Book Expo America 2012: All Our Coverage
All of our coverage about Book Expo America 2012, beginning with our pre-BEA issue. more...
People
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
At Algonquin Books, Debra Linn has been named online marketing manager. She was previously the events and marketing director at Books & Books.
Financial Reporting
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
Bookstore sales fell 3.7% in March, to $922 million, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday morning by the Census Bureau. For the first quarter of 2012, bookstore sales fell 2.3%, to $3.94 billion. Store sales fell in every month of the quarter.
Publisher News
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
INscribe has announed a new slate of distribution deals with Harvest House Publishers, Wayne State University Presss, M-Y Books, Folio Literary Management, The Laura Dail Literary Agency, Mercury Ink, Publishing Consultants, and Oberon Books.
People
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
Deni Béchard, author of Cures for Hunger: A Memoir and Vandal Love: A Novel (Milkweed Editions, 978-1571310910) will be on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Daily Circuit" hosted by Kerri Miller, May 16 at 11 am CST.
H. Norman Wright, author of What's Next: Navigating Transitions to Make the Rest of Your Life Count (Bethany House, 978-0-7642-0963-5) will be interviewed at 12 pm CST on May 16 on Moody’s Midday Connection.
People
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
Following yesterday's announcement that Kimberly Snead will fill the new role of director of brand strategy at Crown, the publisher has announced May 15 that Leigh Ann Ambrosi will join as v-p, brand publishing project director, reporting to Tina Constable.
Publisher News
05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM
John Green’s young adult novel Looking for Alaska once more became the target of censorship when it was recently banned from classrooms in Sumner County, Tenn.
People
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
Liza Kaplan has been promoted to assistant editor at Dutton Children's Books.
At Berean, Bill Nielsen has been appointed as COO and Fred Ichniowski has been appointed director of business operations.
People
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
As part of the process of spinning of McGraw-Hill Education into its own company, McGraw-Hill Cos. this morning announced a number of high level management appointments as well as the executives who will lead its various business units.
People
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
The McEvoy Group LLC, a San Francisco–based media company whose book properties include Chronicle Books, Princeton Architectural Press, and becker&mayer!, announced that Bill Miller has joined the company as president of Galison Publishing LLC.
Bookselling
05/14/2012 @ 12:00AM
As part of a two-year partnership, McGraw-Hill Education is making its e-books available to students at the University of Minnesota at a discounted rate.
The Roundup for Industry News
Publishing news from across the Web
The additions are coming to the Seattle offices.
The Internet service provider has expressed doubt that IP addresses are useful in the search and is concerned about customer privacy.
Court ruling backs use of termination rights for songwriters (and authors) to get rights back to works after 35 years.
The LA Times wants a book editor with a knowledge of pop culture.
Top Bestsellers
| Guilty Wives | Audio Fiction |
| Killing Lincoln (unabr.) | Audio Nonfiction |
| Chomp | Children's Fiction |
| Duckling Gets a Cookie!? | Children's Picture Book |
| Hunger Games | Children's Series & Tie-ins |
| Blue Exorcist, Volume 3 | Graphic Novels |
| Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel | Hardcover Fiction |
| Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power | Hardcover Nonfiction |
| The Lucky One | Mass Market Paper |
| Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy | Trade Paper |
