, targeting at a variety of key publishing functions. The […]
Tech: Ingram’s New Tool for Independent Publishers; Libre Rolls Out Digital Distribution; BookScout Adds Mobile; 3M Provides Daily Data;
Ingram will launch a new self-service “publish-on-demand” platform for independent publishers, IngramSpark, this summer. It combines their Lighting Source (print-in-demand) and Core Source (digital asset distribution) services in a single toolset, to manage print and ebook distribution under one umbrella. General Manager of Ingram Publisher Services Mark Ouimet says “independent publishers will now have access to […]