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Sookie Stackhouse, Duck Dynasty Top Bestseller List
Charlaine Harris's last Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After, took #1 on Nielsen BookScan, selling 85,00 copies in the week ending May 12.
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MPS Acquires Element, Adds K-12 Capability
MPS Limited has reached an agreement to acquire Element, a U.S.-based, full-service editorial, design, and production service provider to the K-12 publishing market.
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Tracking Amazon: 'Inferno' Still Hot
Dan Brown's Inferno is, unsurprisingly, holding its #1 spot on both the print and e-book bestseller lists on Amazon, as of May 15.
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Broadway Books Gets New Logo
Crown Publishers, has unveiled a new logo for its paperback unit, Broadway Books.
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Attention, Publishers: Book Industry Survey Requests Data
The Book Industry Environmental Council has launched surveys for publishers, printers and paper manufacturers involved in the U.S. book industry. The surveys will remain open until June 19th and ask questions that will allow for continued tracking of the progress the book industry has made towards reducing its environmental footprint. Click through to participate.
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Tantor Out with 'Behind the Candelabra' in Three Formats
Tantor Media did an initial first printing of 20,000 copies for Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace. The book is the basis for the May 26 HBO movie Behind the Candelabra and Tantor director of rights and acquisitions Ron Formica acquired print, e-book and audio rights after discovering the book had been out-of-print.
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Review: 'The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies' by Jonathan Alter
PW's review of Jonathan Alter's book on Obama's 2012 campaign calls it "engrossing," "entertaining," and "savvy."
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Pat Conroy Named Editor-at-Large for USC Press
The University of South Carolina Press (USC Press) has named bestselling author Pat Conroy editor-at-large of Story River Books, their new South Carolina-based original fiction series.
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After 37 Years, Winton Steps Back
After spending 37 years in the publishing industry, including the last five as chairman, CEO, and publisher of Counterpoint LLC, Charlie Winton turned over the publisher reins at the press to Rolph Blythe on May 1.
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News Briefs: Week of May 13, 2013
HMH Cuts Loss and more
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