Publisher News

New York Times features year’s 100 notable books; Indiana lawmakers want Amazon to collect sooner; S&S in partnership with Author Solutions; HarperCollins to debut HarperTeen Impulse; HMH in book donation campaign with First Book; McGraw-Hill to sell education business; Sheehan promoted to Ingram Library Services Group

Indie booksellers must sign up by December 15 to take advantage of Penguin’s  “Independent Bricks & Mortar Full-Service Bookstore Retail Partnership,” which goes into effect on January 1, 2013.

Simon & Schuster has created a Hurricane Sandy relief effort that offers multiple copies of 20 new releases and bestsellers free of charge to  retail accounts damaged by the storm.

BISG study finds tablets gain on eReaders; Abrams announces management changes; Chronicle Books selects Ingram’s CoreSource; Winners of National Outdoor Book Awards announced

On Monday, October 29, Pearson and Bertelsmann confirmed plans to merge their trade publishing groups. The new company will be called Penguin Random House and will include all the English, Spanish, and Portuguese language interests of both the Penguin Group and Random House.

Pew study examines younger Americans’ reading and library habits; Bowker finds triple-digit growth in self-publishing; S&S adult reorganizes; Pinsker named president of Klutz

Beginning January 1, 2013, Penguin Group USA will be offering independent bricks-and-mortar full-service bookstores a unique partnership opportunity to increase sales and profits and reduce returns for both frontlist and backlist titles.

For the second straight year, Random House is offering indie booksellers a two-day transit program for the holiday season on its entire frontlist and backlist across all imprints and formats.

The 2013 Winter Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, is made possible by the overall support of the Ingram Content Group, Wi8’s lead sponsor, and the support of more than 40 large and small publishers.

Online retailers begin collecting sales tax in Georgia; Publishers and Google reach settlement in copyright case; Hachette restructures sales force; NRF and Shop.org forecast solid holiday sales growth; Calvin Trillin wins Thurber Prize

Kodak, On Demand Books, and ReaderLink announce partnership; Pietsch to succeed Young as HBG CEO; Penguin to launch graphic novel imprint

With last week’s federal court order entering as final judgment the Department of Justice’s e-book pricing settlement with Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster, the three publishers are working on agreements to replace the agency model for e-books.

For the third year, Workman Publishing is sponsoring the Joe Drabyak Frontline Fellowship to the Winter Institute. The fellowship provides airfare, lodging, and the meal fee for one bookseller to attend Winter Institute 8 in Kansas City, Missouri, from February 23 - 25, 2013.

Today, ABA announced that Ingram Content Group will be the exclusive distributor of Kobo eReaders as part of the ABA/Kobo eBook solution.

Thanks for Shopping Indie, the first-ever multi-publisher promotion exclusively for ABA member bookstores, will give booksellers the opportunity to offer  an “extra” to customers on a broad range of 2012 Indie Next List titles.