Perseus Books Group introduced a mobile application allowing visitors to vote on the best books of the fall.
Perseus Books Group will provide public libraries with access to digital books through a new program called ebrary.
David Steinberger, the chief executive of the Perseus Books Group, said that Google's dominance in the search business could raise the profile of books in general.
Perseus Books Group, one of the largest independent publishers of general-interest books, includes the imprints Basic Books, Running Press and Vanguard Press.
At Running Press, a unit of Perseus Books Group, Mr. Anderson has worked on licensing programs for books based on the Hello Kitty and "Peanuts" characters.
Peter Osnos, the founder of PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group, and the executive director of the Caravan Project, a nonprofit partnership that makes books available in different formats, said Constellation is applying the same model as Caravan.
On Monday the Weinstein Company said that it had entered into a partnership with Perseus Books Group, an independent publisher, which will release new and backlist books for the Weinstein Books imprint.
In an interview on Friday, Mr. Frommer said he had struck a deal with Publishers Group West, a member of the Perseus Books Group, to distribute and help market and promote the books, a major step in reviving the publishing machine of one of the most renowned brands in the travel industry.
NBC News has already released enhanced e-books that were joint projects with the Perseus Books Group and Penguin.
