Publisher’s Lunch sent out a notification stating the Edgar Award winners were announced. The link will take you to The Edgar page, and winners are written in red. Check them out!
Publisher’s Lunch sent out a notification stating the Edgar Award winners were announced. The link will take you to The Edgar page, and winners are written in red. Check them out!
Are you an educator? Do you have children – or babysit children – who love to read? Scholastic’s posted their Summer Challenge Titles in the Teacher Store. Everything can be searched by price and grade level. For instance, To Kill a Mockingbird and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are recommended for 12th grade, while 3rd graders can read Judy Moody Saves the World and Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Cake.
Even if you’re not an educator, parent, or babysitter, take a look at what Scholastic suggests for your new summer reads! Buy them from Scholastic, any chain bookstore, an indie bookstore, or check them out at your local library!
Thank you Scholastic for providing the information.
London Book Fair 2012: The Great Debate: Will Publishers Perish? – Publishers Weekly – Andrew Albanese
I certainly hope not!
Will today’s existing conglomerates continue to dominate the future of publishing? Or, will technology enable a rising tide of upstarts and independents that will forever change the publishing landscape? That was the question at the heart of the London Book Fair’s Second Annual Great Debate, which put forth the following resolution: In the fight for survival, outsiders and startups are taking on today’s heavyweights and will ultimately deliver a knockout punch.
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While the two sides obviously have some genuine disagreement, it was quite obvious that the resolution was designed to be provocative, and the two sides were playing their parts. In fact, it was clear that both sides believed the future does not hold a knockout blow. Throughout a brief question and answer period, both sides spoke of the value of new technology and traditional publishing have to offer, and occasionally seemed to argue the other’s point.
See what each of the sides say!
2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced – New York Times
The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes, celebrating achievement in newspaper and online journalism, literature, nonfiction and musical composition, were announced Monday afternoon at Columbia University in New York. The prizes, given annually since 1917, are awarded in 21 categories.
No fiction winner, but there is a nonfiction winner, poetry winner, and a biography winner. Even better: the poetry winner came from an independent press!
The Broad Strokes of the Hachette, HarperCollins and S&S Price-Fixing Settlement – Publisher’s Weekly – Andrew Albanese & Rachel Deahl
FINALLY. Need an understanding of what went down yesterday with the DOJ? Publisher’s Weekly wonderfully lays it out.
Three publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster—have agreed to a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle federal claims of price fixing regarding e-books. PW takes an initial look at the broad strokes of the deal, and what it means for the settling publishers.
They have the terms, compliance, timing, and reaction. Definitely take a look at it.
Breaking News! Hachette Book Group announced JK Rowling’s new book, The Casual Vacancy, will be in stores September 27!
Publisher Romances the Web – The Wall Street Journal – Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
In a move that further thins the line between book publishing and book retailing, Sourcebooks Inc., a leading independent publisher, is launching an online bookstore this week focused on its romance titles.
Really great read! Downside, though, is that you need to be a subscriber of the WSJ in order to read the rest. You’ve been warned! In short, readers of romance novels will get to converse with the authors through live chat and other nifty things.
Google Ends eBook Agreement with Indies – Publisher’s Weekly – Judith Rosen
On Tuesday representatives of Google contacted the American Booksellers Association and Powell’s Books to announce that it will end its Google eBooks reseller program worldwide. In February, it had seemed as if independent booksellers were getting a reprieve when Google reinstated some affiliate stores that had low sales. But in yet another sign of industry consolidation, Google will start selling e-books solely through its recently launched Google Play beginning January 31, 2013.
If you rely on Google ebooks, don’t worry. They will still be available on bookseller websites. This is still pretty sad news.
Check them out!!! Buy them!!! Enjoy the magical world again, digitally!
Pottermore is the only place to buy them, as of right now.
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