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Archives for March 2017

HarperCollins Launches Anniversary Exhibit at Columbia

March 31, 2017
By Erin Somers

HarperCollins and the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library have announced an exhibition celebrating the publisher’s 200th anniversary. Open now through July 21 in the library’s Kempner Gallery, “Harper & Brothers to HarperCollins Publishers: A Bicentennial Exhibition” highlights continuity and change in the publishing industry. The exhibit includes, among other things, the contract for Herman […]

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People, Etc.

March 31, 2017
By Erin Somers

Ed Spade has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as director of digital sales and strategy. Previously he was senior account manager for content acquisition for Ingram Content Group. At Harper Christian, MacKenzie Howard has been promoted to associate publisher of Tommy Nelson children’s books and Thomas Nelson gift books; Jennifer Gott has been promoted to editorial director […]

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Quarto’s Earnings Suffer From Direct Sales Unit

March 31, 2017
By Michael Cader

Quarto reported sales of $188 million for 2016, up $6 million from the year before, though operating profit fell to just $1.7 million, due to the $14.2 impairment charge related to the Books & Gifts Direct businesses in Australia and New Zealand that are being sold. Operating profit absent that division was $18.6 million, up […]

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People, Etc.

March 30, 2017
By Erin Somers

Olivia Taussig has been promoted to senior publicist at Viking/Penguin. Awards Claudia Rankine has won the 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, a $10,000 award presented by the Library of Congress, for Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf). Nathaniel Mackey won the Bobbitt lifetime achievement prize. Forthcoming Amulet will publish the 12th book in Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series on November […]

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Microsoft’s April 11 Update Will Roll Out eBookstore and In-Browser Reading

March 30, 2017
By Michael Cader

Microsoft formally confirmed that the release of the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11 that will make the Microsoft Edge browser “the default reader for books in Windows Store” for ebooks purchased from the Windows Store. First reported in January, the features have been available only to a group of “Windows Insiders” until now. Microsoft software […]

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People, Etc.

March 29, 2017
By Erin Somers

Sarah Pelz will join Atria as executive editor on April 24, reporting to editor-in-chief Peter Borland. She is currently executive editor at Grand Central Life & Style. At Ingram Content Group, Lisa Tomasello has joined as director of mass merchandisers sales. She previously served as senior national accounts manager for Macmillan. Elenita Chmilowski was promoted to […]

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