Temporary Head for HM Trade, and More Personnel and Distribution News Gary Gentel has been promoted to interim president of Houghton Mifflin’s Trade and Reference Division, effective immediately. HM ceo Tony Lucki told employees today that “Gary will lead the division’s strategic direction with the support of the trade and reference management team, who will […]
Archives for July 2007
Lunch for Monday, July 30
Penguin Results Dampened by Pounded Dollar; Lagardere Grows; and More Corporate News Pearson reported results for the first six months of their fiscal year, with a one percent gain in “underlying [e.g. currency neutral] sales” at Penguin more than wiped out by the declining value of the dollar (as Pearson takes in two-thirds of sales […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, July 30
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 […]
Lunch for Thursday, July 26
Bennett and Simonoff Rise, and More Personnel News Tina Bennett and Eric Simonoff have been promoted to directors of Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Bennett joined the literary agency in 1994 and Simonoff has been there since 1991. Senior partner Morton Janklow noted in announcing the news, “Tina and Eric have established themselves as leading figures […]
Lunch for Wednesday, July 25
Personnel News After being shuffled around following the Perseus purchase of Avalon Pubishing Group, former publisher and editorial director of Carroll & Graf and Thunder’s Mouth Press (turned Da Capo executive editor) Will Balliett will go to Hyperion as editorial director, as of August 8. Also at Hyperion, Beth Gebhard will be promoted to executive […]
Lunch for Tuesday, July 24
More Potter Stats Nielsen Bookscan has tabulated first-day UK sales for Harry Potter of 2,652,656 copies. (Bookscan has near-total coverage of the UK market, unlike in the US, and added figures from BCA, Wilkinsons and Bloomsbury’s own site to their usual accounts.) For the previous Potter, Bookscan had tracked sales of 2,009,574 copies the first […]