August 28th 2007
- When the long-awaited fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise is released on May 22, 2008, Scholastic and DK—both long-time partners of Lucas Licensing on Star Wars—will release a range of children’s books appropriate for a PG-13 movie. In addition, Penguin is on board for Mad Libs, and Lucas is in talks with other publishers for formats such as tween activity books, according to Carol Roeder, director of publishing
- Sales of audiobook publishers increased 6% in 2006, to $923 million, according to the latest industry sales survey conducted by the Audio Publishers Association. The survey found that consumers continue to migrate to the CD and downloadable formats while leaving cassettes behind. CD sales accounted for 77% of sales ($710 million) in 2006, up from 74% in the prior year, while digital downloads accounted for 14% of sales compared to 9% in 2005. Cassette sales represented only 7% of sales, down from 16%.
- The Penguin Group has launched the VP Book Club, an online reading resource featuring titles from Viking Press and Penguin Group. The site is aimed at reading groups and will feature the regular presentation of new Viking hardcovers, Penguin paperbacks and Penguin Classics. The new site offers a monthly newsletter, an archive collecting the books featured on the site, excerpts and author info, book tour updates, contests and giveaways. Visitors to the site can personalize it and in the coming months Penguin will launch a VP Book Club blog
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