Barnes & Noble gave some sense of what Nook is worth to the company in reporting fourth quarter earnings (and forward guidance for fiscal 2011). BN.com sales–where Nook units and ebooks are both recorded–rose by about $44 million in the quarter, at $141 million overall up 51 percent from a year ago. And for 2011, the company expects BN.com sales to rise “approximately 75 percent to $1 billion.” So they expect to gain another $425 million in the year ahead from Nook device and ebook unit sales. (Note that for comparison purposes, their sales estimate “reflects the actual retail selling […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, June 28
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Screenwriter of FANBOYS Ernie Cline’s READY PLAYER ONE, pitched as Charlie […]
Meyer Tops A Million
Little, Brown Children’s says that it has sold over a million copies of Stephenie Meyer’s novella A THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER since its release on June 5–making it “the biggest selling new book of the year so far.” In other publisher announcements, Bantam will release Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow’s THE GRAND DESIGN on September 7.
People
For the New York office of their Nashville division, Hachette Book Group has hired Kate Hartson as senior editor for the Center Street imprint and Andrea Glickson as marketing director for both FaithWords and Center Street. Most recently Hartson built her own small publishing company, Yorkville Press. Glickson was at HBG’s recently-closed Octopus Books USA line. As another part of the Nashville “realignment plan,” editor Christina Boys will now exclusively acquire fiction for both FaithWords and Center Street. Separately, at Hachette Digital, Neil DeYoung has been promoted to executive director; Liz Kessler moves up to the new position of digital […]
eNews: No Reader from Plastic Logic; Kindle App Plays Audio and Video On Apple's Platform
Further reinforcing the idea that many of the announced but not-yet-produced eink readers are dead on arrival with the rise of the iPad, last week Plastic Logic cancelled all backorders on their long-hyped oversized Que reader. The company is calling it a “delay” and tells Wired it “wants to make sure that the product they deliver is the right one for their target business customers in the rapidly changing marketplace. They are continuing to refine the product, technology and features, and are anxious to get in the marketplace as soon as possible.” But many people doubt the product will ever […]
Bookselling: Titles that Sell Themselves
Daniel Goldin at Boswell and Books blogs about some indie bestsellers “that sell themselves.” He’s talking about “books that people are naturally drawn to” and if you “put a pile…on your paperback table, it will sell.” For his store, that roster includes MURDER ON THE EIFFEL TOWER by Claude Izner; THE POWER OF KINDNESS by Piero Ferrucci; Joseph Caldwell’s THE PIG DID IT (and now THE PIG COMES TO DINNER); and another “inadvertent sleeper” he just discovered–CHICKS DIG TIME LORDS: A Celebration of Dr. Who by the Women Who Love It.Post