Sony svp, global retail CRM & brand marketing Susan Jurevics will relocate to London and take over as ceo of Pottermore, filling the position vacated when Charlie Redmayne returned to Harper UK as ceo this summer. Jurevics oversaw Sony’s relationship with Pottermore. Ellen Cormier has been promoted to digital marketing associate at Macmillan Children’s. At Harlequin, Kathleen Reed has been promoted to senior managing editor while Kristin Errico moves up to assistant managing editor. At Harlequin UK, Samantha Walmsley has been promoted to senior managing editor and Lucy Gough moves up to managing editorial coordinator. Christy Mirabal has joined Frederator […]
Archives for September 2013
Sales Fall 6% At Scholastic As Loss Is Slimmed
Sales at Scholastic fell 6 percent in their first quarter, down $17 million to $276 million, but their seasonal loss was trimmed as well, with their operating loss about $1 million lower at $45.9 million. The children’s book publishing and distribution division had sales of $54.6 million — down from $70.9 million a year ago — with the seasonal loss of $61.5 million $6.6 million higher. (The book clubs and fairs take a loss when school is not in session.) The return to normal of The Hunger Games continues to weigh on that division, and lowered the comps in international […]
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Penguin Random House has announced a new cross-company senior management team for the merged company’s combined fulfillment operations. President and coo Madeline McIntosh notes that “of the many opportunities we will have in our new company to invest in operational capabilities, our physical supply chain is one of the most essential.” She adds that “the project to develop a cohesive Penguin Random House fulfillment network…will extend over time, with our separate Penguin and Random House distribution centers’ day-to-day operational responsibilities remaining unchanged in the meantime.” Random House’s Annette Danek has been named svp, director of fulfillment, overseeing both the operation […]
Booker Opens to Any Book Originated In English and Published in UK
On Wednesday the Booker Prize organizers formally announced what had been the subject of speculation and debate over the past few days: They will expand eligibility beyond the Commonwealth, to include any novel “originally written in English and published in the UK.” At the same time, the prize will try to keep submissions to a reasonable number, so the newly-eligible authors will be competing with existing pool for nomination slots from their publishers. As is currently the case, nominations can only be made by UK publishers — but a revised, self-reinforcing submissions process will favor publishers who have had titles […]
NBA Nonfiction Longlist Includes Packer and Wright
The National Book Awards announced their third longlist, of nonfiction candidates, on Wednesday morning. Norton led all publishers with three titles in contention. (The list also includes three New Yorker staff writers: Lepore, Packer and Wright.): Finding Florida: The True Story of the Sunshine State, T.D. Allman (Grove/Atlantic) Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami, Gretel Ehrlich (Pantheon) The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son, and the CIA, Scott C. Johnson (Norton) Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin, Jill Lepore (Knopf) Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields, […]
Voting Opens for Harper’s Book Tech Challenge
HarperCollins is inviting votes from the public as part of their BookSmash development challenge announced in June. The 20 submitted applications can be viewed online now, and winners will be named October 10.