Hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer wrote to colleagues “to correct some of the misinformation that has been published about me” and “to explain [his[ thinking, the very essence of which is that all of us should think for ourselves.” Much like Simon & Schuster, Mercer had backed Milo Yiannopoulos and then realized that was a mistake: “I supported Milo Yiannopoulos in the hope and expectation that his expression of views contrary to the social mainstream and his spotlighting of the hypocrisy of those who would close down free speech in the name of political correctness would promote the type of open […]
Archives for November 2017
Houghton Results Are Flat, As Trade Division Gains
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reported third quarter results on Thursday morning, with sales just below flat at $532 million (down $1 million) and net income just above flat at $90.5 million (up $500,000). The company announced a modest adjustment to their ongoing “restructuring plan,” now expecting total charges of between $45 million and $49 million, or $4 million higher. The increase is “primarily due to a change in the estimate of office space that the company will be able to vacate along with higher cost of implementation.” The small trade division continues to perform well this year, with third quarter sales […]
December Indie Next List
The ABA named Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God their No. 1 pick for December. The book is also featured in our Buzz Books 2017 Fall/Winter collection available now for download. The rest of the list features: The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty Year One, by Nora Roberts The Story of Arthur Truluv, by Elizabeth Berg Reservoir 13, by Jon McGregor A Hundred Small Lessons, by Ashley Hay Three Daughters of Eve, by Elif Shafak Into the Drowning Deep, by Mira Grant The Whispering Room, by Dean Koontz The Ice House, by Laura Lee Smith They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill […]
People, Etc.
Kristine Puopolo has been promoted to executive editor at Doubleday, and Margo Shickmanter has been promoted to associate editor. At Little, Brown, Alyssa Persons has been promoted to associate publicist; Jennifer Shaffer will join as assistant publicist starting November 6; and Carina Guiterman has been promoted to editor. Adrienne Procaccini has been promoted to senior editor at 47 North and Skyscape. John Sloan, senior executive editor at Zondervan, will retire on December 15 after a 34-year editorial career. At Maria B. Campbell Associates, Rebecca Kuss has joined as co-director of the children’s scouting department. Previously she was a YA reviewer for Booklist. Sarah Kelleher has been promoted […]
Audible Adds Unlimited Romance Subscription
A new Audible Romance offering, promises subscribers “unlimited access to over ten thousand romance audiobooks.” The service is offered as a $6.95 a month add-on to existing Audible and Kindle Unlimited memberships, or is available as a standalone service for $14.95 a month. Audible Romance is available at http://www.audible.com/romanceme. The company is also touting a new Take Me to the Good Part feature that “uses data science and machine learning to allow listeners to go straight to the most sought out and memorable sections of a romance audiobook.” Titles are arranged across 41 micro-categories and 131 story and character tropes. […]
November Bookseller Picks
John Hodgman’s memoir Vacationland is Amazon‘s spotlight pick for November and S.A. Chakraborty’s novel The City of Brass is their featured debut. The rest of the list: Ghosts of the Tsunami, by Richard Lloyd Parry Sticky Fingers, by Joe Hagan The Vanity Fair Diaries, by Tina Brown An American Family, by Khizr Khan Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds Everything is Awful, by Matt Bellassai In the Midst of Winter, Isabel Allende Prairie Fires, by Caroline Fraser Barnes & Noble’s top fiction list for the month recommends Future Home of the Living God, by Louise Erdrich, also excerpted in our Buzz […]