Penguin Group (USA)

Penguin Group (USA) Introduces Holiday eSampler
December 14, 2011

Penguin Group (USA) announced today the release of its Holiday eSampler featuring excerpts from over 40 frontlist, backlist, and upcoming titles. Available for free wherever eBooks are sold, this collection provides readers with the opportunity to browse sample chapters of a variety of adult and young adult books across genres: from bestselling thrillers and critically-acclaimed

[AP] Penguin Letting Libraries Loan E-Books for Amazon’s Kindle Through End of Year
November 23, 2011

One of the country’s largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), is temporarily restoring libraries’ ability to loan their e-books for Amazon.com’s Kindle — but only through the end of the year. Penguin says it, Amazon and its partner OverDrive are all working together to “address Penguin’s concerns” by the end of 2011. Amazon declined to comment.

[Marketing Vox] E-books – and Their Ads – Poised to Proliferate
November 17, 2011

Ads for e-books are likely to increase as the number of self-published titles continue to grow. E-reader ads received a big push earlier this year when Amazon.com unveiled a Kindle with software to show ads to readers. General Motors, Buick, Procter & Gamble’s Olay skin products and Visa were among the first advertisers.

Quad/Graphics, Penguin USA to Expand Digital Print-on-Demand Book Production
November 14, 2011

Quad/GraphicS, which has expanded its digital book production capacity by more than 500 percent this year, announces a new agreement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc., one of the leading U.S. adult and children’s trade book publishers, for short-run and print-on-demand production of Penguin’s U.S. trade hardcover, trade paperback and mass market books. The agreement covers all of Penguin’s imprints.

Book Industry Statistics You Can Use
September 1, 2011

$84 Million: The amount earned by author James Patterson this year through April, making him No. 1 on Forbes magazine's annual list of the highest-paid authors.

Calling Off Auction, Borders to Liquidate
July 20, 2011

The Borders Group said Monday that it would liquidate, shutting down the 40-year-old bookseller after it failed to find a last-minute savior.
Though it is not a big surprise, the move will still strip the publishing industry of shelf space that is becoming increasingly scarce as brick-and-mortar stores continue to founder.

Borders said it would proceed with a proposal by the private equity firms Hilco and the Gordon Brothers Group to close down its 399 remaining stores. That liquidation plan will be presented on Thursday to the federal judge overseeing the company’s bankruptcy case.

Self Publishing: Friend or Foe?
July 1, 2011

As the self-publishing phenomenon has grown and matured, traditional book publishers have passed through something like the five stages of grief.

Desperate Times ... ?
June 7, 2011

No doubt you’ve heard that Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group USA and Hachette Book Group have agreed to create a shared website, to be called Bookish.com. They will provide start-up financing, but … at least 14 publishers will participate. … My first reaction was that this really speaks to that whiff of desperation in the air for publishers.