Approximately 85 to 90 employees of Macmillan Education in the UK are electing to leave their jobs rather than relocate to London from Oxford, the Bookseller reports. Palgrave Macmillan is also relocating to the new London “campus” from Basingstoke, but it is not known yet how many of their employees are declining to move. As a result, “the company is currently recruiting to fill roles available within the London headquarters, with staff numbers at Macmillan Education understood to be set to grow 25% above the earlier total by March 2014.” When completed, the new offices will house more than 1,600 […]
Archives for November 2013
People
At Vintage/Anchor, Russell Perreault has been promoted to vp, executive director of publicity & social media, continuing to report to Anne Messitte. In a statement she said Perreault “has always had a keen instinct for partnership in the greater media landscape. Working closely with film and television companies, he has built the imprints’ movie tiein program to one of the largest in the industry. And, in the social media space, Russell has been strategically expanding consumer reach both for our publishing program and for our authors.” In addition, Kate Runde has been promoted to director of publicity. At Nicholas Brearley […]
Court Hears Arguments On Restraining Order for Malcolm X Diary
The heirs to Malcolm X’s estate will know after a court hearing today whether the temporary restraining order blocking Third World Press’s planned publication of the civil rights leader’s final writings THE DIARY OF MALCOLM X will hold. The estate, under a new umbrella company called X Legacy LLC, sued Third World Press in New York’s Southern District Court earlier this month, and the TRO was granted on a preliminary basis on November 8, the day the suit was filed. The book was originally scheduled for publication on November 15. In a separate letter delivered to presiding Judge Laura Swain on […]
Dutch Publisher WPG to Cut 100 Jobs
In the continuing compression of trade publishing in Holland, the big Weekblad Pers Groep (WPG) announced an agreement with two main unions for a reorganization that will eliminate approximately 100 full-time jobs next year “across all publishers and headquarters,” from a total workforce of about 720 people. Discussions with individual employees are taking place now. CEO Koen Clement cited “difficult market conditions” for book publishing globally and said they are seeing “lower sales, declining print runs and shrinking advertising revenues.” He said in the press release, “We see ourselves faced with the transition from a traditional publishing company to an […]
People, Children’s Imprints, Etc.
At Crown, Sarah Pekdemir has been named senior marketing manager, Crown Trade. At Behrman House, Dena Neusner has been promoted to executive editor. The New York Public Library will pay $2.15 million — funded in large part by a private donation — to purchase 190 boxes of Tom Wolfe’s papers, “including drafts, outlines and research materials for his four novels and 12 other books as well as his uncollected journalism.” As previewed earlier in the week, World Book Night US has addred three YA titles to the list of books to be given away on April 22, 2014: Zora and […]
Bookstores: Two Well-Known Toronto Stores to Close
Dominant Canadian bookseller Indigo will close two iconic Toronto stores in the coming months. The site that houses the store known as The World’s Biggest Bookstore (though it isn’t) is being sold to a developer and the building will be vacated by April 2014. The property has been owned by David Cole, son of Cole Books founder Jack Cole. Indigo owns Cole Books, and has been leasing the store. Indigo is also closing the Runnymede Chapters, a splendid store in a restored theater that was recently featured in a BuzzFeed listicle of 16 beautiful bookstores around the world. Indigo’s vp of […]