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Archives for November 2006

Lunch for Thursday, November 30

November 30, 2006
By Michael Cader

Regan’s Regulars and More Confessions It’s already well-known that the man who actually wrote OJ Simpson’s alleged hypothetical confession Pablo Fenjves had a long-standing working relationship with Judith Regan, and now Lunch has discovered another player in the project as well. Contrary to previously published reports, “advance payments” for the project were not paid directly […]

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Lunch for Wednesday, November 29

November 29, 2006
By Michael Cader

Turner to Run New Sterling Imprint, and Other Personnel News Sterling announced yesterday the hiring of Carroll & Graf editor-in-chief Philip Turner, who will serve as editorial director of a new narrative nonfiction imprint, Union Square Press, starting in mid-January. Turner comments in the announcement, “This is a new direction for Sterling, and one that […]

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Lunch for Tuesday, November 28

November 28, 2006
By Michael Cader

Personnel News William Kiester has been named publisher of the Fair Winds Press and Quiver imprints of Quayside Publishing Group, starting in February 2007 in the Gloucester, MA office, reporting to Quayside CEO Ken Fund. At Chronicle, Liza Algar has been promoted to executive eirector of marketing and Sarah Williams has been promoted to executive […]

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Lunch for Monday, November 27

November 27, 2006
By Michael Cader

Borders Readies New Strategy Just like the flailing chains in the UK that suddenly realized the Internet matters, Borders indicated it will introduce a new online strategy that may include a change in its five-year relationship with Amazon. That’s just part of a larger strategy that new CEO George Jones will unveil next February or […]

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Lunch Weekly for Monday, November 27

November 26, 2006
By Michael Cader

Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time […]

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Lunch for Wednesday, November 22

November 22, 2006
By Michael Cader

Better Bad News for Borders Borders’ bad quarter was a little less bad than forecast. Their big loss of $39 million was in line with analysts’ expectations and the company’s own guidance, while sales of $852 million were higher than Wall Street was prepared for. Most importantly, same-store superstore sales (comprising $583 million) actually rose […]

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