Jeff James will join Thomas Nelson as vp, marketing for Nelson Books on June 29. Previously he was the founder and ceo of Mythology, a marketing consulting practice for Fortune 500 firms. Steven Sussman will join Skyhorse as director of sales on June 29. Previously he was director of sales at Dover Publications. Antonella Pearce joins IPR License as business development manager. She was at the Publishers Licensing Society (PLS). J.K. Rowling has written extensively about the “reactionary, prejudiced, narrow-minded, ignorant and bigoted” Dursley family and their deep-seated resentment of Harry Potter on Pottermore, covered here by the Guardian. Partnerships […]
Archives for June 2015
Amazon’s Best of 2015 So Far
Amazon has posted their traditional lists of the “best books of the year so far” in 17 categories, selected by the site’s editors. (Three of their Top 10 were first previewed prior to publication in our Buzz Books samplers; check out the new fall/winter free Buzz Books ebooks to preview some of the “best of” the next six months of the year.) Amazon’s Top 20 overall titles are: 1. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald 2. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir 3. Dead Wake by Erik Larson 4. Ghettoside by Jill Leovy 5. The Sympathizer by Viet Than Nguyen 6. […]
Norton Puts eBooks Into Libraries
In advance of the ALA annual conference starting Thursday in San Francisco, Norton announced that they will make their entire catalog of trade and professional ebooks available for lending through libraries, starting later this summer. The company has reached agreements with Baker & Taylor, OverDrive, and 3M to distribute their ebooks to the libraries. They declined to provide information on their lending terms or library pricing. The agreement includes all of Norton’s distributed/affiliated publishers (e.g. Albatross Publishing, C.I.R.C., Fantagraphics, George Braziller, New Directions, Odyssey Books, Guides and Maps, The Overlook Press, Peace Hill Press, Pegasus, Persea Books, Pushcart Press, Thames & Hudson, Tin […]
NAL Is Merged Into Realigned Berkley Publishing Group
Following on the “wide-ranging” reorganization of much of the Penguin Publishing Group imprints in January, Berkley/NAL Publishing Group president Leslie Gelbman announced internally on Tuesday afternoon “significant organizational changes for Berkley and New American Library,” which are being fully merged into the new Berkley Publishing Group, with Gelbman continuing as president. “What have to this point been separate editorial, managing editorial, production and art departments” for Berkley and NAL will be brought together as of July 1. An unspecified number of people are having their positions eliminated as a result. A spokesperson declined to provide additional details. Gelbman writes: “A major […]
Corporate: Harlequin’s Customer Rewards Program; Bonnier Germany Drops DRM
Harlequin has launched a new customer loyalty program, Harlequin My Rewards, which gives members opportunities to earn rewards such as autographed books, signature gift baskets and Skype conversations with favorite Harlequin authors. Harlequin My Rewards presents readers with points for purchasing books or engaging in multiple online activities, including sharing book reviews, providing opinions, completing weekly book challenges and games, tweeting and partaking in Facebook activities. In addition, readers who purchase Harlequin books at retail locations can earn points by taking a photo of their receipts, which they email or upload to the Rewards site. Bonnier Germany (which includes Carlsen, […]
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With summer officially underway, the small but dedicated staff here at Publishers Lunch/PublishersMarketplace.com is dreaming of a few rare hours or even days away from the keyboard. We love to hear from readers and customers and we strive to process your news and answer your questions as quickly as possible — but that all depends on your reaching us through the preferred channels, so it’s a good time to revisit some tips on the best ways to reach us. Our process is designed to share most emails with multiple staff members, so whoever is on duty and online can do what […]