Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Roundup with PW

Little, Brown in Deal with Lego
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has signed a multi-year agreement with the Lego Group to develop a publishing program based on a number of Lego properties. The first three books in the line will be released before the 2015 holiday season and will be published as full-color graphic novels and as e-books. more »



Modiano’s Nobel Win Is a Boon to David R. Godine
Since October, DRG has shipped 30,000 copies of the three Modiano novels on its list. The bulk of these shipments—20,000 copies—were of 'Missing Person,' which was also the company’s bestselling book of 2014. more » »


Comixology Returns to SXSW Interactive 2015
Comixology, the digital comics marketplace, marks its third year at SXSW Interactive with a discounted bundle of 30 original e-comics from Comixology Submit, its self-publishing platform, until the end of the day March 16. »

New Verne Translation Coming
Australia-based Christmas Press is launching a new fiction imprint, Eagle Books, with a title that is, according to the publisher, the first English translation in over 100 years of Jules Verne's 1876 adventure novel, 'Mikhail Strogoff.' »


My Mother's Affair with Fitzgerald: A woman writes about how her mother's three-year fling with F. Scott Fitzgerald has shaped her life.

Pan Macmillan Drops Paleo for Kids Book: The cookbook titled, 'Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way' was due for release on March 13, but was "delayed" after health experts raised serious concerns about the recipes, including a DIY infant formula.

'Fifty Shades' Back at BC: E.L. James’s S&M-themed bestseller was briefly pulled from the Boston College bookstore after a customer complained about seeing the erotic novel on the display.

The Man Who Transformed Foyles: Sam Husain has fought off the threat of e-books and online retailers to make the bookstore chain profitable again.

If Famous Writers Had Snapchat: Snapchat just got literary.


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