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  Pocket Star relaunched by Simon & Schuster as dedicated ebook imprint

  1249 readersFrom the press release: - Louise Burke, Executive Vice President and Publisher, announced today that Pocket Books, America’s first paperback publisher, has re-launched its Pocket Star line as an eBook-only imprint. As it did in print, Pocket Star will continue to feature bestselling and debut authors in popular genres including women’s fiction, romance, thrillers, urban

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  Berkley/NAL will launch InterMix, a new ebook imprint

  40141 readers From Publishers Weekly: With demand for mass market paperbacks withering, Berkley/NAL, the mass market paperback division of Penguin, will launch a new e-book imprint in January that will operate much like a mass market paperback publisher. InterMix will focus on titles in traditional mass market genres—women’s fiction, romance, mystery/thriller and science

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  Berkley/NAL To Release Nora Roberts eBooks On New InterMix Imprint

  1559 readersPenguin Group (USA)’s Berkley/NAL division is launching an eBook imprint called InterMix in January 2012. InterMix will publish new eBooks and backlist titles in a range of genres including women’s fiction, romance, mystery and thriller, and science fiction/fantasy. At launch next year, the imprint will release 11 titles from author Nora Roberts as eBooks for the

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  Tor Books “Pleased” With DRM-Free Approach a Year Later

  858 readersLast year Tor Books, an imprint of Macmillian that publishes science fiction and fantasy novels decided to remove the copyright protection DRM software from its eBooks. Recently, Julie Crisp, the editorial director of the imprint, reflected on the decision in a blog post on the publisher’s site explaining that it was a good move. Check it

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  Breakdown of categories in the Kindle Lending Library

  744 readers Here is the listing of categories and book totals from the Kindle Lending Library.  This is from my Kindle 4: All books: 5,156 Fiction: 1,346 Non-fiction: 3,865 Advice and how-to: 734 Business & investing: 480 Politics & current events: 90 Literary fiction: 78 Biographies & memoirs: 223 Religion & spirituality: 456 Science fiction: 68 Fantasy: 30 Mystery & thrillers: 149 Romance: 330 Science: 189 History: 271 Children’s ebooks: 294 Reference: 481 Travel: 247 Sports:

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  Romance ebooks are top ebook sellers

  1345 readersThe NY Times has an article about the romance book market. According to the author romance is the fastest growing segment of the ereading market, including general fiction, mystery and science fiction. “Romance,” said Matthew Shear, the executive vice president and publisher of St. Martin’s Press, which releases 40 to 50 romance novels each year,

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  Amazon Publishing Launches Sci-Fi, Horror Imprint

  723 readersJust in time for Halloween, Amazon has launched a new imprint focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror called 47North. The Seattle-based imprint will publish original  works, as well as previously published titles and out-of-print books. 47North joins a handful of Amazon imprints including: AmazonEncore, AmazonCrossing, Powered by Amazon,

• Open Road Hires New Strategic Advisor

  569 readers Continuing to expand its team, digital publisher Open Road has hired Maggie Crawford as a strategic advisor, focusing on commercial fiction, including romance, women’s fiction, thrillers and mysteries. Crawford spent many years at Simon & Schuster division Pocket Books as vice president and editorial director until being laid off in 2009 during a period of cutting

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  Amazon launches romance imprint – Montlake Romance

  1510 readersFrom Shelf Awareness: Amazon Publishing will launch its newest imprint,Montlake Romance, with Connie Brockway’s The Other Guy’s Bride, scheduled for release this fall. The imprint, which takes its name from the central Seattle neighborhood of Montlake, will publish romantic suspense and contemporary and historic romance novels, as well as fantasy and paranormal.  “Romance is one of

• Reverberations Continue Following Oct. Simon & Schuster Re-Org: New Associate Publisher at Gallery

  70 readers The Gallery Publishing group was one of the four divisions left standing at Simon & Schuster following an Oct. 2012 reorganization at the publishing house. An internal memo from CEO Carolyn Reidy at the time of the reorganization seemed to indicate that Gallery was left alone in the move under the continued leadership of its