Archives for December 2006

Ingram Goes Shopping for Coutts Ingram is going into the academic library supply business with the acquisition of UK-based Coutts Information Services (the unit also has offices in the US, Canada and Holland.) The company suppies both physical books and electronic ones through its MyiLibrary affiliate, which lets librarians build collections of e-books. Ingram Industries […]

Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace 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 […]

Quietly News apparently takes a back seat today as happy revelers prepare simultaneously for Bill of Rights Day, Hanukkah, and the opening of the Eragon movie. May you enjoy whichever you celebrate. Personnel News AOL Books editor and AOL’s Book Maven blogger e-mailed publishing community members to let them know that yesterday was her last […]

Tis the Season For holiday letters from publishing CEOs to employees, celebrating the year’s accomplishments. Today’s dispatch comes from Simon & Schuster CEO Jack Romanos, where the Oprah-powered YOU: On a Diet (with 2.7 million copies in print, “the fastest selling hardcover in company history”) is helping to drive a merry end to what Romanos […]

Egen to Step Down Hachette Book Group announced yesterday that deputy chairman and US publisher Maureen Egen, 64, will step down from “active management” at the beginning of next year. She’ll spend approximately 6 months “represent[ing] HBG in the publishing community, bringing in top titles and helping the company as a market leader” and serving […]

Bloomsbury Warns of Bad Second Half Bloomsbury issued a profit warning after the close of markets in London yesterday, warning investors that earnings for the second half of their fiscal year could be as little as 1 million pounds — or about 16.5 million pounds short of what analysts were expecting. Today the market took […]