Rachel Chou will join Celadon Books as associate publisher, leading the publicity and marketing team, starting January 17. Most recently she had been general manager/chief content officer for Open Road Integrated Media, where she as part of the founding executive team. Beth Ineson will take over as executive director of the New England Independent Booksellers Association, as Steve Fischer retires. Most recently she was executive director, retail book sales, marketing and operations at America’s Test Kitchen. Jennifer Myers joined Crooked Lane as a production editor. She was previously an associate production editor at Berkley. At the Transatlantic Agency, Stephanie Sinclair has been […]
Archives for January 2018
People, Etc.
At Folio Literary management, both Emily van Beek and Steve Troha have been made partners, joining Claudia Cross, Scott Hoffman and Jeff Kleinman. At Workman, Traci Todd will join as director of children’s publishing, and Sara Corbett will become the new art director of children’s publishing, both starting January 29. Todd was most recently editorial director of Appleseed and Abrams’ children’s licensed publishing. Corbett was most recently associate art director for Penguin Workshop. They take over following the great and terrible departure of Daniel Nayeri, Nathalie Le Du, and Colleen AF Venable in October to start a new imprint at Macmillan Children’s. At Sourcebooks, Valerie Pierce […]
Holt Says Fire and Fury Set First Week Sales Record
Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY “set a new record” for Henry Holt since it went on sale on January 5 “with a historic rate of sales velocity,” the publisher said late Thursday in an official update regarding books in print. The title is in its eleventh printing and they “will have shipped” 700,000 copies to date. Additional reprints still on order for another 700,000 copies will bring them to a total of 1.4 million hardcovers in print once those orders have been completed. Holt promises that “a significant number of books will be arriving in stores by the end of the […]
More Sales Info on Fire and Fury
Putting exact parameters on sales to date of FIRE AND FURY remains a moving target. In the latest updates, Macmillan ceo John Sargent indicated to the AP that ebook sales are over 250,000 units (and stays with the previous indication that the digital audio has sold over 100,000 units). The WSJ reports that Sargent “confirmed that a million copies had been sold by the close of business on Monday, including e-books, audiobooks and hardcover editions that have been sold or are on order from consumers.” That would mean something on the order of 650,000 hardcovers sold through or backordered by […]
Hannah’s The Great Alone Tops February Library Reads List
Kristin Hannah’s novel The Great Alone is the top pick for February’s Library Reads List. The rest of the list comprises: An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones The French Girl, by Lexie Elliott Force of Nature, by Jane Harper Surprise Me, by Sophie Kinsella Tarnished City, by Vic James As Bright As Heaven, by Susan Meissner How to Stop Time, by Matt Haig Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, by Sue Halpern Educated, by Tara Westover
A Different Fury: Trump Inspires Free Speech Defenders
President Trump gave a big boost to nonprofits that safeguard freedom of the press yesterday by once again threatening his idea of free speech and libel, which also serves as a tacit admission that last week’s cease and desist letter from his personal attorney to publisher Henry Holt was an intimidation tactic he knows is not supported by law. Trump’s remarks said: “We are going to take a strong look at our country’s libel laws. So that when somebody says something is false and defamatory about someone, that person will have meaningful recourse in our courts. If somebody says something […]