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Archives for April 2017

People, Etc.

April 28, 2017
By Erin Somers

At Amazon Publishing, Katie Finch has been named director of strategic programs. Tilo Eckardt will return to Random House Germany to take charge of Heyne’s hardcover and paperback fiction list, reporting to Ulrich Genzler. He has spent the last four year as an agent with Mohrbooks, and was previously editor-in-chief of Heyne’s hardcover imprints. At […]

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Amazon Gains In First Quarter, Changes Revenue Reporting Lines

April 27, 2017
By Michael Cader

Amazon reported first quarter sales on Thursday afternoon, with net revenues rising 23 percent to $35.7 billion in the first quarter, compared with $29.1 billion in 2016. Operating income was down modestly at $1.05 billion, but net income rose to $724 million — compared to $513 million a year ago, because of lower income taxes. As usual, AWS (Amazon Web […]

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People, Etc.

April 27, 2017
By Erin Somers

Sarah Hochman, editor-in-chief of Blue Rider Press and Plume, has decided to leave the publisher, as of May 10. She has been at Blue Rider since its founding in 2011. Andrea Fleck-Nisbet joined Ingram Content Group as director of content acquisition sales, reporting to Kelly Gallagher and based in New York. Previously, she was executive director of digital […]

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Barnes & Noble Promotes Parneros to CEO

April 27, 2017
By Michael Cader

Barnes & Noble is promoting chief operating officer Demos Parneros to ceo, with Len Riggio remaining as chairman of the board. In their awkward way the company said as much in March, when Riggio didn’t have any good answers to the state of the ceo search — if there really was a search at all […]

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People, Etc.

April 26, 2017
By Erin Somers

Rich Thomas will join HarperCollins Children’s as vice president and publishing director, reporting to Kate Jackson. He was most recently associate publisher and editorial director for Disney Publishing Worldwide. At HarperCollins Children’s, he will lead the Festival, I Can Read, and licensing programs. Jane Starr Literary Scouts has been appointed US scout for Vigmostad & Bjoerke in […]

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People, Etc.

April 25, 2017
By Erin Somers

The “driving force” behind Scotland’s Freight Books, co-founder and director Adrian Searle, has left the company. He said: “Following differences over strategic direction, and after six years as publisher at Freight Books, and eight years as a director of Freight Design, with much regret I have decided to leave the business I own jointly and resign […]

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