Steve Ross has created the Steve Ross Agency, while continuing to discuss a potential ongoing relationship with Abrams Artists, where he was director of the book division since 2010. Rebecca Suss has been promoted to corporate communications associate for Simon & Schuster. At Vintage UK, Rachel Cugnoni is moving up to publisher for the division, and while Beth Coates has been promoted to publishing director for Vintage UK Paperbacks. Stephan Moore has joined Open Road Integrated Media as digital marketing & analytics manager. James Barry has joined as senior manager, email marketing. In Germany, Aufbau Verlag is reorganizing its editorial team for […]
Archives for October 2018
Barnes & Noble Shares Jump As Board Considers Sale
After adamantly denying that the company was interested in a sale, on Wednesday after the close of the market Barnes & Noble reversed itself and announced that the board “has decided to enter into a formal review process to evaluate strategic alternatives for the company.” They say that decision came after “expressions of interest from multiple parties in making an offer to acquire the company, including from the company’s chairman, Leonard Riggio.” The stock jumped by more than 25 percent in early trading on Thursday on the news but has been giving back some ground since, up about $1.10 a share or […]
Barnes & Noble Reiterates Make or Break Pledge to Fix Their Website
Barnes & Noble held its annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday morning, to a warm crowd of 50 or so rapt listeners, with a few hecklers reliably in the mix. (One gentleman guffawed both times CFO Allen Lindstrom said the word “innovation.”) Chairman Len Riggio kicked off the day by reiterating their celebration from early September of being named America’s “most reputable retailer” in the Reputation Institute’s 2018 US Retail RepTrak Rankings, moving ahead of Amazon, which Riggio called a “monumental achievement.” Riggio’s prepared remarks echoed themes from their early September earnings conference call, and he underscored that for the first […]
People: Schrank to Take Over From Rubin At Holt
Holt president and publisher Steve Rubin wrote Wednesday, “It is my great pleasure to announce that I have found my successor. His name is [Razorbill publisher] Ben Schrank and, effective November 1, he will become senior vice president and publisher of Henry Holt, reporting to me.” They will “work hand in hand” for six months and on May 1, Schrank will become president and publisher, reporting to Don Weisberg. Rubin will become chairman, also reporting to Weisberg, “working with specific authors and perhaps even occasionally acquiring projects.” Rubin notes, “I have been doing this job for many moons, both at […]
People, Etc.
At Harper Collins, Catherine Barbosa Ross has been promoted to director, foreign rights, and Maureen Cole has been promoted to director of publicity for the Morrow Group. Hachette UK’s Lucy Hale has been promoted to the newly created role of deputy ceo for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, John Murray Press, and Quercus. Group ceo Jamie Hodder-Williams said, “She has a first-class commercial brain and a forensic knowledge of our markets at home and abroad. Working closely with our authors, she has demonstrated time and again that her peerless vision, her energy, dedication and enthusiasm in delivering campaigns ensures that every book reaches […]
More October Picks, Awards
Picks The October Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak. Target announced Book Club selections for both October and November, choosing Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land and The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel, respectively. The October title for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This is American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee. Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction picks for the month include Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter title Virgil Wander by Leif Enger, as well as: The Clockmaker’s Daughter, by Kate Morton Every Breath, by Nicholas Sparks The Next Person You Meet […]