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 […]
Lunch for Friday, September 29
State of Early Release The NYT bought a copy of Bob Woodward’s STATE OF DENIAL, set for release next week, in time for a front page story today. The Daily News bought a copy, too, even though the Times gets all the credit. They say Woodward found himself “speechless” by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s […]
Lunch for Thursday, September 28
More Bad News at Waterstone’s Same-store sales at Waterstone’s have continued their ugly decline (falling every reporting period since spring 2005) — which is even worse than it sounds, since the bar for comparison keeps getting lower. For the fiscal year to date, comparable sales fell 4.1 percent (though the company helpfully broke this down […]
Lunch for Wednesday, September 27
Back to the Future Not only did Sony present their new Reader device to the press last night, but they also made it available for sale immediately through their online store, selling for $350. Borders will be the first physical retailer to put units on sale, in October, and Sony says additional retail partners outside […]
Lunch for Tuesday, September 26
Changes at Scholastic; Cecka Promoted; PW Goes Free to Booksellers Under New Publisher, and More Personnel News Scholastic’s svp, trade publishing and deputy publisher Ellie Berger is being promoted to publisher. Publisher, hardcover and early childhood Andrea Davis Pinkney will now serve as an editor-at-large to focus on working directly with authors — still reporting […]
Lunch for Monday, September 25
Musharraf Stumps for Book Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s book releases today, after numerous teases from the leader — including a plug at a press conference with President Bush on Friday, when Musharraf responded to a question by saying: “I am launching my book on the 25th, and I am honor-bound to Simon & Schuster not […]