Hachette UK ceo Tim Hely-Hutchinson told agents and authors in a letter that the company will opt in to the revised Google Book Settlement to claim any fees due–but will not make their titles available for display.Bookseller As an update (since we couldn’t locate the correct deadline yesterday), the Justice Department has until February 4 to register their views on the revised settlement with Judge Denny Chin.
Archives for January 2010
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May Wuthrich will join Rob Weisbach Creative Management as a senior associate, developing her own clients as well as contributing to the company’s efforts for their other clients. Wuthrich has worked in film development, scouting, and electronic business initiatives. Barbara Marcus, whose one-year consulting arrangement with Penguin Children’s was already extended for six months longer than planned, will move on at the end of this month. Judy Pray is now a senior editor at Workman’s Artison Books. She was at Clarkson Potter. Michael McKenzie has been promoted to senior publicity director at Ecco. At F+W Media, Tim Langlitz has moved […]
Layoffs at Ingram and BN.com
A total of 57 employees at Ingram Content Group’s LaVergne location were laid off on Friday from across the organization. Spokesperson Keel Hunt says “this is unfortunate, but in the dynamic arena of content delivery it’s important for Ingram to be right-sized and as efficient as possible.” He tells us the reductions were “a result of the reorganization, announced last summer,” that merged various business units including Ingram Book, Ingram Digital, Lightning Source and Ingram Publisher Services into the overall Ingram Content Group. He adds, “when we announced the reorganization, we of course began a process to identify ways to […]
eNews: Acer Enters Market; Amazon's New Exclusives; Harper's Inkpop
The world’s second-largest computer maker Acer, confirmed that they will launch an ereader by the end of June. They are targeting “up to five European countries” for initial release, president of IT Products Jim Wong tells Bloomberg. “Amazon, Barnes & Noble; they are U.S.-centric. In Western Europe and Asia-Pacific we have publishers to work with, and most of them are content owners.” Wong indicates they are talking to book, magazine and newspaper publishers about content deals (and they plan an app store, as well.)Bloomberg Today’s Amazon press release notes the exclusive release (for a three-month window) of individual chapters from […]
Bookselling: Controversies for Atticus and Borders, Amazon on The YA Decade
Atticus Bookstore and Cafe (near Yale University) has caused a stir with a policy requiring employees to speak English only in public areas. “Spanish is allowed in the prep area, the dishwasher area and the lower level. Let’s make our customers feel welcome and comfortable,” a copy of the policy says. In a statement owner Charles Negaro said: “We encourage the use of English because it’s an appropriate way to be most helpful to our customers. To continue to provide the best service possible, we try to help those employees who speak English as a second language by helping them […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, January 25
<p><b>Deal Reports</b><br /> Just e-mail to <a href=”mailto:deals@PublishersMarketplace”>deals@PublishersMarketplace</a> if you aren’t using the online form linked below. <br /> <a href=”http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/cgi-bin/reportDeal”>Report a deal using the online form</a> </p> <p><b>The Key</b><br /> 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 to put them all together.<br /> “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 <br /> “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 <br /> “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000<br /> “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000<br /> “major deal” $500,000 and up<br […]