Children’s Choice Book Awards voting opens March 14; Esi Edugyan wins Giller Prize; Inc. on leveraging the senses to spur holiday sales; BISG study finds deepening commitment to digital formats; Google eBooks launches in Australia; B&N unveils Nook Tablet
ABFFE survey seeks Banned Books Week suggestions; Washington Post features “Indie City Index”; Google eBook Store launches in Canada; SBA to host disaster-preparedness webinar on November 15; HarperCollins in deal to buy Thomas Nelson
Books-A-Million to open 41 stores in November; Ingram Publisher Services, Consortium add new clients; Amazon given okay to take over U.K. online bookseller
With the recent addition of two publishers at the Shared sponsorship level and the switch of another from Shared to Full, the 2012 Winter Institute sponsor list is now complete.
Julian Barnes wins Man Booker Prize; Lauren Myracle’s Shine withdrawn from National Book Awards; Ingram to distribute Nolo, Coutts to service Singapore libraries; New York Times examines effects of Amazon’s publishing programs; BEA announces Read Russia as focus of 2012 Global Forum
A special promo on IndieBound bags and more; OverDrive WIN Catalog to drive sales to bookstores; B&N and BAM remove DC graphic novels; Canada’s Indigo makes changes to business model; Ingram grows Global Connect
Ongoing and upcoming publisher e-book promotions are featured on IndieCommerce.com’s Publisher Promotions page, which includes product numbers and materials provided by publishers to help stores draw attention to e-book titles on sale.
Sweden’s Tomas Tranströmer wins Nobel Prize; National Book Foundation honors 5 Under 35; Rakoff wins Thurber Prize; Sale date for Potter e-books moved to 2012; Tor.com features indie bookstore SciFi/Fantasy picks; Lerner to distribute Barrington Stoke
The 2012 Winter Institute in New Orleans is made possible by the overall support of the Ingram Content Group, Wi7’s lead sponsor, and the support of more than 30 large and small publishers.
HarperCollins’ new Comprehensive Backlist promotion will enable bookstores to promote and sell thousands of its backlist titles through in-store “Digital-to-Print at Retail” using the Espresso Book Machine. The program will feature a mix of traditionally printed books as part of a store’s inventory and DPR editions printed in-store.
