Open Road announced a number of promotions in its marketing department. Allison Underwood has been promoted to director, digital marketing & analytics. Laura DeSilva has been promoted to senior marketing manager, while Amy Grillo moves up to senior merchandising manager. Jack Palmer has been promoted to marketing & analytics manager, while Grace Srinivasiah moves up to digital marketing associate. Peg O’Donnell has joined Lonely Planet as senior sales manager & children’s specialist. Previously she was a national account manager at Publishers Group West. Tim Close has joined David C. Cook as senior director of marketing. Previously he was ceo at […]
Archives for October 2014
Appeals Court Sends Georgia State eReserves Case Back to District Court
The complicated Georgia State University court case exploring the extent to which educational fair use applies to digital excerpts continues, with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturning portions of Judge Orinda Evans’s 350-page ruling from 2012 and remanding the case back to Judge Evans. Finding that “the District Court’s fair use analysis was in part erroneous,” the Appeals Court threw out the awarding of nearly $3 million in legal fees to GSU as well. Though the name plaintiffs are Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Sage Publications, the case was brought — and funded — by the Association […]
Amazon, Hachette and Authors: The Complete Tamblyn Tweets
While admitting that “Amazon is a competitor” (whose quest for exclusivity is a particular competitive problem) and Hachette is an “important” supplier, Kobo President Michael Tamblyn took to the virtual podium on Twitter Friday morning to offer “32 Short Notes on Amazon-Hachette-IndyAuthors”: 1. Indie authors take note: Amazon is, among other things, a machine designed to optimize product prices in order to gain share and sales. 2. AMZN, like every retailer that reaches a certain size, turns to its suppliers to grow profitability by demanding more favourable terms. 3. The Hachette-Amazon fight is an especially public manifestation of that Big […]
Google Play Maintains Rapid Growth, and More
Google reported third quarter revenues after the close of the market on Thursday, and the company continues to show significant growth in the business segment that includes the Google Play Store. Called “other revenues” by the company (also including their hardware line and their Enterprise software business), the segment had sales of $1.84 billion in the quarter — up 50 percent from a year ago. Google said the segment growth came “mainly from the Play Store, but also complemented by an increase in licensing revenue.” In their investor call, they said: “Google Play’s growth continues to impress. It’s a linchpin […]
People, Etc.
St. Martin’s Press announced a number of promotions in its art department. Mike Storrings has been promoted to vp, creative director, while David Rotstein has been promoted to executive art director, with the additional title of creative art director for Minotaur. Finally, Olga Grlic has been promoted to executive art director, Griffin and SMP Mass Market Paperbacks. Chief Publishing Officer at David C. Cook Dan Rich will retire from the company in May 2015 after more than eight years with the company. Prior to joining David C. Cook Rich served as founding publisher of NavPress and WaterBrook Press and held […]
Perseus Realigns Senior Management for Growth; Navratil Departs Running Press
Following the cancellation of the plan to sell the Perseus Books Group to Hachette and Ingram this summer, on Thursday Perseus ceo David Steinberger announced to staff a realignment and streamlining of senior management responsibilities “to position our company for even greater success in the years to come.” He tells us, “We’ve been focusing on the sustained path of continued growth now, in the aftermath of the transaction that didn’t happen.” In the first major hire since coo Joe Mangan left for Hachette in early 2014, Raymond Floyd has been hired as svp for operations, reporting to current coo Charles Gallagher. Floyd’s experience […]