Scholastic Inc.

The Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York, was abuzz April 4-6 with more than 1,200 publishing industry executives attending the Publishing Business Conference & Expo.

Approximately 70 VIP guests gathered at a special invite-only reception to honor Scholastic Inc., named by Book Business magazine as the Publishing Innovator of the Year

Scholastic Inc. was recognized for its innovation in book publishing with a Publishing Innovator of the Year award at the recent Publishing Business Conference & Expo.

Publishing Executive and Book Business magazines, producers of the Publishing Business Conference & Expo, have named Bonnier Corp. and Scholastic Inc. as the Publishing Innovators of the Year.

Digital publishing was, of course, top of mind for many of the attendees at last week's Publishing Business Conference & Expo, as the event kicked off with a panel of book industry leaders in print-digital integration. Moderated by THA Consulting President Ted Hill, the session, entitled "The Cross-Platform Book Publisher: Reinvent Your Company," featured panelists Timothy Griswold, vice president, sales, trade and special licensing, Springer; Adam Lerner, president/publisher, Lerner Publishing Group; Deborah Forte, president, Scholastic Media; and Mike Rosiak, lead content architect, Wolters Kluwer Health—all of whom shared their experiences and insights into successfully bringing products to market in multiple formats.

Today Attributor, a leading provider of technology and services that enable publishers and digital content creators to track, analyze, and monetize their content on the web, launched the FairNotice Feed for publishers and content hosting sites.

Scholastic Book Clubs has launched a monthly bestsellers list, which will feature the most popular books selected by children ages five to 14 nationwide. According to Scholastic, the list was "designed to inform parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers and book lovers about which children's books are most popular with kids."

A copyright-infringement lawsuit brought against children's publisher Scholastic Inc. by the estate of author Adrian Jacobs has been dismissed. The suit claimed that one of J.K. Rowlings' "Harry Potter" books copied Jacobs' work. Scholastic released the following statement regarding the lawsuit:"Scholastic is extremely pleased that Judge Scheindlin decided to dismiss, at the earliest stage possible,…

While publishers are feeling the weight of the Kindle, Nook, and e-books, one Massachusetts-based non-profit, The PJ Library, is helping boost publishing sales, build family libraries, and enhance the tradition of reading with children at bedtime.

(Press Release) NEW YORK, January 3, 2011—Scholastic Media, a division of Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced the introduction of its "Touch & Tilt" line of iPad book applications on the iTunes App Store.