At Portfolio/Sentinel/Current, Will Weisser has been promoted to deputy publisher, in addition to his existing duties as vp, marketing director. In addition, Niki Papadopoulos has been promoted to executive editor. Springer Nature has promoted Steven Inchcoombe to the new role of chief publishing officer, and he will join the company’s board. He was managing director, Nature Research Group. At Hachette Audio, Kim Sayle has been promoted to associate publisher, operations, while Mitch Kelly moves up to assistant manager, marketing and operations. At Fodor’s Travel, Siobhan O’Hare has been appointed to the newly created position of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Amanda D’Acierno. O’Hare will […]
Archives for March 2016
Penguin Random House Sales Rise On Currency Boost
Bertelsmann reported 2015 sales on Tuesday morning, with headline results for Penguin Random House showing sales of €3.717 billion — up 393 million — and operating ebitda of €557 million, up €105 million. (Note that we mentioned throughout 2015 that the rising dollar alone could lift PRH’s sales by €350 million to €400 million or more, which was pretty much on target.) Traditionally most of the trade reporting you’ll read on the PRH results comes from the earnings press release, but we turn to the company’s 140-page annual report for more granular detail on the book publisher’s performance. Sales at […]
Trade Sales Continued Gains In November, With eBook Sales Still Falling
The AAP reported sales for November 2015 as tabulated by their pool of approximately 1,200 publishers. While the October report was more or less flat, November was in keeping with sales gains seen in September. Trade sales for the month of $674 million were up $56 million, or 9 percent, from November 2014. Adult sales of $481 million were up $42 million with gains in hardcovers, digital audio, and trade paperbacks in particular (up 31.4 percent from a year ago) weighed down by losses in mass market and ebooks. Those adult ebook sales of $88.8 million were down $15.6 million — […]
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At Random House Children’s, Diane Landolf has been promoted to senior editor, Random House for Young Readers & Golden Books. Annie Berger has joined Sourcebooks Jabberwocky and Fire as editor. Previously she was associate editor at Harper Children’s. In addition, Caitlin Lawler has joined as sales coordinator. Previously she was site content editor at Prime Publishing. At Chronicle Books, Eliz Fink has been promoted to compliance manager, and Elke Olson moves up to senior project and business process manager. Linda Kaplan will represent foreign rights for Portland, OR-based publisher Forest Avenue Press. James Marcus has been promoted to editor at […]
James Patterson’s BookShots for “People Who Don’t Have Time to Read”
James Patterson announced his newest project, BookShots, a line of books 150 pages or less that will be published by longtime publisher Little, Brown and sold for under $5 each, available in print, digital and audio formats. The NYT reports BookShots “would be aimed at readers who might not want to invest their time in a 300- or 400-page novel” and “might even appeal to people who do not normally read at all.” Little, Brown plans 21 Bookshots for 2016, starting in June with Patterson’s Cross Kill, Zoo II, written by Patterson and Max DiLallo, and Chase, co-written with Michael Ledwidge. Additional […]
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Former BEA show director Steve Rosato has joined OverDrive as an international business development executive, working on their global expansion. Rosato says in the announcement, “OverDrive’s significant growth, specifically internationally, aligns perfectly with my industry experience and relationships. It was the chance to work across a number of global markets, continue in the publishing industry, and contribute to the growth that OverDrive is already experiencing, that made this an ideal situation for me.” Still more promotions at Hachette Book Group: Torrey Oberfest is now vp of corporate strategy; Elise Solomon is senior counsel and director of litigation; Rekha Ramani moves up to deputy general counsel; Meghan Tillett is senior manager of contracts […]