Beth Lamb will join Vintage/Anchor on June 19 in the newly created position of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Anne Messitte. Previously she was associate publisher, trade books at Rodale. Messitte said in the announcement that Lamb "very much shares our belief that paperback and digital publishing today require creativity,…
Archive | International News RSS feed for this section
People, Etc.
Tim Ditlow has left Amazon Children's, where he was associate publisher (after working for Amazon-owned Brilliance Audio since 2008). Michelle Nagler will join Random House Children's Books on July 15 as associate publishing director for the Random House/Golden Books group, reporting to Mallory Loehr. Nagler is currently editorial director at…
Springer Decides on IPO; Pottermore Offers More
The longstanding efforts by private equity owners EQT and the Singaporean sovereign-wealth fund to sell Springer Science have taken yet another twist. They will walk away from BC Partners' recent offer to buy the entire company for approximately €3.1 billion, and instead will go ahead with the long-contemplated IPO. The…
Canada's McArthur & Company to Close; Founder Creates New Agency
Another independent Canadian publisher is exiting the business. McArthur & Company, which has been facing financial problems, announced Friday it will close. (Their last reported deal at PM was in mid-2011.) Founder Kim McArthur is partnering with Miron Blumental (who was an attorney and film/tv producer for the late Maeve…
People, Etc.
Bill Harris has joined BookEnds Literary Agency as director of digital content. Formerly a senior managing editor at Penguin, he has most recently been a freelance editorial and web development consultant. In addition, Beth Campbell has been promoted to literary assistant and rights coordinator. Skyhorse and Start Publishing have finalized…
People, Awards, Etc.
Wiley has hired John Kritzmacher as evp, chief financial officer, starting July 1. Current cfo and chief operations officer Ellis Cousens, who previously announced his retirement at the end of fiscal 2014, will "retain responsibility for certain global operations and oversee the company’s $80 million restructuring program." Kritzmacher, 52, recently…
Corporate: S&S Canada Gets Permission to Publish Directly
After more than a decade of waiting, Simon & Schuster Canada has received approval from Heritage Canada to publish local authors directly in Canada, rather than just import and distribute books from the S&S US list. "Simon & Schuster Canada has met its obligations under the Investment Canada Act and…
Sales, Comps and Earnings Fall at BAM with No Big Hits; Sales and Profits Drop for Indigo
Following the expansion of their store footprint over a year ago, Books-a-Million has returned to sales declines on both an overall as well as a comparable store basis. For their first quarter, ending March 4, overall sales fell 7.4 percent to $104.5 million (down from $112.8 million a year ago),…
People, Etc.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg officially has declared Tuesday as "G.P. Putnam's Sons Day," in recognition of the publisher's 175th anniversary. Bloomberg said: "The story of G.P. Putnam's Sons has it all – entrepreneurship, determination, romance, big dreams. It is a classic New York City story, and on this wonderful…
- Eric Simonoff Gets the Poets & Writers Q&A Treatment
- NYC Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn's Memoir Sells Just 100 Copies (Per Bookscan) In First Week On Sale
- Adobe Books Loses Lease After 25 Years, Will Reopen in New Location At Later Date
- Ira Silverberg Will Leave NEA Next Month and Return to NYC
- Departing Hanser Verlag Publisher Michael Krueger: "Life is too short to waste your time with bad books."
- In Court: BN's Theresa Horner Testifies
- Springer Sold To BC Partners After All For 3.3 Billion Euros
- People, Etc.
- Gelfman Schneider Joins ICM In Latest "Strategic Alliance"
- Corporate: Penguin Tries Book Discovery With "First to Read"; Quercus Moves Sales In-House; And More
- Future of E-Textbooks Slow Growth? | Digital Book World: [...] technology investment fund in partnership wi...
-
Jack W Perry: Sarah - thanks for the excellent recap and the lin...
- As Apple ebook trial enters last week, it’s all about Steve Jobs — paidContent: [...] most of the day Monday and was questioned by...
- Anybody Press is the new member of the Big Six (for ebooks, at least) - The Shatzkin Files: [...] “Wool” deal, where Hugh Howey so...
- Apple Market Share: Fuzzy Math, Foggy Memory? | Digital Book World: [...] DOJ/Apple: B&N and Agency (Pub Lunch) Ac...