In Canada, Dundurn Press has acquired Thomas Allen Publishers, the publishing arm that Thomas Allen & Son started up in 2000, in a deal expected to close Thursday. The sale includes the publisher’s backlist of 126 titles, including Giller winners HALF BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan and THE POLISHED HOE by Austin Clarke. Dundurn president Kirk Howard told the National Post the deal has been in the works since February, when Thomas Allen president Jim Allen approached him about a possible sale in order to return the parent company “back to its core business, which is distribution.” Dundurn will release the […]
Archives for August 2013
People: Levin Named Acting Publisher of Hyperion, and More
Former publisher of Free Press Martha Levin will be reunited with Hyperion (where she was publisher from 1998 through 2001) on August 5 in the role of acting publisher, reporting to Michael Pietsch. Levin will work there “for at least six months to publish the books under contract and fully incorporate Hyperion’s backlist into HBG’s systems,” Pietsch said in an announcement to staff. In addition, Betsy Hulsebosch will remain with the reconstituted Hyperion, promoted to associate director of marketing and publicity. Levin is “assembling a team” for Hyperion, to include an editor, designer and support staff to work on the […]
August Bookseller Picks
The monthly bookseller recommendations for August are out, and Amazon and Barnes & Noble agree on five of the month’s new releases (including Rob Sheffield’s memoir, which you can start reading right now in our free Buzz Books ebook): The Telling Room, Michael Paterniti The Sound of Things Falling, Juan Gabriel Vasquez Lawrence in Arabia, Scott Anderson Turn Around Bright Eyes, Rob Sheffield Night Film, Marisha Pessl And at Costco, the August Pennie’s Pick is Amanda Coplin’s The Orchardist (first previewed in our inaugural Buzz Books ebook a year ago). The other picks are, from Amazon: Babayaga, Toby Barlow Manson, […]