Was It BookExpo or IngramExpo? The Biggest Footprint of All
The largest BookExpo exhibitor in terms of space on the floor at the Javits Center was the international distributor Ingram Content Group.
The largest BookExpo exhibitor in terms of space on the floor at the Javits Center was the international distributor Ingram Content Group.
As the Authors Guild rolled out its Fair Contract Initiative in 2015 and 2016, one of its top targets was rights reversion.
The Hot Sheet Index reviews book sales gains for first quarter of 2017 for Hachette, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Traditional Publishing After five months as COO, Demos Parneros is now CEO at Barnes & Noble. He has thirty years of experience in retail at Staples. Here’s Alexandra Alter’s report at the New York Times. Houghton Mifflin is laying off 8 to 10 percent of its employees. This spring, the publisher will complete a reorganization . . . … Read more
The mood at London Book Fair (LBF) last week was determinedly upbeat, giving the show floor a mildly giddy tone that belied issues ahead.
One of the Big Five publishers, Hachette UK, announced it had acquired Bookoutoure, an independent British ebook publisher founded in 2012.
The Hot Sheet Index reviews the top ten publishers for unit sales in 2016 and also looks at total sales for comics and graphic novels.
Authors are questioning publishers’ assertions that celebrity-bylined books for kids produce money that’s then invested in other writers.
Pronoun [now defunct], acquired by Big Five publisher Macmillan in 2016, charges authors nothing for its distribution service and takes no sales commission.
Pearson has announced its intent to sell off its share of Penguin Random House, which is the largest of the Big Five publishers.