At Simon & Schuster, Colin Shields has been promoted to vp, director of digital sales. He will continue to have responsibility for the print business at Amazon.com, as well as digital sales for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Sony, Kobo, and others. Ryan Doherty has been promoted to senior editor at Random House’s trade paperback unit. In addition, Kelli Fillingim moves up to associate editor. Stephanie Gorton has joined Open Road as acquisitions manager, reporting to Tina Pohlman. Previously she was an editor at Overlook Press. In addition, consulting editorial director Marjorie Braman will now become strategic advisor, author brands, […]
Archives for April 2012
People, Etc.
Lisa Tomasello will join the Macmillan sales department as a national account manager for adult trade titles, calling on Costco, BJ’s, and their distribution partners, starting April 23. In her last job, she was in charge of the Walmart business for Simon & Schuster, where she worked for 8 years. Previously, she worked at Scholastic, Golden Books and Random House. At the Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current imprints, Amanda Pritzker has been promoted to publicity manager; Brooke Carey has been promoted to editor; Emily Angell has been promoted to associate editor; and Jacquelynn Burke has been promoted to associate publicist. At Simon & […]
Sales Fall Again At Courier’s Publishing Unit, With Signs of Rebound at Dover
Courier reported fiscal second quarter sales, with their publishing division declining 5 percent to $9.6 million. They had an operating loss of $1.1 million, but that’s an improvement over a loss of $2 million this time last year, when they took a $750,000 bad-debt charge due to the Borders bankruptcy. Their REA test-prep business was the only profitable unit during the quarter, even though sales fell 5 percent. And online sales helped Dover revenues increase 5 percent in the period. Creative Homeowner continues its sharp decline, with sales down 34 percent. Among new initiatives, they are planning a spring launch […]
Wiley Amends Piracy Lawsuits, Naming Four Defendants Who Allegedly Downloaded ‘For Dummies’ Titles Illegally
In Wiley’s aggressive legal campaign against individuals they allege shared copies of various “For Dummies” books in violation of their copyright via BitTorrent, the company recently named a few of the previously anonymous defendants and asked for a jury trial. TorrentFreak observes that “if one or more of the three cases indeed proceeds to a full trial it will be the first time that actual evidence against BitTorrent infringers is tested in court.” Wiley attorney William Dunnegan tells the BBC: “We are asking people who are identified by their ISPs as being copyright infringers to pay the minimum amount due […]
Book Sales Down 8 Percent at WH Smith, with 100 Kobo In-Store Shops Coming This Year
Book sales continue to decline at UK chain WH Smith, down 8 percent on a same-store-sales basis for the six months ending February 29. On their Kobo relationship, the company says “initial performance is encouraging and we plan to further develop the offer throughout this year,” without indicating any figures. High street store sales of 448 million pounds were down over 5 percent overall (by 25 million pounds) and 6 percent on a comp-store basis, but groupwide profit rose 3 million pounds. In a parallel announcement, Kobo explained that they will open 100 in-store boutiques within WH Smith high street […]
People
Tina Andreadis has been promoted to vp, senior executive director of publicity for Harper, Ecco, Amistad, Harper Perennial, Harper paperbacks, Harper Audio, and, effective immediately, It Books, and Harper Design. At Viking Penguin, Meghan Fallon has been promoted to publicist, and Rebecca Lang and Elaine Broeder both move up to associate publicist. Todd Mullins has been named national accounts manager, special markets at Chronicle Books. Previously he was vp, sales at Hero Arts. Adding to the voices on the Pulitzer Prize controversy is fiction judge Maureen Corrigan. Writing in the Washington Post, she says: “Like everyone else, we three jurors […]