At the Random House publishing group vp, deputy publisher, Del Rey Keith Clayton takes the additional role of vp, director of licensing, for the Random House Group, working across Random House imprints to identify and grow the licensed publishing programs. In the new role, he reports to Scott Shannon and Aaron Wehner. Michelle Giuseffi has…
Waxman’s The Bookish Life of Nina Hill Tops July Library Reads
The Top Pick for July’s Library Reads list is The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman. Also on the list is J. Ryan Stradal’s The Lager Queen of Minnesota, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The other picks: The Book Charmer, by Karen Hawkins The Escape Room,…
F+W Communities Sell for $7.45 Million
The bankruptcy auction for F+W Media’s 10 communities has yielded a total of $7.45 million, with the winning bids going before the court for approval later on Monday. Niche magazine publisher Cruz Bay Publishing, a subsidiary of the sizable Active Interest Media, is paying a total of $1.725 million to acquire the writing community, which…
People, Etc.
Neil Olson has joined Massie & McQuilkin. Previously he ran Donadio & Olson, which filed for bankruptcy liquidation last December in the wake of significant embezzlement by the agency’s bookkeeper bookkeeper Darin Webb. Kara Rota will join Chicago Review Press as senior editor starting June 17. Obituary Knopf director of publicity for 37 years before…
Waiting for Readerlink, Investor Agitates and Barnes & Noble Shares Ebb
In the absence of real news about bidding for Barnes & Noble, agitator and modest BN investor Richard Schottenfeld filed paperwork with the SEC in which he asks for a better price than the $6.50 a share deal with Elliott Advisors. The stake controlled by Schottenfeld and related investors is down to under 2.5 million…
HMH Recalls and Postpones Wolff Book; Lawsuit Shines Harsh Light On Sparks
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is withdrawing the inventory of Naomi Wolf’s OUTRAGES from accounts and has postponed the planned June 18 release. The book was revealed to have some foundational research errors in a BBC interview a couple of weeks ago. The publisher told the NYT, “As we have been working with Naomi Wolf to make…