Taylor & Francis has hired Annie Callanan to take over as ceo, succeeding Roger Horton. Most recently ceo of healthcare company Quantros, Callanan had been ceo at Bowker and chief operating officer at ProQuest. Shigenori Hamaguchi has joined HarperCollins Japan in the new position of publishing director, reporting to Frank Foley. Most recently, he was editor-in-chief for Elle Decor Japan. Kristi Smith has been promoted to director of marketing for Thomas Nelson’s W Publishing Group. Carol Burrell has joined Workman Children’s as senior editor. Most recently, she was a freelancer, with prior experience as the editorial director for Graphic Universe, the […]
Archives for July 2017
Jackson Tops August Indie Next List
The ABA named Joshilyn Jackson’s The Almost Sisters as the No. 1 Indie Next pick for August. The rest of the list, which includes 4 titles from our Buzz Books, features: The Readymade Thief, by Augustus Rose If the Creek Don’t Rise, by Leah Weiss The Dark Net, by Benjamin Percy The Library of Light and Shadow, by M.J. Rose Girl in Snow, by Danya Kukafka Mrs. Fletcher, by Tom Perrotta Fierce Kingdom, by Gin Phillips* See What I Have Done, by Sarah Schmidt* The Half-Drowned King, by Linnea Hartsuyker* The Bedlam Stacks, by Natasha Pulley Sons and Soldiers, by Bruce Henderson The […]
Quarto Falls on Profit Warning, and China Literature Heads for IPO
Ahead of reporting results for the first half of 2017, Quarto Group warned that its earnings guidance “for 2017 and beyond has been set too high.” That’s due to both “a lower-than expected trading performance in the year to date” during “the ongoing soft retail environment” as well as an accounting adjustment from the previous year. With their publishing program weighted towards the fall, they still expect “to perform significantly better in the second half.” The wording sounds mild, but the stock market reacted strongly: Quarto’s have fallen over 25 percent since the announcement. Additionally, Brian Porritt has been appointed interim […]
People, Bookselling, Etc.
Benjamin Steinberg will join Dey Street Books in the newly created role of associate publisher. Previously, he was director of partnerships and imprint consumer marketing for Knopf Doubleday. Gayley Avery has joined Bonnier Publishing USA as director of marketing and publicity for Little Bee Books and Weldon Owen. Previously, she was marketing director for Scholastic. The NYT looks at “qualms and questions” over the release of Curtis Dawkins‘ debut collection The Graybar Hotel from Scribner this week. An MFA grad of Western Michigan University, Dawkins is serving a life sentence without parole for murder. (His low-six-figure advance goes into an education fund for his children.) Director […]
PRH Closes Ediciones B Purchase, Ingram Buys NBN’s UK Distribution
Penguin Random House formally completed their acquisition of Ediciones B’s imprints from Grupo Zeta (reportedly for 40 million euros), and those lines become part of Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial. (An investment group indicates that Ediciones B had sales of approximately 13 million euros in 2015.) Director-general of Ediciones B, B. Román de Vicente will report to CEO of PRH Grupo Editorial Núria Cabutí Brull. Juan Díaz will be publishing manager of Ediciones B, and will oversee the work of the team headed by literary director Berta Noy. Pilar Reyes, who is responsible for Alfaguara, Taurus and Debate, will take on […]
Ed Victor Agency Is Sold to Curtis Brown UK
Curtis Brown UK has acquired Ed Victor Ltd from his widow Carol Victor and the other shareholders. Carol Victor says in the announcement, “We are very pleased that Curtis Brown will assume the care of our distinguished clients and continue the work of servicing their back lists and looking after their future interests. I discussed this eventuality with Ed and it was his advice to turn to Curtis Brown, the oldest and most highly respected of agencies and the one he had chosen for himself, when he wrote his own book.” Curtis Brown UK joint ceo Jonny Geller says: “I […]