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PublishingBook Stock Watch: Barnes & Noble Sells Out Nook for Holidays
GalleyCat has been tracking the stock performance of the major companies that influence the bookselling business. We created this chart with eight publicly-traded publishing stocks hand-picked by our readers--including company name, symbol, current stock price, and price increase or decrease at week's close. -Name- -Symbol- -Last price- -Change- Job Detective: Penguin Executive Assistant
For your resume-making pleasure, here are the new postings. First up, Harlequin is looking for an Editorial Assistant. Next, an established media company needs a Writer. Finally, Penguin Group (USA) seeks an http://www.mediabistro.com/joblistings/jobview.asp?joid=93948&c=mbeajob GalleyCatnip: Susan Orlean's BookshelfHere are some publishing odds and ends for your mid-afternoon reading pleasure. "Bookshelves are kind of a mosaic," explains journalist and popular Twitter scribe Susan Orlean as she shows off her bookshelf in Stacked Up. "I have a little bit of a system that starts with the absurd and moves towards something a little bit grander." Sarah Palin's book tour stop brings Oprah Winfrey her highest ratings in two years. Writing industry watchdog Victoria Strauss compares self-publishing options from West Bow Press and Harlequin Horizons. What would happen if James Joyce and Jane Austen wrote comic strips? The NY Times weighs a "conflict of interest question" at the National Book Awards. Job Detective: Palgrave Macmillan Editor
HarperCollins Publishers is looking for a Human Resources Manager and a Marketing Director. Scholastic needs a Sr Manager Technology Marketing Operations and HarperCollins Publishers is looking for. Finally, Palgrave Macmillan seeks an Editor. Here's more about the job: "Acquire and edit 15-20 new titles per year; writing launch sheets, tip sheets, catalog copy, jacket copy and audio presentations; [and] Coordination and collaboration with production, sales, marketing, publicity and other departments." Google Books Settlement Finds Canadian Critics
The union's chair Erna Paris wrote a letter to their membership, criticizing the way libraries and orphan works are handled in the settlement. Here's a quote: "Public libraries and non-profit higher educational institutions should pay a licensing fee to have terminals available for public access, even if they choose to provide free access to their library patrons on such terminals ... These library patrons will have to pay for each page that they print out from such a terminal, but the lack of access fees for their institution could create expectations in Canada that would erode copyright protections here." Under the terms of the revised settlement, only books from United States, Britain, Australia or Canada can be included in Google's efforts to digitize millions of books. The new version would feature an "independent fiduciary" who will decide how Google can handle orphan works-- books where the original copyright holder cannot be determined. This week a federal judge is expected to set up a fairness hearing about the settlement. (Via Publishers Weekly) GalleyCatnip: Stephenie Meyer's Epiphany
Nicknamed "a sort of YouTube for publishing," Scribd has scored a spot on Business Week's "The World's Most Intriguing Companies" list. Also intriguing: to date, they've raised $12.8 million in funding. Cultural critic Mark Dery proves that 2012 is not the end of the world: "Much of the 2012 shtick is a light-fingered (if leaden-humored) rip-off of the late rave-culture philosopher Terence McKenna's stand-up routine, without McKenna's prodigious erudition, effortless eloquence, or arch wit" In a rare public appearance, "Twilight" novelist Stephenie Meyer told Oprah Winfrey more about how she wrote her blockbuster vampire series: ""I didn't think of it [as a book]. I did the dream. And then I wanted to see what would happen with them. It was just me spending time with this fantasy world, and then when it was finished it was like, 'This is long enough to be a book!' Finally, find out why Salman Rushdie's essay for Granta was rejected and recently re-accepted. Job Detective: Scholastic Seeks
First of all, an unnamed media company "run by best-selling author and television journalist" is looking for a Writer/Researcher. Next, the Franklin Report needs a Sales Associate. In addition, a mid-sized media firm is looking for a Assistant to the CEO. Finally, Scholastic seeks a Web Producer. Here's more about the job: "Produce and maintain web content, pages and sites for scholastic intranet and scholastic.com. Serve as technical resource to corporate communications team in planning and executing web strategies. Serve as technical resource to business clients in planning and developing new content, sites and web-based communications." Publishing Twitter Lists, Part One
In an ongoing effort to make the GalleyCat Twitter feed more user friendly, we are building a few fancy new Twitter lists that will break the hundreds of publishing posts we read every day into curated, easy reading collections. The archiving process is taking longer than we anticipated, but here are the first lists. They are not comprehensive, but they will be--with your help. Send @GalleyCat a message to add your favorite feed to the appropriate list. For a look at publishing's future, check out the Best Digital Book Twitter Feeds. For a look at publishing's socially-networked present, check out the Best Publisher Twitter Feeds. For an inside look at book deals, check out the Best Agent Twitter Feeds. Finally, check out the collected Twitter wisdom of the speakers at the upcoming mediabistro.com eBook Summit. Tune in tomorrow for the Best Book Publicity Feeds, the Best Writing Advice Twitter Feeds, the Best Publishing News Twitter Feeds, and the Best Author Twitter Feeds. Sharing Books with Soldiers on Veterans Day
