Tag Archives: Publishers Weekly

Dorchester Publishing has no more editors

The last of the editorial staff has left Dorchester Publishing, signaling that the long-time paperback publisher may be giving up the ghost…

PW’s Best SF/F/H Books of 2011

The top six books on Publishers Weekly‘s list of the best sf/f/h books of 2011 are all products of small presses…

One small press sf title on PW’s list of the ten best books of 2011

Maureen McHugh’s After the Apocalypse is the only genre entry on Publishers Weekly‘s Top 10 Books of 2011…

J.K. Rowling reveals her plans for Pottermore

In a two-minute video now available on Pottermore.com, author J.K. Rowling reveals it will be a community for readers, as well as the place to buy ebook versions of the Harry Potter series…

DC revamps, reboots, and relaunches entire superhero universe, and modifies selling concept

DC Comics is retooling its entire superhero universe of comic books, to the point of resetting all the issue numbers to 1 starting in September. At the same time, they’ll be offering electronic editions at the same time as the print books…

Memento Mori is back in print

Shariann Lewitt’s Memento Mori is set on a quarantined colony world run by an artificial intelligence. What would you do to make art out of the end of your life…

Kodansha International closing, possibly merging into Vertical, Inc.

English-language Japanes imprint Kodansha International is closing, and may be moved into Kodansha’s newly acquired Vertical…

California bookstore Mysterious Galaxy is expanding

Mysterious Galaxy, located in San Diego since 1993, is opening another location in Redondo Beach this summer…

Author Melissa Mia Hall Dies

Horror author and critic Melissa Mia Hall, aged 55, appeared in Twilight Zone, Publishers Weekly

B&N to separate out paranormal romance and fantasy & adventure from teen fiction

After a trial run in New Jersey, Barnes & Noble’s physical stores will all separate out two subsections of their teen fiction departments—paranormal romance, and fantasy and adventure—with separate signage…

Is the “shift to e-book publishing” a death knell for Dorchester?

Dorchester Publishing, which recently announced it was switching from mass market to e-book publishing, has just laid off editorial director Leah Hultenschmidt and senior editor Don D’Auria…

DC’s Zudacomics.com is closing

DC Comics is shutting down its online publishing/competition/submission portal Zudacomics.com, and folding its activities into their newer initiatives…

Viz Media makes massive personnal cuts

US manga publisher Viz Media has laid off up to 60 people, but doesn’t expect any changes to their publishing schedule or business lines…

Terry Goodkind moving back to Tor with three-book deal

After jumping from Tor to Putnam with three books, Terry Goodkind is moving back to the publisher that was his home for 15 years…

Orbit Books offers to e-publish short fiction by its book authors

Orbit Books will electronically offer short fiction by its book authors…