Melanie Cecka will join Knopf Children’s on August 20 as associate publishing director, reporting to Nancy Hinkel. Most recently she was publishing director at Bloomsbury Children’s, and she began her career at Random House, first as an editorial assistant at Villard Books before moving into children’s books. Random House svp, director, international sales and marketing Cyrus Kheradi will take on the additional duties of director for East Asia business development. He will focus on greater China and the English-speaking markets of Southeast Asia to “identify opportunities for corporate investment, print and digital publishing and licensing agreements, and brand extensions.” Sonya […]
Archives for August 2012
eNews: Amazon UK Says Kindle Sales There Surpass Print; AG Asks Court To Declare GBS “Is Not Fair Use”; And More
Amazon UK issued a press release Monday touting the news that ebook sales now outpace all print sales combined, measured across 2012. For every 100 print books sold from Amazon.co.uk (in all formats combined), they’ve sold 114 Kindle editions. As usual, their ratio excludes free Kindle books (but does include very inexpensive ones, and KDP titles). Amazon US passed a similar milestone as of April 1, 2011. They also declare EL James as Amazon UK’s all-time bestselling author, they say, her combined print and Kindle sales eclipsing JK Rowling’s total sales at the site. Amazon UK has sold more than […]
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Oxford University Press announced a number of recent promotions. Bill Haydis has been promoted to Head of US stock planning and publications, while Chris Critelli moves up to reprints and manufacturing supplier manager. Jen Abrams has been appointed demand planning team leader, while Tracy Rabon moves up to US publications team leader. Barry Koen and Nissa Papillon have been promoted to demand planner, while Nancy Wu moves up to stock planning project manager. Marie Kent joins Free Press today as imprint marketing manager, reporting to Nicole Judge. She was in the school and library marketing department at Penguin Children’s. At […]
DOJ Asks for Quick Approval of eBook Settlement, with No Hearing
As expected, on Friday the Department of Justice moved for entry of the proposed final judgment in the settlement with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster, “without further hearing.” The government reiterated its belief “that the proposed Final Judgment is an appropriate remedy to the harm alleged in the Complaint with respect to Settling Defendants and is within the reaches of the public interest.” It should be simple, according to the DOJ: “The proposed Final Judgment resolves the claims against Settling Defendants and there is nothing further for the Court to adjudicate with respect to them.” They even […]
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Vp, book production for HarperCollins John Vitale is leaving the company on August 24 after more than 44 years in the business (he began at Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., which was acquired by Harper & Row in 1977.) Replacing him is Tracey Menzies, who is being promoted to vp, production and creative operations and will oversee all print production for the publisher. Also at Harper, Kristine Macrides returns to the sales department as director of sales and retail marketing, overseeing day-to-day operations for the mass merch, club and ID sales channels (she has been director of marketing for Avon). Lillie […]
Mette Jakobsen’s The Vanishing Act Tops September 2012 Indie Next List
The ABA has announced its September Indie Next List, which includes five titles — THE YELLOW BIRDS by Kevin Powers, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND by Matthew Dicks, JOHN SATURNALL’S FEAST by Lawrence Norfolk, THE ORCHARDIST by Amanda Coplin, and BEA Buzz Book pick THE PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID by Shani Boianjiu — among the featured excerpts in our popular free ebook anthology of selections from over 30 big forthcoming books, BEA BUZZ BOOKS. Most of the excerpted titles release later in the year (and into next January), so if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s as […]