Wednesday, April 01, 2015

The Roundup with PW

Deals, Bestsellers Drove Growth at PRH
The 2013 merger between Random House and Penguin and the 2014 purchase of Santillana Ediciones Generales helped lead to a 25% increase in revenue, and a 24% gain in earnings, at Penguin Random House in 2014. The U.S. division had an "outstanding" performance. more »

Bologna 2015: Early Impressions from a Busy, Sunny Fair
Amid its warmest weather in years, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a strong start on Monday, with most of the agents, editors, and rights managers PW spoke with finding it to be a positive, active fair, though no single title had yet risen to be a "book of the fair." more »

South Africa's PRAESA Wins Astrid Lindgren Award
The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) is the recipient of the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – the largest award for children’s literature, with a prize of five million Swedish crowns (more than $575,000). more » »



Spring Reading: The best outdoor books of early 2015, rounded up at 'Forbes.'

Purdue Involved in Amazon Lawsuit: The National Association of College Stores Inc., based in Ohio, is suing Purdue for access to a copy of the full contract between Amazon and the University.

Thomas Pynchon's Predictions: Did the author predict parallel universes, mini black holes, and the death of the big bang theory?

Writer Bill Jamison Dies at 73: With his wife, Cheryl Alters Jamison, Jamison won four James Beard Foundation awards for culinary writing and was the author of some two dozen travel books and cookbooks.

Pin-Sized Book on Little Pleasures: 'Life's Lil Pleasures' was created by illustrator and designer Evan Lorenze, who has spent the last year building a library of "micro books" with diverse themes.


No comments: