Amazon continues to expand in the college bookstore market, announcing another of their “staffed package pickup points” coming to the University of Pennsylvania campus this spring. It will be a 3,558 square foot space, “strategically located” in the university’s largest dining commons. Unlike previous pick-up stations at Purdue and UMass, it will also provide “communal work spaces with interactive media pods where students can connect their laptops and mobile devices to TV monitors for presentations, brainstorming, studying, and collaborating.” Penn vp of business services Marie Witt said the university had “discovered that almost half of all packages delivered to Penn student mail […]
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Barnes & Noble has promoted Mary Amicucci to chief merchandising officer, continuing to report to coo Jaime Carey. In her new role, Amicucci will oversee the planning of all merchandising initiatives and will also be responsible for managing and developing talent across all of the merchandising groups within Barnes & Noble. Carey said in the announcement: “Mary has a proven track record of success and leadership of our physical book business, making her the perfect choice for this position. She has already made an outstanding contribution to our merchandising efforts and we’re excited to see what she will achieve in […]
Macmillan Learning Acquires Roberts & Company
The US-based educational publisher Macmillan Learning announced Monday it has acquired Roberts and Company, publisher of higher education textbooks, interactive media, and original monographs in biology, chemistry, engineering and related disciplines. Macmillan Learning ceo Ken Michaels says in the announcement, “This acquisition is core to our ability to provide educators and students robust content and cutting edge technology in scientific courses. We are thrilled to partner with their authors to increase our formidable reach. Their mission to change and improve learning strongly mirrors our own.” Co-founder and publisher Ben Roberts will become vp of Macmillan’s STEM team, reporting to managing director Susan Winslow, after the expected […]
Picture Books Reign As LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET Wins Newbery, Gets Caldecott Honor
The ALA presented their many Youth Media Awards Monday morning on the closing day of their winter meeting in Boston. The Newbery medal went to LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET by Matt de la Pena (Putnam Children’s), the first time a Latino author has won the award and a rare win for a picture book. De la Pena and illustrator Christian Robinson also received a Caldecott honor, with that award going to FINDING WINNIE, illustrated by Sophie Blackall and written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown Children’s). Among other honorees, Laura Ruby won the Michael L. Printz Award for BONE GAP (Balzer + Bray) and […]
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At St. Martin’s, Michael Homler and Daniela Rapp were promoted to senior editor; Meredith Mennitt, Eileen Rothschild and Holly Ingraham were promoted to editor; Courtney Littler and April Osborn are now associate editors; and Alicia Clancy, Jaime Coyne, Sylvan Creekmore and Sara Thwaite moved up to assistant editor. Publicity directors Susan Corcoran at Ballantine Bantam Dell and Sally Marvin at Random House have both been promoted to senior vice president. At St. Martin’s Press, Jessica Preeg has been promoted to publicity manager. Orbit has hired two new commissioning editors, all starting January 11: Kelly O’Connor was at Harper Voyager, and Brit Hvide was at Simon & Schuster, while Lindsey Hall is promoted to commissioning editor from within Orbit. Margaret Sutherland […]
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At Macmillan Children’s, Hayley Jozwiak has been promoted to assistant managing editor. At Feiwel and Friends, Anna Roberto and Holly West have both been promoted to editor. Emma Watson has started a feminist “book club” on Goodreads, called Our Sacred Shelf. Her first choice is Gloria Steinem‘s My Life on the Road. [Update: the club is called Our Shared Shelf; the Goodreads publicist told us incorrectly.] Distribution In Canada, Lerner Publishing Group and their distribution clients will now be distributed by Thomas Allen & Son. Bookselling Powell’s Books is preparing to sign a lease that will allow it to connect two separate […]