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Archives for November 2015

Bookselling: Binnacle Books in Beacon, NY; Second Store for Village Books; and More

November 23, 2015
By Sarah Weinman

Binnacle Books opened in Beacon, NY earlier this month. The new-and-used bookstore is co-owned by Katie Ryan, Annmarie Nye and Corey Eastwood, the latter also owning part of Book Thug Nation in Williamsburg. “People are so excited and supportive,” Ryan told Philipstown.info. “The community is already giving us a lot of love. A lot of […]

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People, Etc.

November 23, 2015
By Sarah Weinman

Doug Foot is retiring from Penguin Random House Canada, where he was evp, chief financial officer. Succeeding him, effective immediately, is chief operating officer Barry Gallant, who will oversee the finance, contracts, and information technology departments while keeping responsibility for publishing and sales operations, as well as warehouse and office administration. Foot, who first joined Random House […]

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New Stats: A Glimpse At “Bestseller Shares”

November 20, 2015
By Michael Cader

We mentioned earlier in the week that we have all kinds of new things in the works in our development pipeline and idea laboratory. Here is just a taste of one little thing we are playing around with. Our comprehensive bestseller database tracks 10 lists all the time (and has well over half-a-million records from […]

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People, Etc.

November 20, 2015
By Sarah Weinman

Mysteries & thrillers editor Dennis Drabelle has retired from the Washington Post after more than 31 years at the paper, Book World editor Ron Charles posted on Twitter. Former vp of books, digital strategy and chief product officer at Barnes & Noble College Jade Roth has joined Flat World as svp, strategy and content. Additionally, former chairman of Pearson Higher […]

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People: Weisberg Named President of Macmillan Publishers US

November 19, 2015
By Sarah Weinman

Penguin Young Readers Group president Don Weisberg has been appointed president of Macmillan Publishers US, reporting to ceo John Sargent, starting at the beginning of January. Weisberg was at Penguin Children’s since 2008, and will depart at the end of November. In his new role Weisberg will manage Macmillan’s US trade publishing houses, the audio and […]

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People

November 19, 2015
By Sarah Weinman

Emma Boyer has joined Zest Books as publicity manager. Previously she was a publicist at Algonquin. Chief technology officer at DreamWorks Animation Lincoln Wallen will join Pearson’s board as an independent non-executive director, starting January 1. Gerrie Lipson Sturman is now an agent with Goldfarb & Associates taking on selected clients. Sturman has been office manager, researcher […]

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