After eight years of convening their annual meeting in New York, the AAP is moving next year’s general meeting on March 3 back to its traditional home in Washington, DC. It will be coordinated with the annual meeting of the organization’s School Division (which convenes that morning). The AAP says the move is “in an […]
Archives for October 2009
Wilson Leaves Headline After Just Five Months
After just five months as chief executive at the Headline group in the UK, Kate Wilson has left the company by “mutual agreement” according to a brief statement. Hachette UK adds that “after a period of consultation, a more detailed announcement will follow.” Wilson was supposed to be taking over from Martin Neild as he […]
Amazon Settles Kindle-Deletion Suit
Amazon has reached a settlement agreement with the Michigan teenager who sued the retailer over the deletion of unauthorized editions of two George Orwell ebooks from Kindles in July. The suit was designed to acquire class-action status, but that became less of an issue “because of Amazon’s offer to fully reimburse affected consumers for all […]
Two BAMM Disclosures
Books-A-Million announced that Anderson BAMM Holdings intends to sell up to 400,000 shares of stock in the bookseller–about 25 percent of its current holdings–“to assist its members’ in their estate planning needs.” The entity is the company’s fourth-largest shareholder, after three members of the Anderson family. BAMM stock has significantly outperformed its bookselling peers over […]
November Indie Next Picks
Chronic City: A Novel, by Jonathan LethemMennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home, by Rhoda JanzenThe Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel, by Jess WalterLit: A Memoir, by Mary KarrInvisible, by Paul AusterA Friend of the Family: A Novel, by Lauren GrodsteinBeloved on the Earth: 150 Poems of Grief and […]
New Imprints from Sourcebooks and Rizzoli
Building on their success this year with YA novels and the growth of the children’s imprint Jabberwocky launched three years ago, Sourcebooks is creating a YA imprint called Fire, to launch in spring 2010 with seven titles. Editor Dan Ehrenhaft, who came over to Sourcebooks from Alloy Entertainment this spring, will lead the new line. […]