Magers & Quinn is serving as the sole local distributor of bulk sales to area nonprofits for Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference, a self-published title by John Capecci and Timothy Cage.
Penguin and Macmillan file responses to DOJ lawsuit; IPG and Amazon come to terms; Movement aims to save University of Missouri Press; Skip Prichard to leave Ingram; Chase and Living Social sponsor small business grants; OverDrive introduces browser-based e-book reader; Madeline Miller wins Orange Prize
Apple calls DOJ case “fundamentally flawed”; NRF launches 60-day sales tax fairness campaign; Waterstones to sell Kindles; Center for Fiction benefit to feature Richard Ford and Joyce Carol Oates; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt files for bankruptcy
In response to enthusiastic bookseller support, Abrams has increased the number of assortments in its Fall 2012 The Art of Selling Books promotion to 25.
New distribution arrangements for Cambridge University Press and The World Almanac; the winners of the Hans Christian Andersen Awards and The Story Prize; the Lammy finalists
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of The Boxcar Children Mysteries series, Albert Whitman & Company is sponsoring The Boxcar Children Contest, open to all ABA member stores.
Justice Department to sue over e-book pricing; Google creates a one-stop shop for digital content; Scholastic launches beta version e-reading app; Lulu.com and NACS Media Solutions in self-publishing partnership; OverDrive acquires Australian e-book company