Recently we interviewed Paul Malmont, novelist and founder of Operation Warrior Library on the Morning Media Menu. Malmont (pictured, via James M. Graham) explained how he used literary connections to send 2,000 books to soldiers. In addition, Twitter users are using the hashtag #vetbooks to celebrate nonfiction books about military lives. Here's an excerpt from the interview: "We got a call from the Colonel's wife, and she told us that audiobooks were really what was needed right now. When somebody gets injured on the battlefield, they get shipped right to a medical center and then evacuated right that day to a big hospital in Germany. They can't bring anything with them...There's nothing for them to do, once they are in the hospital while they are rehabilitating." Job Detective: W. W. Norton Hires
First up, ABRAMS seeks a Publicist. Next, a Established Publishing Company is looking for an Internet Project Manager. Finally, W. W. Norton & Company, Norton Professional Books needs an Associate Managing Editor. Here's more about the job: "[This editor] manages approximately 12 to 15 books a season throughout through the production process, from manuscript approval through copyediting, jacket design, page proofs, indexing, and publication. Duties include hiring and overseeing freelance copy editors, jacket designers, and indexers; checking copyedited manuscript; and editing and proofreading page proofs. The associate managing editor also acts a point person for authors, walking them through each stage of the production process and answering any questions they may have." PreviouslyAmazon.com Sponsors Literary Anthology Angela James to Helm Digital Press at Harlequin Wal-Mart Pricing Not Predatory? Triumph Rushes 63,000 Copies of Yankee Book Novelist Jackson Taylor on PEN's Prison Writing Program Job Detective: Scholastic Seeks GalleyCatnip: Bruce Springsteen's $10 Million Advance? How to Start a Career in Publishing Job Detective: Random House Hires Simon & Schuster Sells eBook Chapters Jonathan Safran Foer on Eating Animal Products Job Detective: Scholastic Spots Chris Anderson - How Novelist Can Sell More Books Job Detective: HarperCollins Hires Job Detective: Penguin Position Novel Rises to Top of Fundraising Website Chris Anderson on What Does NOT Work in Book Marketing Audiobooks for Wounded Soldiers Chris Anderson - Turning Exposure Into Book Sales GalleyCat Exclusive Video -- Chris Anderson (Part 1) Chris Anderson - Exclusive Luncheon with PAMA Will There Be Book Publishers in 10 Years? FTC Reassures Kidlit Bloggers at DC Meeting Job Detective: Harpercollins Hires PRNewser: Bloggers, Stop Worrying; Publishers, Start Another Open Letter to the FTC Where's the Respect for Bloggers? Behind the Scenes at the NYT Book Review Will Big Media Stand Up for Bloggers? Who Gets to Be an Online Book Reviewer? Book Publishers, Bloggers, & the FTC Guidelines Condé Nast Closes Gourmet Magazine; Book Publishing To Continue Job Detective: Macmillan Match Simon & Schuster Combines Simon Spotlight Entertainment and Pocket Books The Editors' Future: "More Work for Fewer People"? Job Detective: Penguin Position Coping with Publishing Layoffs Howard Books Debuts on Nashville Stage Dan Brown and the Not So Lost Symbol Publishing Job Detective: Macmillan Marketing Pride and Prejudice and Promotions Publishing Job Detective: Facts on File Tor.com Publishes Its First Book Hachette Hires Private Detective in Ted Kennedy Leak Book Stock Watch: Reader Revise Writing a book in 7 minutes a day? Court of Appeals Pans J.D. Salinger Follow-Up 2009 PEN Beyond Margins Award Winners Announced How Writers Survived the Great Depression NY Times Breaks Embargo on Ted Kennedy Memoir Publishing Job Board: Oxford Open Publishing Industry Gets a Laugh Track Infobase Publishing Acquires the World Almanac Imprint Random House Revenue Drops for First Half of 2009 Publishing Job Board: HarperCollins Hiring Book Stock Watch: Sony Support Ted Kennedy's Memoir Embargoed Publishing Job Board: Quick Quartet Publishing Job Board: Simon & Schuster Sales Former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman Is Looking for Romance Publishing Job Board: Rodale Rocks Jane Friedman Raises $3 Million for Publishing Start-Up Book Stock Watch: Amazon's Allies Penguin Identified as Victim of Bug Infestation Publishing Job Board: The Old College Try Barnes & Noble Sued Over $596 Million Deal Flat World Knowledge to Reach 40,000 Students This Fall Publishing Job Board: Phoenix Publicity Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Parent Refinances Debt Phoenix Books President Michael Viner Has Died William Morris Endeavor Urges Clients to Avoid Google Book Settlement HarperCollins Posts 20.6% Revenue Drop The Man Who Turned into a Tree CEOs Ponder the Future of Publishing 65 To Be Laid Off at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt AAP Chair Urges Authors to Join Google Settlement Reed Business Information Looks to Sell Publishers Weekly GalleyCat Readers Dispute Publishing Critique Bruce Nichols Moves to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Leaders Ponder Epic Fall Lists Inside Mary Matalin's Conservative Imprint The Publishing Gospel According to Michael M. Thomas |
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