Julie Matysik will join Running Press Kids as editorial director on March 14. Previously she was editorial director at Sky Pony Press. At Da Capo Press and Da Capo Lifelong Books, Sean Maher has been promoted to associate director of marketing and Jillian Farrel moves up to marketing manager. Hilary Pecheone has joined New Leaf […]
Archives for February 2016
Samhain Publishing “Winding Down”
Samhain Publishing announced to authors via email on Friday that the digital publisher is “beginning the process of winding down due to our market share’s continuing decline. We’re approaching the point where we cannot sustain our business.” Christina Brashear adds, “We prefer to go out gracefully and not get to the point where our overhead compromises […]
Apple Must Wait for Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court’s consideration of Apple’s petition to have the high court hear an appeal of the verdict against them in the ebook pricing antitrust case is currently in limbo. As we reported previously, the Supreme Court Conference for which the case was originally scheduled, on Friday, February 19, was cancelled while the late Justice […]
People
Scholastic announced a number of recent promotions and new hires. Monica Palenzuela has joined Scholastic as senior publicist. She was most recently a project manager with Scholastic National Partnerships. Patti Ann Harris has been promoted to creative director for Cartwheel Books, Orchard Books, Readers, Branches and Little Shepherd. Anna Bloom, Becky Shapiro, and Zack Clark […]
Pearson Closing the Book On Difficult 2015; Strong PRH Results Could Ebb In 2016
Pearson reported full-year results for a rough 2015 that are line with their previously-reduced guidance, and their January announcement of plans to cut 4,000 jobs and take restructuring charges of £320 million in 2016. For 2015, sales of £4.468 billion fell by 2 percent (£72 million), and adjusted operating profit of £723m was down by the same […]
DBW Over Three Days, Available Three Ways
Our big Digital Book World event is about a week and a half away, this year covering three full days of programming — March 7 through March 9 — with more options than ever before. You can choose one, two or three days of sessions, depending on what fits your needs: One Day The opening […]