Publisher News

SIBA video highlights print books and indies; California tax on out-of-state retailers brings in $260M; Chandler Arnold appointed COO of First Book; Ingram Publisher Services welcomes seven new clients

Penguin Random House has announced plans to unify its Credit and Customer Service functions, with new, integrated systems projected to go live in early 2015.

In anticipation of Small Business Saturday and Indies First, W.G. Ellerkamp is offering special, limited-time discounts on “Buy Local” shopping bags and select products.  

BEA asks for input on future locations; HarperCollins launches direct-to-consumer e-book platform; New Zealanders win scholarships to Winter Institute 2014; BISG survey looks at e-book reading; Changes afoot at World Book Night U.K.; Lerner Publisher Services to distribute for Walter Foster Publishing

SEC poised to adopt rules to allow small businesses to sell shares through crowdfunding; Sourcebooks’ Raccah wins Muriel Siebert Entrepreneurial Champion award; Consortium adds three publishers to client list; Independent Publishers Group adds 13

Stores have until November 15 to sign up for Penguin’s “2014 Independent Bricks & Mortar Full-Service Bookstore Retail Partnership,” which is designed to increase sales and profits and reduce returns on both frontlist and backlist titles.

Winter Institute 2014 is made possible by the generous support of Ingram Content Group, the event’s lead sponsor, and the support of more than 55 publishers large and small.

2013 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Alice Munro; NBA finalists to be announced October 16 on Morning Joe; E-reader and tablet use increases among adults; Self-publishing continues to grow; WNBA’s 2013 writing contest open; Ingram to distribute to Russia

Bill to limit Amazon’s advantage moves forward in France; Reading Group Choices’ 2014 guide out now; National survey details reading habits; NRF predicts modest growth during holidays; Consumers use smartphones, tablets to shop; California Bookstore Day website live; NCAC in New York Times Sunday Dialogue; Thurber Prize goes to Dan Zevin; Penguin Random House merges audio; HarperCollins joins Scribd’s e-book subscription service; Chronicle Books goes green; BISG announces new mission statement, industry award winners, F+W Media partnership

The Association of American University Presses and its members are inviting independent booksellers to join in celebrating the second annual University Press Week, to be held from November 10 through 16.

National Book Foundation names 5 Under 35 honorees; Man Booker Prize shortlist revealed; Survey finds travelers prefer print books; BISG announces Lifetime Achievement Award winner; Promotions champion European bookstores; Judge finalizes restrictions on Apple

Proposed oversight of Apple scaled back by judge; Online retail sales remain low for chain stores

Today show creates book club; Overstock continues play for Amazon customers; Quebec proposes regulation of book prices; Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble settle dispute; Small Business Administration names acting administrator; May 2014 damages trial scheduled for Apple

Hachette Book Group is hosting its second annual Reading Group Day on September 7 in partnership with ReadingGroupGuides.com and McNally Jackson Books. Readers will be welcomed to a full day of author panels, speeches, and events.

Bowker releases statistics on consumer book buying; SIBA offering scholarship to fall trade show; Miami Book Fair celebrates 30^th anniversary; Ingram adds new clients; Jeff Bezos to purchase the Washington Post