Rex Ogle has joined Aevitas Creative Management as director of book packaging & story development. He was previously editor at DC Comics, Scholastic, and senior editor at Little Brown Children’s. Ruby Rose Lee has been promoted to assistant editor at Henry Holt. Awards The Kirkus Prize winners were announced, in three categories: Ling Ma’s Severance won for fiction; Rebecca Solnit’s Call Them by Their True Names won for nonfiction; and Derrick Barnes’ Crown won for children’s literature. Actor Nick Offerman will host the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 14. In the UK, the winners of the CWA Dagger Awards were announced in nine categories: the […]
Archives for October 2018
Better Profits, Stock Drop at Amazon
Amazon reported third quarter results on Thursday afternoon, with much better than expected net income of $2.88 billion, on sales of $55.6 billion (up 20 percent). But the stock is down on the news — albeit after rising 7 percent during the day on Thursday — declining 8.5 percent or about $150 a share in the first hour of trading on Friday. The reason is that investors didn’t like the forecast sales growth for the big fourth quarter of only 10 to 20 percent (with operating income expected to be anywhere from flat, at $2.1 billion, up to $3.6 billion. […]
Parneros v. B&N Expects October 2019 Trial
Barnes & Noble filed a letter with District Court Judge John Koeltl on October 24 regarding the defamation and breach of contract suit filed by former ceo Demos Parneros, outlining a schedule that kicks off initial discovery on November 29, 2018. They intend to finish regular discovery on June 14, 2019, “because the parties anticipate that there will be significant non-party discovery, including discovery from entities and individuals referenced in the Complaint.” The letter states that both parties will be “ready for a non-jury trial on or after October 23, 2019,” with an estimated trial time of five to seven […]
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Hai-Yen Mura has expanded her role to associate publisher, Amazon Publishing US. At Tom Doherty Associates, Rebecca Yeager has been promoted to advertising and promotions manager; Sara Di Blasi to marketing assistant, Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing; and Renata Sweeney to digital marketing manager, Tor, Forge Books, Tor Teen, Starscape. Anthony Parisi joins as associate director Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing (he was formerly senior marketing manager at Simon & Schuster). Isa Caban is marketing manager, Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing (formerly YA associate marketing manager at Scholastic). Bonnie Rice has been promoted to associate publicist […]
People: Szczerban to Run New Illustrated Imprint
Little, Brown announced that it would create a new imprint for illustrated books, with Michael Szczerban promoted to editorial director of the new line. Launching in fall 2019, the imprint “will grow to publish 20 to 25 titles a year.” Associate editor Nicky Guerreiro will move over to the imprint, and new hires will include a dedicated marketer. Publisher Reagan Arthur says in the announcement, “The mission of the new imprint is to publish distinctive, bestselling illustrated books of the highest quality that entertain, inform, and inspire—while expanding the possibilities of visually-driven nonfiction and connecting readers to their passions. “The authors and […]
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Adam Guerriero has joined Hachette Book Group as vice president, pricing. He was most recently director of pricing analytics at Macy’s. Rosie Mahorter and Abigail Novak have both been promoted to senior publicist at Scribner. Sydney Morris has been promoted to associate publicist at Touchstone. Katie Quinn has joined Macmillan Children’s as marketing manager. Previously, she was publicist at Penguin Children’s. Stephanie Levasseur has joined Sourcebooks as sales account manager. She was most recently sales account representative at ReaderLink. Jessica Dartnell has joined Holiday House as a sales coordinator. She was previously client relations assistant at Ingram Content Group. Forthcoming Knopf will […]