Tag Archives: HarperCollins

29Mar | '13

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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week: 3/25 – 3/29

By Marnise Tucker | Published: March 29, 2013

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. **** The leading book-centric social media network, Goodreads, has been acquired by Amazon. This comes 7 weeks after Bookish, the book discovery and e-commerce website launched in February. If your looking for a Simon & Schuster title, Barnes and Nobles might not be the best place ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now | Tags: amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookish, HarperCollins, New York Court of Appeals, Open Road, penguin classics, powerHouse arena, powerhouse Arena + Penguin Classics presents, rosetta books, Simon & Schuster

11Mar | '13

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Not New York: Book-Biz & Publishers in San Francisco

By Shannon Kobran | Published: March 11, 2013

The final stop on our trip out west (by way of the Twin Cities…because direct routes are boring) is San Francisco. Again, I have to preface an article by shamefully admitting that I have never physically been to this week’s destination. Of course, there’s what I know about San Francisco from popular culture: cable cars, hippies, a large bridge… And while those things do lend their local color to any good Bay Area-experience, the city has far more to offer. A thriving publishing industry, for instance. Personally, perhaps because of ... Read more

2 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Avalon Travel, Book Genome Project, BookLamp, Cengage, Chronicle Books, City Lights Bookstore, City Lights Publishers, Consortium, Counterpoint Press, Dave Eggers, HarperCollins, HarperOne, Hesperian Health Guides, Ignatius Press, Inkling, Inner Richmond, Lonely Planet, Lucky Peach, McGraw-Hill, McSweeney's, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Moleskine, Not New York, Pearson Education, Perseus Book Group, Publishers Group West, Rick Steves, Seal Press, Shoemaker & Hoard, Soft Skull Press, Stanford University Press, Stephen Elliot, The Believer, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, University of California Press, Wholphin

29Jan | '13

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Profiles in Publishing: The Harper Brothers

By Liz Janetschek | Published: January 29, 2013

James and John Harper, the two eldest Harper brothers, founded J & J Harper in 1817. They were joined by their two younger brothers, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher, in the mid-1820s. The house’s name was subsequently changed to Harper & Brothers. Their breakthrough title was Maria Monk’s Awful Disclosures, which detailed the sexual exploitation of a Catholic nun. After the success of this (admittedly, pretty dark) book, the oldest and the youngest Harper finished out their careers extremely differently. Name: Fletcher Harper Birthdate/place: January 31, 1806, Newton, NY Publisher Associated With: ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Aweful Disclosures, Fletcher Harper, Harper & Brothers, Harper's Magazine, HarperCollins, James Harper, Joseph Wesley Harper, Maria Monk, new york, profiles in publishing

14Dec | '12

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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week, 12/10-12/14

By Liz Janetschek | Published: December 14, 2012

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Amazon has released their list of 2012′s bestselling books…3 guesses as to who’s first? Barnes & Noble announced the closing of Tikatok, as well as a plan to close approximately 15 brick-and-mortar stores by April 2013. HarperCollins ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now | Tags: 2012 bestsellers, amazon, Barnes & Noble, HarperCollins, internship, korea, literary proposal, london book fair, rainforest action network, tikatok

12Dec | '12

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Book-Jobs Not by the Book: Rachel Fershleiser of Tumblr

By Liz Janetschek | Published: December 12, 2012

Rachel Fershleiser is the young book professional every young book professional dreams to be. Ten years into the publishing industry, Rachel has toiled for two of the big six, worked in the fabled land of bookstores, landed on the Times bestseller list, and (for now) settled into the ever-growing, ever-changing world of literary social media. Responsible for literary and non-profit outreach at Tumblr, Rachel chatted about how the advent of social media is affecting the world of literature. *** PT: What was your first job in the book business and what were the most ... Read more

3 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now, Professional Paths | Tags: book jobs not by the book, HarperCollins, housing works, non-profit, rachel fershleiser, social media, technology, tumblr, william morrow

28Nov | '12

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The Denver Publishing Institute: A Mile High Education

By Shannon Kobran | Published: November 28, 2012

As I mentioned in my last article, I have wanted to work in publishing since I was 12 years old. In college, after my very first English methods class, my professor dragged me into her office, sat me down, and asked me what I wanted to do after graduation. “I want to be an editor,” I said, with confidence. And so we began to plan out the rest of my life. Along with a list of classes to take, extracurriculars to join, and department alumni to contact, I was ... Read more

2 Comments | Category: Professional Paths | Tags: carl lennertz, columbia publishing course, denver publishing institute, dpi, editorial assistant, elizabeth geiser, entry-level, HarperCollins, interview, joyce meskis, karl webber, nan satter, networking, nyu summer publishing institute, pearson, pearson higher education, roth wilkofsky, scholastic, tattered cover bookstore, textbook publishing, University of Denver, world book night us

26Nov | '12

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5 Top Publishing News Stories of the Week, 11/19-11/23

By Liz Janetschek | Published: November 26, 2012

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Just as we’ve finally become accustomed to saying ‘Penguin Random House’, News Corp. and CBS appear to be in early talks about merging their subsidiaries HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. Apple was granted a patent this week ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now | Tags: analytics, Apple, cbs, HarperCollins, news corp., Penguin, professor, public library, Random House, scholastic, Simon & Schuster, study, university

7Nov | '12

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Amazon and Barnes & Noble: The Tale of Two Online Booksellers

By Liz Janetschek | Published: November 7, 2012

Being the resident intern around here, I sometimes get stuck with, well, intern-y jobs. A few weeks back, I was assigned to clean up a bookshelf that had been gathering dust, old industry reports and book festival guides. As I flipped through the old files, I laughed at subtitles like, “The CD ROM Gold Rush: Too Many Prospectors, Not Enough Gold.” But it wasn’t all outdated technology jokes. An Open Book Publishing 1997 report entitled “Subtext: Perspective on Book Publishing: Numbers, Issues & Trends” broke the news that “A number of booksellers ... Read more

1 Comment | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: aba, agency model, amazon, American Booksellers Association, Apple, b.dalton, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Department of Justice, dual screen, earth's biggest bookstore, ebook, Hachette, HarperCollins, jeff bezos, Kindle, lawsuit, macmillan, nook, one-click, Penguin, settlement, Simon & Schuster, spring design, the alex, the express lane, waldenbooks, wired

19Oct | '12

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5 Top Publishing News Stories, Week of 10/15-10/19

By Liz Janetschek | Published: October 19, 2012

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Hilary Mantel was awarded her second Man Booker Prize for Bring Up the Bodies, a sequel to 2009′s Man Booker-winning Wolf Hall. Jack Sparrow, uh, I mean, Johnny Depp, announced his partnership with HarperCollins in launching a new imprint ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now | Tags: amazon, Apple, bring up the bodies, Department of Justice, ebook, HarperCollins, hilary mantel, infinitum nihil, JK Rowling, johnny depp, man booker prize, perseus, The Casual Vacancy, wolf hall

14Sep | '12

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5 Top Publishings News Stories, Week of 9/10-9/14

By Liz Janetschek | Published: September 14, 2012

Every week we recommend 5 links to publishing news that the young professional should read to feel more informed and connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Fifty Shades of Grey is (finally!) overtaken in this week’s sales by No Easy Day, a firsthand account of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. As a result of the DOJ settlement, HarperCollins takes some tentative ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: 50 shades of Grey, Department of Justice, e-books, Hachette, Harper Voyager, HarperCollins, No Easy Day, unagented manuscript, YA