The NY Daily News “obtained” a copy of Elizabeth Edwards’ book RESILIENCE, set for May 12 publication. She says John Edwards admitted his affair to her right after entering the presidential race in 2006 (almost a year before it hit the media.) “She had actually wanted him to quit the race to protect the family,” […]
Archives for April 2009
People and More
At Borders, longtime executive (most recently vp, Paperchase operations) Michael Oprins has been named to the new position of vp, merchandising for non-book products. He will lead buying teams in non-book categories including: music, DVD, bargain, digital, newsstand, calendars, games, trend gifts and candy. At Scholastic, David Levithan has been promoted to, vp, editorial director […]
More Things to Read
It’s a light news day, but a number of interesting publishing folks have been rolled out blogs in recent days, so if you’re looking for more things to read, consider: Oxford University Press digital publishing and business development guru Evan Schnittman has his own blog now (he used to contribute more occasionally to the OUP […]
Some Kindle User Data
Further to our London Book Fair report on Bowker PubTrack’s consumer survey data about demographic preferences for different e-readers, and the larger theme of understanding that different people prefer different e-reading platforms, Richard Curtis’s blog tipped us to a popular Amazon forum asking “Kindle Owner’s Age.” Though there are a lot of posts to page […]
Comp Sales Off 4.5% at Waterstone's
Following the reported drops at WH Smith earlier this month, Waterstone’s parent HMV has reported that same-store sales declined by 4.5 percent in the last 16 weeks of their fiscal year, ending, April 25 (and 3.5 percent overall in that period.) For the full year, both comp sales and overall sales fell 3.8 percent at […]
Justice Department Looking at Antitrust Implications of Google Settlement
It’s been pretty grey whether the judge presiding over the settlement of the Google Book Search settlement would have any compelling interest in the potential virtual monopoly that Google would be granted over electronic rights to orphan works, but now the Justice Department has opened an inquiry. The NYT says Justice notified the parties to […]