At Chronicle Books, Erynn Im-Sato has been promoted to national sales manager, special markets, while Samantha Steele moves up to sales coordinator, special markets. The Girl on the Train author Paula Hawkins will tour 5 cities in the US in late October. Imogen Pelham has joined Marjacq Scripts as an agent after five years at Aitken Alexander. Former literary agent at McIntosh & Otis Ina Winick died September 13 after a year-long illness. Before working with her husband Eugene Winick at the agency, Dr. Winick was a school psychologist in Westchester County. In the UK, Profile Books has reported sales above £10 […]
Archives for September 2015
More From Apple’s Preliminary Supreme Court Appeal
Further to our Thursday morning story on Apple’s brief asking the Supreme Court for an extra month to file an appeal of the antitrust verdict against them in the ebook pricing case, we have reviewed the full filing and can update you with further details. As a government web site explains, “The Court usually is not under any obligation to hear these cases, and it usually only does so if the case could have national significance, might harmonize conflicting decisions in the federal Circuit courts, and/or could have precedential value.” Consistent with that standard, while asking for an extension — […]
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Jason Brockwell has been promoted to president of National Book Network. He has been with the company since 1999. Kevin McLain has been promoted to vp of editorial at Avalon Travel, and Grace Fujimoto has moved up to vp of acquisitions for both Avalon Travel and Westview Press. Author Courtney C. Stevens has joined JKS Communications as its author-in-residence.
Amazon Confirms Release of New Tablets, From Small $50 Unit to New 10.1-Inch Screen
As indicated by the WSJ and others, Amazon announced a number of new devices on Thursday morning. At the bottom end is a new $50, 7-inch Fire tablet. (If for some reason one is not enough, they will sell you a six-pack of tablets for $250.) In the middle is a revised version of their special tablet for kids. Launched last year at $150, the new Fire Kids Edition is down to $100. At the higher end are their Fire HD tablets, now thinner, larger (in the screens), and HD-er. The 8-inch display sells for $150, while the 10+-inch display goes for $230. […]
Yanagihara, Groff, Pearlman, Clegg Among National Book Award Fiction Longlist
The last of the National Book Award longlists was announced Thursday, with Hanya Yanagihara’s Booker-shortlisted A LITTLE LIFE joining the Booker-longlisted DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY by Bill Clegg, Edith Pearlman’s short-story collection HONEYDEW (following up on the shortlisted collection BINOCULAR VISION), Pulitzer winner Adam Johnson’s story collection FORTUNE SMILES, and more. As will be noted elsewhere, the diverse list eschews both the conventional and commercial. The full list includes: Jesse Ball, A Cure for Suicide (Pantheon) Bill Clegg, Did You Ever Have a Family (Scout Press) Karen E. Bender, Refund (Soft Skull) Angela Flournoy, The Turner House (Houghton Mifflin […]
People: NYT Hires Senior, and More
NYT culture editor Danielle Mattoon wrote to staff in a memo Thursday that the paper has hired Jennifer Senior as a book critic “focusing on nonfiction,” starting October 19. Matton writes, “As a reviewer, Jennifer brings a connoisseur’s eye for detail and a reporter’s sense of context, allowing her to get at the heart of both the books she’s reviewing and the larger stories they are trying to tell.” She has been a contributing editor at New York Magazine, and is the author All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. The paper has been looking for a new critic since […]