William Morris Endeavor has hired two prominent young UK-based agents to run their UK literary office, more than filling the void left when Eugenie Furniss left the agency earlier this year to start her own firm. Simon Trewin of United Agents has been named head of the UK literary department as well as partner, and Elizabeth Sheinkman of Curtis Brown UK “will help spearhead” the London office. Co-head of the worldwide literary department Jennifer Rudolph Walsh says in the announcement, “We feel like we’ve hit the jackpot with these two, and I’m looking forward to watching our UK book division […]
Archives for June 2012
Sargent To Run Reorganized Global Holtzbrinck Trade Group; Sherer to Leave Basic for UNC Press as Heimert, Weinberg Move Up
Starting July 2, Holtzbrinck’s book publishing units will be restructured into three global divisions that will separate trade books and science and education publishing into different groups. Current Macmillan US president and ceo John Sargent will take over management of the global trade group, encompassing all the consumer book publishing operations in the US, Germany (Droemer Knaur; Rowohlt; and S. Fischer), the UK (Pan Macmillan) and Australia (Pan Macmillan Australia). The trade chief executives for those international divisions, including UK md Anthony Forbes-Watson, will report to Sargent. Macmillan UK ceo Annette Thomas will now lead the global science and education division, which includes […]
Children’s Sales Keep March Numbers Stable, As eBooks Moderate to 22% Overall
After two strong months of sales reports, the AAP numbers for March show a flatter overall trade market, with children’s sales (powered by the Hunger Games) registering big gains that almost kept pace with the decline in adult sales (which do not incorporate the 50 Shades phenomenon yet). Net trade sales from reporting publishers totaled $477.5 million for the month, $200,000 ahead of the revised total for March 2011. Net children’s and young adult sales jumped from $95.9 million a year ago to $140 million this year. eBook sales seem to be following their pattern of peaking at the beginning […]
Chris Cleave’s Gold Tops July Indie Next List
Here are July’s picks: #1: Gold, by Chris Cleave Beautiful Ruins: A Novel, by Jess Walter The Age of Miracles: A Novel, by Karen Thompson Walker The World Without You: A Novel, by Joshua Henkin Alif the Unseen: A Novel, by G. Willow Wilson Things That Are: Essays, by Amy Leach Albert of Adelaide: A Novel, by Howard Anderson 15 Seconds: A Novel, by Andrew Gross Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety, by Daniel Smith Miss Fuller: A Novel, by April Bernard Juliet in August, by Dianne Warren Into the Darkest Corner: A Novel, by Elizabeth Haynes Shadow of Night: […]
Google Launches eBooks In Both Germany and Spain
Google has rolled out Google Play storefronts in both Germany and Spain this week, with ebooks featured in both offerings. Those store openings have come quickly after their first non-English ebookstore in Italy, which debuted in early May. Particularly after their settlement of lawsuits related to the Google Books scanning project in France earlier this month, a French ebookstore is expected to follow soon.
People, Etc.
Derek Krissoff has been named the new editor in chief for the University of Nebraska Press, effective July 16. He has been a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Georgia Press since 2006. John W. Warren has joined Georgetown University Press as marketing and sales director. He has spent the past twelve years as marketing director of RAND Corporation’s publications department. KC Smythe will retire on June 15 from his position as national account manager at Hachette Book Group, after 10 years with the company. Prior to Hachette, he spent 17 years at Ingram, mostly in the buying department, and 6 years as […]