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The PW Morning Report: Thursday, March 11, 2010

2 hours 44 min ago
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across theWeb: Alice in Tie-In Land; Google...

Amazon.com Removes Buy Buttons from All of Diamond's Publishers

15 hours 49 min ago
In what is apparently an effort to correct the glitch that caused the wild discounting of...

Profits Jump at Hachette; December E-book Sales Soar

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 22:50
Hachette Book Group USA contributed the majority of the 24% earnings increase for Lagardere...

Lee & Low Gets New Imprint

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 17:43
Independent children's book publisher Lee & Low will launch a new imprint, Tu Books, in fall...

Canadian Booksellers Object to Amazon's Fulfillment Plans

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:30
Canadian booksellers have filed objections with the Canadian government over Amazon's plans to...

Group Calls for Amazon Boycott

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:22
A day after Amazon terminated its Associates program in Colorado, ProgressNow Colorado is...

Penguin Launches Science Imprint

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:12
Penguin is launching a new imprint called Current that will publish science books for a general...

Red Wheel Strikes Deal with Ravenous Romance to Do P-books of E-books

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:09
Red Wheel/Weiser has licensed 12 paranormal Ravenous Romance e-books to publish the titles as...

Harper Buys Scott Brown Memoir

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 15:02
After word spread throughout the industry that a book proposal from newly elected Massachusetts...

NACS Partners with On Demand Books

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:26
NACS Media Solutions, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores, has formed a...

The PW Morning Report: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:46
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across theWeb: Hilary Duff, YA Author;...

Amazon, Diamond Deal with Aftermath of Computer Pricing Snafu

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:19
Amazon.com’s Top 100 Book List returned to reality—Kathryn Sockett’s novel The Help was...

Elsevier To Do Titles with Blio

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:19
Elsevier expects to release 8,000 to 9,000 of its titles in the Blio format by the end of the...

BEA and Above the Treeline Partner for Books@BEA

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:50
BEA is partnering with publishing business software company Above the Treeline to create a new...

Lerner Moves into YA Market with Carolrhoda Lab

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 14:35
Lerner Publishing Group will enter the YA market this fall with the launch of Carolrhoda...

The PW Morning Report: Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:10
A daily roundup of book and publishing news from across theWeb: The Help Goes Hollywood; The...

New look for Del Rey's Ben 10 and Bakugan Graphic Novels

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:49
While Del Rey manga is popular with serious manga fans, their top three sellers in bookstores,...

Vertical To Publish Twin Spica Space Training Manga

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:29
Vertical, Inc, a New York City-based boutique publisher of all things Japanese, from hard-boiled...

HMH Children's Buys Buzzed-About Anne Frank Novel

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:31
In another buzzed-about pre-Bologna acquisition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's bought...

Amazon Drops Colorado Associates Program

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 20:52
Citing newly passed legislation that will force it to collect sales tax, Amazon has ended its...