PW’s Week Ahead 06.01.12

Jun 1, 2012 | News

The party that is BookExpo America prepares to welcome guests to New York City and even the growing donnybrook that is the Dept. of Justice price-fixing case against several major publishers can’t spoil the fun. “In separate filings this week, Penguin and Macmillan...

PW’s Week Ahead 05.25.12

May 25, 2012 | News

What’s black and white and green all over? 50 Shades of Grey, of course. The bestselling and controversial adult novel from E.L. James has sold over 10 million copies in print and digital since Random House acquired publishing rights from independent publishing...

BTB #297: BookExpo 2012 Preview With Steve Rosato

May 20, 2012 | Events, News

Business cards? Check! Online show planner? Advil? Check! Baby powder? Er, um… check? If you’re preparing for BookExpo America, you’ll need all of that and more. At least that’s the advice from the man responsible for the largest annual book trade fair in the United...

PW’s Week Ahead: 05.18.12

May 18, 2012 | News

Today’s edition is made possible in part by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., providers of provocative and timely titles for general readers, and professional and scholarly books throughout the humanities and social sciences. Visit them at BookExpo America,...

PW’s Week Ahead 05.11.12

May 11, 2012 | News

Authors’ representatives – otherwise known as literary agents – have done some writing on their own this week. In a missive to the US Department of Justice, the board of the Association of Authors’ Representatives (AAR) conveyed “in the strongest terms possible” its...

PW’s Week Ahead 05.04.12

May 4, 2012 | News

The parties returned to Judge Denny Chin’s Manhattan courtroom yesterday for motions in the Google Books Case. The search engine giant sought to remove the Authors Guild as an associational plaintiff, even as the Guild pushed for its own motion to certify the class of...

BTB #293: Can Music Pay?

Apr 29, 2012 | Podcasts

It’s the age of the one-man band, but the picture looks different from days past. Along with the drum on a strap, and a harmonica on a metal brace, the performer now carries a laptop – and with that and an Internet connection, she or he records and distributes music,...

PW’s Week Ahead 04.27.12

Apr 27, 2012 | News

A major publisher moves to kill DRM (Digital Rights Management). It’s more good news for e-book consumers, but in corners of the publishing industry, fears persist. Will holding on save the business? — or sink it? “Tor Books, the venerable sci-fi...

BTB #292: Rescue Newspapers, Save Democracy

Apr 22, 2012 | News

In early April, local businessmen acquired the Philadelphia Inquirer and related media properties for $55 million. Led by Lewis Katz and George E. Norcross III, the investors purchased Philadelphia Media Network (PMN) for a fraction of the $515 million paid in 2006 by...

PW’s Week Ahead 04.20.12

Apr 20, 2012 | News

O to be in England, now that April’s there. And in 2012, in London, the scene is not nearly as idyllic as in Browning’s verse: The great metropolis is in the final throes of preparation for Olympic game and royal jubilee festivals. It has not gone without notice,...