Goldstein Joins S&S, Guest Leaves
Cary Goldstein, who was relieved of his job as publisher of Twelve in April, is joining his old boss, Jon Karp, at Simon & Schuster. more...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. more...Rob Prichard Named Chairman of Penguin Canada
Rob Prichard has been named chairman of Penguin Canada. Prichard was chair of the law firm Torys LLP (which has offices in Toronto and New York) and, before that, president and CEO of Metrolinx. Prichard also served as president and CEO of the Canadian media company Torstar. more...Google Glass: No, You Can’t Read A Book On It
PW gets to play with Google's wearable computing device. more...cookbooks and more. Sign up here!
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Bookselling
This Week's Bestsellers: May 20, 2013
Commentary and analysis on this week's PW Bestsellers Lists.
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Bookselling
Astoria Bookshop to Open in August
After a long search for the right space for a general bookstore in the Astoria section of Queens, N.Y., Connie Rourke and Lexi Beach signed a lease.
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Bookselling
Community Bookstore to Open (Mostly) Used Bookstore
For the third time in less than a year a Brooklyn bookstore is expanding, this time from Park Slope to nearby Windsor Terrace, which had been the home of Babbo's Books.
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Bookselling
GLIBA Announces Annual Award
The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association will present the Great Lakes, Great Reads award annually at the Heartland Fall Forum to its members's single favorite frontlist title.
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PW Tip SheetPW Picks: The Best New Books for the Week of May 20, 2013
This week, waking up in an asylum, the randy side of WWII, and an electrifying, true plane crash story. Plus: Khaled Hosseini's latest.
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People
Goldstein Joins S&S, Guest Leaves
Cary Goldstein, who was relieved of his job as publisher of Twelve in April, is joining his old boss, Jon Karp, at Simon & Schuster.
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Business Deals
Penguin, RH Merger Remains on Track
In announcing higher first quarter profits on flat revenue, Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe said the company remains confident that the merger of Random House with Penguin Group will take place in the "early" part of the second half of 2013.
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People
Authors on the Air May 17, 2013: Pamela Ryckman, George Packer, John R. Erickson
Pamela Ryckman will be on Rock Center and the Today show for Stiletto Network: Inside the Women's Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business (Amacom, 978-0814432532).
On Weekend Edition on May 19, George Packer will talk about PW Pick The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0-374-102418).
Author of Hank the Cowdog (Maverick Books, Inc. 978-1591881018) series John R. Erickson will be on the Family Talk radio program.
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Manufacturing
Author Solutions Gets Extension
Judge Denise Cote has granted a request by Author Solutions and Penguin to extend the deadline to respond to the class action lawsuit filed against the two to June 21.
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People
Job Moves: May 17, 2013
Richard V. Hopple will retire as president and CEO of Guideposts, as of August 31. Former president and CEO John F. Temple has been named interim CEO.

