E-book Sales Were 15% of Canadian Market in 2012

BookNet Canada's latest consumer survey results suggests that e-book unit sales in Canada accounted for about 15% of the market.

Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, May 2013

Former Episcopal Bishop John Spong again delights and provokes; two visionaries on a new stage in human evolution coming soon.

Orbit Announces Moves for Holman, Clarke

Tim Holman, SVP and publisher of the Orbit division at Hachette Book Group in the U.S. and the Orbit imprint of Little, Brown Book Group in the U.K., will be returning to the U.K. with his family later this year. Anne Clarke, currently editorial director of Orbit in the U.K., will relocate from London to New York and take up the role of deputy publisher, reporting to Holman.

Art to Leave Storey

The president and publisher of the Workman imprint is stepping down. COO Dan Reynolds has been named CEO and president, editorial director Deborah Balmuth publisher.

Authors on the Air May 22, 2013: Elliot Tiber, Pamel Ryckman

Elliot Tiber discussed his books Taking Woodstock (Square One, 978-0757003332) and After Woodstock (Square One, 978-0757003929) on WBAI Radio's "Out-FM" heard 99.5 FM in New York City and through WBAI.org.

Pamela Ryckman will be on Bloomberg's Money Moves and Street Smart for Stiletto Network (Amacom, 978-0814432532).

Job Moves: May 22, 2013

At Abrams, Elisa Garcia is promoted to director of trade sales; Jody Mosley is promoted to director of special markets; Erica Warshal has been promoted to director of national accounts; Erin Hotchkiss has joined the adult marketing department as senior marketing manager.

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Finalists Announced

The five winners across five categories have been announced in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, a contest that received over 10,000 entries from around the world.

Religion Editor’s Note, May 22, 2013

Now it begins: Trade show season is here for religion publishers and retailers. First there’s BEA in New York next week, still important for the religion houses that go, though there are fewer than in past years. Some now take a pass in favor of religion specialty shows, and they overlap or follow close behind this summer. The Religious Booksellers Trade Exhibit (for the liturgical Christian market) meets May 28-30 in St. Charles, Ill., and with BEA changing its dates industry folks must choose between the two or do both. Then later in June (23-26) comes the International Christian Retail Show in St. Louis, THE show for evangelical publishers and booksellers. Finally, more religion houses are going after the library market, and many will be at ALA (June 27-July 2 in Chicago). By late summer all of us will have earned a rest.

It Is Written: News in Bibles and Sacred Texts, May 2013

First NIV from Thomas Nelson; honors for B&H Spanish Bibles; Lifeway rebrands Bible software.

PW Talks with Guillermo Maldonado: Experiencing God in the Now

Miami pastor Guillermo Maldonado says we live in a time when young people are saying, “Show me God.”