Publisher News

Post-BEA report points to rising attendance; Publishing industry survey reports $28 billion in revenue in 2014; We Need Diverse Books announces publishing internship grant winners; Additional winners announced at PEN Literary Awards Ceremony; Simon & Schuster to distribute Gallup Press; Bookmasters signs international sales and distribution agreements; Lerner partners with Quarto Library

Canada’s Indigo Books looks to expand to U.S.; Macmillan partners with BitLit on e-book bundling; Lerner to distribute Hutton Grove; Skyhorse announces promotions, reorganization

The second in Bookselling This Week’s series of small press profiles features a conversation with Dennis Loy Johnson, publisher and co-founder of the Brooklyn-based independent publisher Melville House Books.

All the Light We Cannot See wins Pulitzer Prize; NRF contest celebrates small retailers’ contributions to advocacy; BEA to host publishing technology startup competition for second year; De Gruyter to distribute Columbia University Press e-books

2015 Andrew Carnegie Medals shortlist announced; College to take over management of Bryn Mawr Bookstore; Consortium signs two indie publishers; Oyster to sell e-books; Atticus Lish wins 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction;  X.J. Kennedy wins Jackson Poetry Prize; Winners of the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award announced; Winners of 2015 Christopher Awards announced

With Bancard Systems and Basil Bookseller Software now fully integrated, Basil users can take advantage of Bancard’s special ABA rate package.

The Literary Hub website launched on Wednesday with a showcase of literary essays, features, and profiles and a special letter from the editor commending bookstores.

PEN to honor Charlie Hebdo staff, Penguin Random House CEO, and Tom Stoppard; James Beard Foundation announces Book Award nominees; Diversity, free speech discussed at Annual Meeting of Association of American Publishers; Winners of 2015 Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction announced; Ingram Publisher Services adds five new clients

With ever-changing content, including essays, excerpts, interviews, and bookstore profiles, Literary Hub is poised to become a daily go-to website for readers engaged in the literary world.

Longlists for 2015 PEN Literary Awards announced; National Book Critics Circle names 2015 award winners; Louise Erdrich wins Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction; Grateful American Book Prize established for American history books for children; Richard Russo to receive NAIBA Legacy Award; NAIBA issues Bookstore Visit Challenge; Rakuten buys OverDrive

Andrew Solomon elected president of PEN American Center board; Delegation from China to attend BookExpo America; PEN/Faulkner Award finalists announced; Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist revealed; HarperCollins launches Spanish-language imprints with Harper Lee novels; NACS CEO Brian E. Cartier to retire; Consortium to distribute Third Man Books

NYT article on indie bookstores shared with millions of Twitter followers; SFWA announces 2014 Nebula Award nominees; Poets & Writers introduces mobile app; PEN releases 2015 Literary Awards calendar; Young people prefer print books to digital, Washington Post reports; May 2 announced as first Canadian Authors for Indies Day; Lerner Publishing Group acquires Egmont USA’s list

Wi10’s Consultation Station proved to be a popular venue for booksellers seeking information from ABA’s affiliated business solution partners, POS vendors, and other service providers. Here’s information on each participant for booksellers who would like to follow up on contacts made at the Winter Institute.

2014 Carla Furstenberg Cohen Literary Prize goes to Lish, Stevenson; Poet Amy King to receive 2015 WNBA Award; Fujii sales rep Ted Heinecken to retire; Chronicle Books launches Third Great Tumblr Book Search; Council Oak Books signs distribution deal with IPG 

To Kill a Mockingbird author to release second book; Government censorship may shutter independent Belarus bookstore; Anne Enright named first Laureate for Irish Fiction; Penguin inks sales/distribution deal with America’s Test Kitchen; BISG, ALA to survey library patrons’ digital preferences; Random House’s independent bookstore liaison expands duties to Penguin; Simon & Schuster introduces new multimedia imprint