Job Moves: September 19, 2012

Distribution: Innovative Logistics Signs Two Presses

Open Road's Short Shots Grows

Rudin, Diller, Coady Partner for Brightline, Multiplatform Book Publisher

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Elmore Leonard, Arthur Sulzberger Win Lifetime National Book Awards

Unbridled Nabs Steamy Memoir By Anonymous Couple

Archie Comics Names Adam Tracey Director of Publicity, Marketing

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso: Teaching Children with Stories

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An (Electronic) Bright Spot for Children's Book Sales in May

Children's Book News from SIBA

YA Authors Dare to Promote a Colleague's Debut

Merrymakers Turns Agent with Pete the Cat Licensing Program

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Apple, Publishers Subpoena Amazon in Price-Fixing Class Action

Aptara Survey Finds 40% of Trade Houses with E-book Sales Over 10% of Revenue

DoJ, Publishers Urge Court to Deny Kohn’s Attempt to Intervene in Settlement

With DoJ Settlement Approved, Pre-Trial Skirmishes Begin for Non-Settling Parties

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Québec: An Overview: Publishing in Quebec 2012

Made-in-Québec Book Chain Discounts Bibliothèques a Book Culture: Publishing in Quebec 2012

The International Play: Publishing in Quebec 2012

Québec’s Digital Book Warehouse: Publishing in Quebec 2012

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Freudian Lit: PW Talks with Goce Smilevski

Cat as Metaphor: PW Talks with Peter Trachtenberg: Pets & Animals 2012

Rhinemaiden: Mary Sharratt

Writing Visually: PW Talks with Todd Grimson

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LATEST STORIES
Apple, Publishers Subpoena Amazon in Price-Fixing Class Action
If you thought the DoJ settlement process was contentious, the litigation now heating up in the class action lawsuit will likely take things to a new level.
Barbara’s Expands into 40 Macy’s Stores
Chicago-based Barbara’s Bookstore is expanding its model and bringing books to 40 Macy’s locations—from San Francisco to Boston—with dozens more to open in 2013.
Brooklyn Book Festival 2012 Launches A Week of Literary Events
The seventh annual Brooklyn Book Festival kicks-off a week of literary events that began on Monday and will culminate in a full day of panels and other programming on September 23 at the Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza and nearby venues.
'No Easy Day' Keeps Number One Spot
In its second week, sales for No Easy Day fell 30% to 176,000 copies, according to the outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan.
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THIS WEEK'S PRINT ISSUE

This week's Print Issue of PW
This week, PW looks at books about pets, talks to authors including Mary Sharratt and Peter Trachtenberg, looks at the art of the catalog and checks in on publishing in Quebec.

PW's Week Ahead Podcast, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012
In many, remarkable ways, the book publishing business is unrecognizable from its form only two years ago. Kindles and iPads have seen to that, of course. Last week, court approval of the settlement in the e-book price-fixing case is quickly leading to a re-writing of market rules that will lead – well, who knows where?

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O'Reilly TOC Podcast: HTML5 Is the Way Forward
Sanders Kleinfeld, who wrote "HTML5 for Publishers," talks about the future of HTML and EPUB, and what it means for publishing.

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The Tucci Cookbook by Stanley Tucci
Tucci has written his own cookbook, along with his parents and Scappin. There are few surprises, but no matter, as Tucci’s recipes evoke the comforting, elegant simplicity of Italian home cooking. more...
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Elmore Leonard, Arthur Sulzberger Win Lifetime National Book Awards
The National Book Foundation will present its 2012 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Elmore Leonard, and its 2012 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community to Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr.

Unbridled Nabs Steamy Memoir By Anonymous Couple
Unbridled Books has acquired North American rights to The Mistress Contract, an erotic memoir, written by an anonymous couple going under the names She and He.

Kepler’s Launches Arts & Lectures Series
Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, Calif., won't reopen until later this month, but it has already launched Kepler’s Arts & Lectures, which kicks off with an event with Salman Rushdie.

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