As noted before, if Digital Book World is on your calendar for next month (March 7 – 9, at the Hilton in NYC), make sure to lock in your tickets today before the last main price break expires tonight. Use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices. With our biggest “Day Zero” line-up yet, the value-packed Total Access Pass gets you three full days of programming — starting with your choice of the always-rich Launch Kids (the country’s leading show just for children’s publishers, now author keynoter Jenny Han); the brand-new Mostly Marketing Masterclasses, […]
Archives for February 2016
Bloomsbury UK Withdraws Book On Church of England — To Little Notice
Last week, Bloomsbury UK recalled all review copies and withdrew from a planned February 11 publication That Was The Church That Was: How the Church of England Lost the English People, by Andrew Brown and Linda Woodhead. Part of what’s remarkable is how little press coverage the unusual move drew. We first read about it through the Religion News Service, posting via the Washington Post. The primary article ran in Britain’s Spectator. A note to reviewers indicated that, “Following the receipt of a legal complaint, Bloomsbury are recalling all review copies of this book and ask you to immediately return the […]
From Headlines to Expert Sessions: Lock In The Early DBW Prices
As we have noting, your best chance to save money on the upcoming Digital Book World in NYC (March 7 – 9) expires on Monday — and please use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices. Conference chair Mike Shatzkin explains how recent headline-making stories tie directly in to featured speakers and sessions in a blog post, and Launch Kids chair Lorraine Shanley covers some of the highlights of our fifth annual full-day children’s publishing conference. And Total Access Pass buyers will get to choose from among our biggest “Day Zero” […]
People, Etc.
At Random House, Andrea Walker and Noah Eaker have both been promoted to executive editor; Caitlin McKenna and Kaela Myers have both been promoted to editor; and Mika Kasuga and Molly Turpin have both been promoted to associate editor. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Sarah Murphy and Anne Speyer have both been promoted to associate editor, and Julia Maguire has been promoted to assistant editor. Gwyneth Stansfield joins Blue Rider Press/Plume as publicity manager on February 8. She was most recently publicity manager at Regan Arts and prior to that worked at Scribner. In addition, Molly Pieper has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Carolyn Pittis has rejoined Welman Digital, a management consulting firm working […]
Another Decline in Sales and Profits for Harper in Second Quarter
HarperCollins reported sales for their fiscal second quarter, ending December 31. Total revenues declined $23 million, or 5 percent to $446 million for the quarter, while EBITDA dropped 26 percent to $57 million (compared to $77 million a year ago). The company blamed “lower e-book sales, negative foreign currency fluctuations and lower revenues from the Divergent series” for the declines. Digital sales comprised 16 percent of consumer revenues for the quarter, compared to 17 percent at this time a year ago. Harper said that the release of Ree Drummond’s THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS: DINNERTIME did boost general books sales, but this marks their fifth straight […]
People, Etc.
At Ingram Content Group, chief information officer Pep Carrera will change roles and become chief operating officer at their VitalSource Technologies unit, relocating to Raleigh, NC. In turn, VitalSource coo Kent Freeman will take on the newly-created role of chief strategy and development officer, “supporting Ingram’s continued transformation and leading the delivery, management and incubation of Ingram’s future successful strategic partnerships and products.” At Penguin Young Readers’ sales department, Cristi Navarro has been promoted to director of national accounts. Kevin Cotter has joined Anonymous Content as director of literary affairs. Previously he worked in a similar role at Floren Shieh Productions. […]