At HarperCollins, chief digital officer Chantal Restivo-Alessi is taking on the additional responsibilities of evp, International, overseeing the growing foreign language program built on top of some of infrastructure acquired as part of Harlequin. CEO Brian Murray writes: “In this new role, Chantal will oversee the HarperCollins foreign language program to ensure we’re hitting all the targets necessary for growth and develop new processes and procedures so we can achieve the ambitious plans laid out for our foreign language publishing program while setting up structures that support our authors in new ways.” She will work in partnership with Harlequin chief operating officer International Steve Miles, who […]
Archives for April 2015
People, Etc.
Mary Faria will join Perseus on April 20 in the newly created role of vp, mass merch sales, reporting to Sabrina McCarthy. Previously she was director of sales at becker!&mayer. Rick Monteith, Peter D’Erasmo, Christina Douglas, and Cherish Barrett will now report to Faria. At Random House Children’s Publishing, Stephanie O’Cain has been promoted to senior marketing manager; Sarah Wharton moves up to assistant marketing manager, and Alissa Nigro has been promoted to marketing coordinator. In addition, Hannah Black joins as assistant marketing manager from Diversion Books, where she was marketing coordinator. Sarah Bush has been promoted to audio rights […]
New Ventures: Chronicle Books Japan; AP eBooks
Chronicle Books has partnered with Top Partners Co, Ltd to launch Chronicle Books Japan. The new entity will be the exclusive distributor of Chronicle Books products in the Japanese market, including English language books, stationery and gifts as well as Japanese language editions, and will also establish branded boutiques in a number of flagship Tsutaya Mega bookstores throughout Japan starting in May and continuing through the end of 2016. “We were looking for the next wave of publishing culture,” Top Partners ceo Kazuo Nakanishi said in the announcement. “Chronicle Books is exactly what we have long admired and are looking […]
Harper Readies Return to Full Agency
Following the April 1 Business Insider report that implied Amazon was losing patience with HarperCollins in negotiating a new sales agreement, Publishers Lunch has learned that Harper is preparing to return to full agency for ebook sales next week. Multiple retailers report that Harper has informed them their selling terms will change as of Tuesday, April 14. (The change is actually effective midnight Pacific time, rather than Eastern. Amazon would be among those companies that naturally end their business day on Pacific time.) Harper is requiring retailers to implement all price changes within 24 hours. Going forward Harper will require that their ebooks […]
Oyster Adds eBookstore
Oyster has launched an ebookstore to accompany its existing subscription offering. The ebookstore will sell books by existing subscription partners HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster — as well as the two major subscription holdouts, Penguin Random House and Hachette. The company touts their launch as “the most significant entrance into the retail book market in the past five years,” though Oyster’s subscription competitor Scribd has sold ebooks for years. For now, the expansion lets Oyster display and merchandise a wider selection of titles. Participating subscription titles are highlighted as “read for free,” available for separate purchase after you click through, while […]
People, Etc.
Gigi Campo has been promoted to associate editor at Avery. Liz Stein has joined Mira Books as editor. Previously she was an associate editor at Putnam. Dina Davis is now at Harlequin as assistant editor/editorial assistant working on Harlequin Historical and Love Inspired Suspense. Mark Gottlieb has been promoted to full-time agent at Trident Media Group. At the “newly aligned” Blue Rider Press/Plume group, Christina Hu has been hired as associate marketing director (she had been senior marketing manager at Atavist Books), and Wesley Salazar has been promoted to marketing associate. Liz Ridout has joined Booktrack as chief marketing officer. Previously she was vp, marketing at Kobo. In addition, […]