New Owner for Pubnet; O’Reilly Makes Change in Web Site Sales

[PW Daily: Breaking book business, bookselling and author news, bestsellers lists and publishing deals.] [Promote your self-published book for $149 - PW Select - click here.]( [Pubnet, PubEasy Sold to German Company]( Effective July 1, MVB Marketing, a subsidiary of Börsenverein, the German Publisher and Bookseller Association, will take over ownership of Pubnet and PubEasy. Ted Hill has been named general manager. [more »]( [O’Reilly Retail Site Switches from Direct E-book Sales to Subscription Access]( O'Reilly Media will begin offering subscription access to e-books on its Shop.reilly retail site, rather than offering direct sales of downloadable e-books. [more »]( [Gilead Publishing, Kregel Partner on Fiction]( Christian fiction publisher Gilead has been given new life via a publishing partnership with Kregel Publications that will see a division of tasks. [more »]( [PW FaithCast: A Conversation with Joanne Cacciatore]( For more about these and other great jobs, visit the new [PW JobZone]( now with resume hosting and more! - [Development Editor, Primary - RedNova Learning - Palmetto Bay](. - [Sales Associate, Channel Sales for Higher Education - Macmillan Education - New York](. - [Client Relations Manager - Ingram Content Group - New York City](. - [Trade Sales Manager - Abrams Books - New York](. - [Marketing Director - Milkweed Editions - Minneapolis](. Featured Video [Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde]( A homeless widow and a runaway teen cross paths just when they need each other most. Catherine Ryan Hyde's latest book, Allie and Bea, will have you cheering on an unlikely friendship. (Sponsored) [Watch Now! » »]( JOB MOVES Kate McMullen, formerly publishing assistant at Lookout Books, has joined Hub City Press as assistant director. Meg Reid is being promoted to director of press and programs at Hub City Press. Marlene Kelly has been promoted to senior marketing manager at Amazon Publishing. [VIEW ALL »]( [Obituary: Michael Bond]( British children’s author Michael Bond, widely known for his books starring Paddington bear, died on June 27 at the age of 91. [more » »]( News Briefs [Robert Olen Butler's Archive Goes to Yale]( The writings of the Pulitzer Prize winner and Florida State University professor have been acquired by Yale University’s Beinecke Library. [more » »]( [American Chemical Society Files Suit Against Sci-Hub]( Following its loss in court against Elsevier, web pirate organization Sci-Hub is being sued by the American Chemical Society for counterfeiting and copyright and trademark infringement. [more » »]( THE ROUNDUP [What the Books Editor Reads]( Even the editor of the 'New York Times Book Review' hasn’t read everything: an interview with Pamela Paul. [Your Literary Idols and Their Wardrobes]( On the fashionable stylings of Samuel Beckett, Zadie Smith, John Updike, Fran Lebowitz, Joan Didion, and more. [An 18th Century Adult Coloring Book]( A scientist found 'The Florist,' a coloring book printed in 1760, in the library of the Missouri Botanical Garden. [A Friendship in the Archives]( The friendship between Joseph Mitchell and Ralph Ellison has received little, if any, attention—but in Mitchell’s files, Ellison fills an entire folder. [A Chat with Jonathan Lethem]( The Brooklynite author discusses writing, mortality, the works of Rodrigo Fresán, and more on the 'Two Month Review' podcast. [VIEW ALL »]( PW Bestsellers [Trade Paperback Bestseller List]( 'The Woman In Cabin 10' by Ruth Ware is the #1 title on PW's trade paperback bestseller list. 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