Katie Boland has been promoted to events and programming manager, books at Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull. In the UK, Richard Atkinson is joining Penguin Press in the newly created role of publishing director starting September 2 and reporting to managing director Stefan McGrath. He was previously senior commissioning editor at Bloomsbury UK. Phantasmagoria Books and…
Amazon Admits They Are Unable and/or Unwilling to Prevent Counterfeit and Infringing Books
Some days the news practically writes itself. On Monday the NYT clearly documented just how polluted the Amazon bookstore has become with fake, illegitimate and counterfeit editions of books by an obscure author like George Orwell. The full statement provided by an Amazon spokesperson in response unwittingly makes the case against the online seller. The…
More Halperin “Interviewees” Apologize
The Washingtonian rounded up additional apologies and comments from Democratic politicians who commented on the record for Mark Halperin’s just-announced book, including this from former secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius: “I knew that Mark Halperin was a well-known author and political journalist but unfortunately was not as aware of the details of…
People, Etc.: Halperin and Regan Return, Together
Mary Francis will take over as director of Penn Press at the University of Pennsylvania on September 23. She has been editorial director of University of Michigan Press since 2015 and spent more than 16 years at University of California Press. At Chronicle Books, Rebecca Hunt has been promoted to editorial director, entertainment. Christina Amini…
People, Etc.
At Chronicle Books, Rebecca Hunt has been promoted to editorial director, entertainment. Christina Amini has been promoted to executive publishing director, adult trade. Arcadia’s director of national sales and marketing Kate Everingham will leave the company on December 31 after over 20 years there, after which she will assist on special projects in a consulting…
Quarto Loses A Little Less Ahead of “Particularly Challenging” Fall; BNED Sets Meeting, and More
Quarto released half-year results for 2019, reporting an improvement in earnings — which is to say, a smaller loss — amidst a prediction of a challenging second half of the year. Revenue was up slightly to $56.4m, from $56.2 million in the first half of 2018, but those sales were spread across fewer books, as…