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HarperCollins Expands Digital First | PubCrawl

Traditional publishers may be johnny-come-lately to publishing digital-only and digital-first, but their efforts bring the weight of deep editorial and marketing experience to the digital-only...

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Bowker Launches SelfPublishedAuthor.com | PubCrawl

Libraries have always been a home for writers as much as for readers, and librarians often get asked “How do I get my book published?” Now, Bowker, a ProQuest affiliate and best known as the ISBN...

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Westerns Thrive at Five Star | PubCrawl

Westerns may represent only a tiny piece of the larger genre pie, but the staying power of Five Star Publishing, a Gale/Cengage Learning company whose primary audience is libraries, indicates a small...

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Audio Publishers Make More Than Noise | PubCrawl

Audio publishers are moving way beyond their core audience to capture sales to both libraries and consumers. In June, Random House Audio Group launched an online/radio/print ad campaign that reinforces...

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Penguin Random: Bigger Is Better—Or Not | PubCrawl

My favorite comment on the merger of Penguin and Random House was in an Op Ed in the New York Times. “[M]aybe Random Penguin, as a few wags have suggested, would have been a more apt name.” (The name...

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The E-Bundling Challenge | PubCrawl

Just after Labor Day, Amazon announced the October debut of Kindle MatchBook. “For thousands of qualifying books,” purchased new in print going back to 1995, said the company website, customers can get...

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Open Road Capitalizes on Success | PubCrawl

The recent infusion of $11 million into Open Road Integrated Media by private equity firm NewSpring Capital and others should come as no surprise to those librarians familiar with company CEO Jane...

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Librarians, Distributors Weigh in on Macmillan Ebook Lending | PubCrawl

Ebook distribution to libraries took another leap forward on October 17 when Baker & Taylor, OverDrive, 3M, and RBDigital (Recorded Books) told their customers that Macmillan’s entire ebook...

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Kensington at 40: On Launch Pad | PubCrawl

Kensington Publishing added two subgenres to its mystery line this fall, expanding both its cozies and historical mysteries. “Cozies are like comfort food,” said Karen Auerbach, director of publicity,...

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Self-Publishing Skyrockets | PubCrawl

According to a new analysis released in October by ProQuest affiliate Bowker, the ISBN agency, self-publishing continued its growth spurt, up 59 percent in 2012 over 2011, from 246,912 titles to...

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New Imprints Signal Publishing Not Dead | PubCrawl

For an industry pronounced dead repeatedly for at least a decade or more, traditional publishing—and its digital-first counterparts, which might not be so different after all—belied the grim reapers,...

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Severn House: 40 Years of Selling to Libraries | PubCrawl

Edwin Buckhalter, whose UK-based Severn House Publishers turned 40 this year, forged his library connection long before he had any idea of publishing primarily for the library market. His father was a...

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Random’s First Look Book Club Up and Running | PubCrawl

In an internal Random House memo, Jen Childs, director of Library Marketing, reported that the department’s latest initiative, First Look Book Club, took off to a roaring start in February, with 2,500...

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Open Road Adds SF/Fantasy with E-Reads | PubCrawl

In February, Open Road Integrated Media announced that it would acquire E-Reads, a pioneer ebook publisher founded in 1999 by literary agent Richard Curtis. The deal is scheduled to close April 1, and...

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Christian Publishing Initiatives Expand | PubCrawl

HarperCollins Christian Publishing (established when HarperCollins, longtime parent company of Zondervan, acquired competitor Thomas Nelson in 2012) is moving more strongly into the library market....

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Judge Rules for HarperCollins in Ebook Suit | PubCrawl

When Open Road Media published an ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 Newbery Award–­winning Julie of the Wolves in 2011, it was business as usual for the company, which had secured rights...

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Mission Bell Media Moves Ahead with Mission | PubCrawl

Mission Bell Media (MBM), a new publisher with a laser-like focus on leadership, took one step further into the public eye, debuting its official website (www.missionbellmedia.com) on April 22. MBM is...

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Scribd Adds “Dummies,” Releases Data | PubCrawl

On April 30, Scribd, which launched its “all you can read” $8.99 per month ebook subscription with Harper­Collins as the first Big Five publisher last fall, announced a deal that brought 1,000 Wiley...

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Penguin Targets Nonnative Readers | PubCrawl

Say you’re a professional or businessperson who relocated to the United States. Or you’re a student who came to the this country to study. Or you live outside the United States but deal with Americans....

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SAGE and Simqu Hit the Mark: An LJ Q&A | PubCrawl

Francine Fialkoff As SAGE Publications’ CEO and president Blaise Simqu celebrated his tenth year in the job this August, he was also gearing up for SAGE’s anniversary: the company, founded in 1965 by...

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