Oprah unveils next book club read; Mystery Writers of America announce award recipients; Regenery names sales director; Open Road partners with Ingram for digital distribution service

This week, two new Small Press sponsors of Winter Institute 8 were announced, as well as the recipient of the Disney Publishing Worldwide publisher-sponsored scholarship and the winner of the Rainy Day Books A Good American challenge.

New York Times features year’s 100 notable books; Indiana lawmakers want Amazon to collect sooner; S&S in partnership with Author Solutions; HarperCollins to debut HarperTeen Impulse; HMH in book donation campaign with First Book; McGraw-Hill to sell education business; Sheehan promoted to Ingram Library Services Group

Indie booksellers must sign up by December 15 to take advantage of Penguin’s  “Independent Bricks & Mortar Full-Service Bookstore Retail Partnership,” which goes into effect on January 1, 2013.

Simon & Schuster has created a Hurricane Sandy relief effort that offers multiple copies of 20 new releases and bestsellers free of charge to  retail accounts damaged by the storm.

BISG study finds tablets gain on eReaders; Abrams announces management changes; Chronicle Books selects Ingram’s CoreSource; Winners of National Outdoor Book Awards announced

On Monday, October 29, Pearson and Bertelsmann confirmed plans to merge their trade publishing groups. The new company will be called Penguin Random House and will include all the English, Spanish, and Portuguese language interests of both the Penguin Group and Random House.

Pew study examines younger Americans’ reading and library habits; Bowker finds triple-digit growth in self-publishing; S&S adult reorganizes; Pinsker named president of Klutz

Beginning January 1, 2013, Penguin Group USA will be offering independent bricks-and-mortar full-service bookstores a unique partnership opportunity to increase sales and profits and reduce returns for both frontlist and backlist titles.

For the second straight year, Random House is offering indie booksellers a two-day transit program for the holiday season on its entire frontlist and backlist across all imprints and formats.