Karin Schulze has joined Abrams as senior subsidiary rights manager. Previously she was associate foreign rights director at Crown. Calvin Crosby has been named executive director of NCIBA, effective in October, after training with outgoing executive director Hut Landon starting next month. Crosby was most recently sales and marketing director of McSweeney’s, and previously served as board president of the booksellers’ group. In addition, Ann Seaton has been hired as administrator. Previously she was manager of Hicklebee’s children’s bookstore in San Jose and will also leave her position on the NCIBA board, to work four days a week for the […]
Archives for August 2015
Indigo Improvement Continues
Canada’s Indigo reported first quarter results on Tuesday, with sales rising $4.1 million (CA) to $184.9 million, and a reduced net loss of $9 million, compared to a loss of $14 million a year ago. As in the previous year, “revenue growth was driven by the continued double digit growth of the general merchandise business” with “growth in both paper and electronics.” There was some growth in “the print business” on a same-store basis, too. The superstores had 5.3 percent same-store growth, while the smaller format store comps declined 1 percent, and online grew 18.2 percent, up to $24 million (also with double […]
Hamilton Parts Ways With Minotaur Weeks Before Publication Date
Edgar Award-winning author Steve Hamilton is parting ways with Minotaur Books, his publisher for more than seventeen years, less than two months before the scheduled September 29 release date of his next thriller, THE SECOND LIFE OF NICK MASON. After issuing a terse announcement to various trade publications and accounts saying “publication had been cancelled”, Minotaur spokesperson Tracey Guest added in an updated statement: “After many years of publishing Steve Hamilton, unfortunately SMP has had a parting of the ways and will not be moving forward with the publication of THE SECOND LIFE OF NICK MASON. We wish Steve all […]
For the Record: Clinton Got Over $8.5 Million for Latest Book
A few days ago Hillary Rodham Clinton released her tax returns for the years 2007 through 2014 (and when she had run for president in 2007, she had made public the Clintons’ tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006). The returns show that Clinton was paid over $8.5 million by Simon & Schuster for her 2014 book HARD CHOICES. She received $3 million after agreeing to the book deal in 2013, and reported another $5,563,867 from S&S in 2014 (figure the balance of the advance, and maybe some pass-through rights income). (Added later: Clinton’s 2015 tax return showed an […]
The Next Spinoff: Donnelley to Split In Three
RR Donnelley said as part of its second quarter earnings reports that the company intends to divide itself into “three independent, publicly traded companies: one business focused on financial communications and data services; one business focused on publishing and retail-centric print services; and one business focused on customized multichannel communications management.” The split is expected to be completed some time before the end of 2016. CEO Thomas J. Quinlan III said in the announcement, “Over the last decade, we have strengthened our business portfolio through a combination of organic growth and strategic acquisitions, developing new products and services, inventing fresh ways […]
People
Former Barnes & Noble vp, digital content Theresa Horner has joined Scribd in the new position of vp of strategy and new content verticals. Ian Singer is leaving Media Source, where he was vp, group publisher of Library Journal, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book, on August 28 after five years with the company. Media Source ceo Randy Asmo will serve as interim ceo while the company searches for Singer’s replacement. At Kensington, Martin Biro has been promoted to editor. In the Random House publicity department, Michelle Jasmine has been promoted to senior publicity manager and Abbey Corey has been promoted […]