Crown says that they have recorded sales of 775,000 copies for former President George Bush’s DECISION POINTS in its first week on sale in all editions, including ebooks, audio and export editions. As was the case with the opening-day sale, they say it’s the largest first-week sale for any nonfiction title published by Random House, Inc. since former President Bill Clinton’s book in 2004. eBooks comprised “more than 100,000 copies, or approximately 14 percent of all units” sold (and at least 50,000 ebooks were sold the first day by the company’s prior report). Crown says they have reprinted another 350,000 […]
Archives for November 2010
Barnes & Noble Poison Pill Approved; Aletheia Continues to Trim their Position
With no active resistance this time around from Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa, Barnes & Noble shareholders officially and “overwhelmingly” ratified the company’s poison pill plan, with 72 percent of votes cast in favor. Separately, in a periodic SEC filing, Aletheia Research & Management indicated that they have continued to trim their position in Barnes & Noble’s stock, they though still hold a substantial stake comprising just over 14 percent of all shares. In the past two months, they had a net sale of approximately 635,000 shares, now down to roughly 8.4 million shares as of November 10 after holding about 9.05 […]
Hudson Picks Big Short As Book of the Year
Hudson Booksellers announced their lists of top 10 books of the year, which will be promoted throughout their 65 stores, and named Michael Lewis’s THE BIG SHORT as their book of the year: Best FictionThe Passage, Justin CroninRoom, Emma DonoghueA Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer EganFreedom, Jonathan FranzenTinkers, Paul HardingThe Eden Hunter, Skip HorackMatterhorn, Karl MarlantesSuper Sad True Love Story, Gary ShteyngartBitter in the Mouth, Monique TruongThe Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall Best Non FictionThe Possessed, Elif BatumanLet’s Take the Long Way Home, Gail CaldwellThe Wave, Susan CaseySh*t My Dad Says, Justin HalpernUnbroken, Laura HillenbrandFatal System Error, Joseph MennBirdology, Sy […]
Warren’s Debut Wins Governor General’s Award; Costa Shortlists
Dianne Warren‘s debut novel COOL WATER (Harper Canada/Phyllis Bruce Books) won the Governor General’s Award for fiction. As the National Post points out, Kathleen Winter’s debut novel ANNABEL was the only book nominated for all three of Canada’s major literary prizes, but has not won any of the honors.Full GG winners The Costa Book Awards shortlists for five categories were just announced in the UK. Winners will be named on January 5, with the overall Costa winner to be picked on January 25.Among the candidates: First Novel Witness the Night, by Kishwar Desai Coconut Unlimited, by Nikesh Shukla The Temple-Goers, […]
People: Bahash Replaces Davis at McGraw Hill Education, Qureshi Moves, and More
McGraw-Hill is splitting their financial services segment into two distinct businesses. As part of related changes announced today, current CFO Bob Bahash will take over as president of McGraw-Hill Education, replacing Peter Davis who has “left the corporation to pursue other career opportunities.” CEO Harold McGraw III says, “I want to thank Pete Davis for his many contributions to The McGraw-Hill Companies. He has been a valued colleague and leader and we all wish him well in his future career.” Bahash has been cfo since 1988, though he served in the education division earlier. He will be replaced by Jack […]
More Info from Dorchester’s New CEO
Following our reports, Dorchester has issued a formal press release regarding the appointment of Robert Anthony as their new ceo. He says in the statement “my first goal with Dorchester is to reorganize and improve the accounting and internal financial reporting structure. This will include a complete review of the royalty system and other vitally important internal procedures, all of which are intended to focus on shoring up revenue sources and paying off creditors. We will create an atmosphere of transparency and efficiency that was heretofore lacking.” Trained as a CPA, Anthony has been cfo and coo of Backe Digital […]