Publisher News

Bookselling Without Borders opens scholarship applications; New York Times book beat reporter cites indie bookstore comeback; NCAC program director reports on art censorship in Trump’s first year; Buzz Books 2018: Spring/Summer now available; S&S to distribute Regnery; Staff changes at Quarto Group, HarperCollins; National Book Critics Circle Award finalists, Edgar Award nominees announced

PBS announces key authors appearing on The Great American Read; WNBA seeks Pannell Award nominations; Three booksellers join MPIBA Board; PEN to honor Stephen King; Sourcebooks launches “Love Your Library Like a Carnegie!”; NBF elects board members; Proposed New York budget includes sales tax fairness measure; IngramSpark Ignite Awards honor two ABA members; National Jewish Book Award winners announced

#HarperCollinsLovesIndies will highlight another 50-plus indie bookstores on Facebook Live this year. In addition, staff will be on hand to make Facebook Live videos at next week’s Winter Institute.

PEN America and PEN Center USA to merge; Celebratory memorial planned for Strand’s Fred Bass; Changes at New York Times Books Desk; Hearst to sell Rodale Books to PRH; Promotions at Penguin Random House; PNBA Book Award winners, Story Prize finalists announced

AAUP gets new name; New York Times op-ed addresses sales tax fairness; Obama names favorite books of the year; Costa Book Award winners announced 

NCAC condemns Trump administration’s efforts to restrict CDC vocabulary; Abrams names Michelle Ferguson senior vice president, COO; Simon & Schuster to distribute Pike and Powder; France files complaint against Amazon; Man Booker Prize announces plans for 50th anniversary; 2018 PEN America Literary Award longlists announced

Booksellers share updates as California wildfires spread; Voting opens for CBC’s Teen Choice Book Award; Boston Globe reports on indie bookstore resurgence; Bonnier Zaffre expands into U.S. market; FedEx Holiday Help Hub provides shipping assistance; PubWest’s Rittenhouse Award winners, finalists for National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize announced

NCAC supports Met’s refusal to remove painting; Hong Kong bookseller still missing; Independent Bookstore Day totes on sale; IBD’s Samantha Schoech wins writer’s residency; Children’s Book Week event location applications open; Follett names new CEO; S&S to distribute Galvanized Media; S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy named PW Person of the Year; VitalSource acquires Intrepid Learning, teams with eCampus.com; Sales of The Immigrant Cookbook to benefit ACLU 

Phoenix Books co-owner pens op-ed on Amazon; We Need Diverse Books names Bookseller of the Year; “Meet GLIBA” social media feature introduced; Algonquin Books announces staff changes; Hallmark Channel movie features indie bookstore setting; Costa Book Award nominees announced

Several major publishers are once again offering expedited shipping to indie bookstores this holiday season and, in some cases, beyond.

Harvard professor studies indie bookstores’ comeback; Justice Department sues to block AT&T merger; Canada’s Indigo Books & Music to open first U.S. store; Art for Justice Fund awards grants; Penguin Random House Audio announces promotions; Jennifer Klonsky joins Putnam Children’s as publisher; New Zealand government to institute tax on overseas Internet purchases

ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell talks Amazon at Phoenix Books; S&S to reorganize sales team with Michael Selleck’s retirement; Ralf Markmeier appointed HarperCollins Germany publisher; PNBA Book Awards shortlist, 2017 Business Book of the Year announced

Children’s Book Week dates and poster illustrator announced; Independent Bookstore Day calls for bookseller recommendations; BookCon lineup announced; Hong Kong bookseller still missing; PRH to distribute Grupo Editorial in 2018; Hachette to acquire Meadowbrook Press titles; Kirkus Prize, Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award winners announced

Jon Fine joins Open Road Integrated Media as publisher; Lee Boudreaux named Doubleday executive editor; Tracy Behar to head new Little, Brown imprint; Cynthia Nixon to host National Book Awards; Detroit RWA seeks booksellers to judge contest; SCIBA Book Award winners announced

Simon & Schuster is the latest publisher to announce a program specially designed to support new independent bookstores that have opened or are just opening.