Laura Brown has joined Park Row Books as editor, moving over from the Harper imprint. Opening Sales THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING by Bill Clinton and James Patterson sold approximately 152,000 hardcovers in the first week on sale, as tracked by Bookscan through the outlets they monitor. The co-publishers trumpet it as the best first week sale for a work of adult hardcover fiction since two years ago. Hachette Book Group ceo Michael Pietsch says in the release, “By any measure, this was a terrific opening week of sales, one that exceeded even our own optimistic projections.” Knopf Doubleday chairman Sonny […]
Archives for June 2018
Eight Book Exchange Employees Quit Over Sexual Harassment Claims
Eight employees of Book Exchange in Missoula, Montana have quit after multiple alleged sexual harassment incidents involving Nabil Haddad, the husband of the store’s owner. Two of the employees, Miranda Keenan and Melanie Sourbeer, told the Missoula Independent about incidents in 2014 and 2016, in which Haddad touched them inappropriately. Another former employee, Sunshine Tucker, says Haddad followed her around the store taking photos of her without her consent. A meeting between manager Stephen Torrez and owner Rebecca Haddad — which addressed store schedules and the computerized inventory system, but in which he also raised concerns about sexual harassment procedures — […]
Foreign Exchange Helps Wiley to Good Fourth Quarter
Wiley reported a good finish to their year, ending April 30, with fourth quarters sales of $477 million (up $25 million from last year), and operating income of $74.8 million (up $11.4 million). For the full year, sales of $1.796 billion were up $77.6 million from last year, with operating income of $239.5 million, up $33.3 million from last year. Foreign exchange — primarily weakness in the British pound — had a discernible impact on the results. Foreign exchange added approximately $21 million in sales and $6 million in operating income in the fourth quarter, and it accounted for approximately $60 million in sales and […]
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Dan Vidra has joined HarperCollins as associate director on the international sales team, managing US division sales in the open market. He replaces Alison Smith, who took over closed market sales. Vidra had a long career in international book sales, and worked for txtr and its various successor companies for the past six years. Julia Kardon has joined Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency as an agent, where she will focus on literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. She was previously an agent at Mary Evans. William LoTurco has launched LoTurco Literary, a literary agency focused on nonfiction. He was previously an agent at Aevitas Creative […]
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At JKS Communications, Sara Wigal has been promoted to senior manager; Angelle Barbazon move ups to lead publicist; and Max Lopez become new author ambassador. Hannah Robertson joins as junior publicist. Leila Siddiqui has been promoted to assistant marketing manager at Dutton. As part of the Queen’s annual birthday honors, knighthoods were given to Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro and historian Simon Schama, while Mary Beard was awarded a damehood “for services to the study of classical civilisations.” Anne Tyler’s new novel Clock Dance has been chosen as Barnes & Noble’s second selection for its Book Club.
Moshfegh’s My Year Of Rest And Relaxation Tops July Indie Next List
The ABA named Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation as its No. 1 pick for July. Also on the list are Beatriz Williams’ The Summer Wives, James A. McLaughlin’s Bearskin, and Ann Mah’s The Lost Vintage, and you can read an excerpt of all four titles in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler, available for download now. The rest of the list: Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai Clock Dance, by Anne Tyler The Cabin at the End of the World, by Paul Tremblay The Secrets Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar Bring Me Back, by […]