Hachette Book Group has announced a new Retail Bookstore Marketing Program that will make its co-op more accessible and easier to use. 

Baker & Taylor in strategic partnership with Bookmasters; Colin Bettam named chief marketing officer at Kobo; National Book Foundation elects new board members; Leadership changes at Barnes & Noble; Amazon launches Jet City Comics imprint; SIBA and MIBA award winners announced

Utah celebrates Independents Week in a big way; Buthod named SIBA One Book at a Time organizer; Amazon’s tax affairs in U.K. deterring shoppers; LibraryReads launches this fall; Senators express concerns over Patriot Act surveillance programs; Authors lose class certification in lawsuit against Google; Hachette acquires Hyperion adult imprint; Ingram integrates Hachette Livre titles

The merger of Penguin and Random House into one company, Penguin Random House, was completed on Monday, July 1. Bertelsmann, the parent company of Random House, owns 53 percent of the new venture, and Pearson, the parent of Penguin, owns 47 percent.

France to block Amazon’s discount bundling; new CFO for Ingram Content Group; Independent Publishers Group to distribute Blue Manatee Press

Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History details announced; Silverberg leaves position as Literature Director at the National Endowment for the Arts; EBSCO eBooks now available on Ingram’s OASIS

The Indie Next Promotion in a Box program from Baker & Taylor provides an additional discount on Indie Next List titles and a free marketing kit designed for booksellers to promote the latest monthly titles.

Bookstores and businesses in neighborhoods across the country will be promoting the shop local message by celebrating Find Waldo Local during the month of July. 

Simon & Schuster’s new Customer Portal for booksellers went live on Tuesday morning, June 11. The portal consolidates crucial resources — including marketing/coop information, order tracking, invoices, digital catalogs, and promotional information — in one place.

BISG asks for input from book industry professionals; Raw BEA numbers announced; Small Business Week begins June 17; British booksellers seek government’s help in fighting Amazon; Lambda Literary Award winners announced; Akashic Books launches Infamous Books