Barnes & Noble vp of stores Carl Hauch, one of three members comprising the office of the chief executive that was formed after Demos Parneros was fired, is leaving the bookseller on January 18. He is taking a position as ceo of “a major retail food group.” Hauch was hired by Parneros in June 2017. At Portfolio/Sentinel, Alie Coolidge has promoted to senior publicist and Helen Healey to assistant editor. Lizzy Mason has joined Page Street Publishing as director of marketing and publicity for children’s and YA titles. She was previously director of publicity for Bloomsbury Children’s. At Crooked Lane […]
Archives for January 2019
People, Etc.: Mavjee to Macmillan
Former Crown Publishing Group president and publisher Maya Mavjee will join Macmillan on March 1 in the new role of president, publishing strategy, reporting to ceo John Sargent. Mavjee will work closely with Sargent, coo Andrew Weber (formerly of Random House), and president of Macmillan US Don Weisberg (formerly of Random House and Penguin Children’s) on “all aspects of publishing across the company, with a focus on publishing strategy and the overall growth and development of its programs.” Sargent says in the announcement, “Maya brings a wealth of experience to this new role and will have a broad mandate. She […]
Michaelides’ The Silent Patient Tops February Library Reads
Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient is the top pick for February’s Library Reads (an excerpt is available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter collection). The rest of the list: The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, by Anissa Gray Daughter of Moloka’i, by Alan Brennert Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts The Girls at 17 Swann Street, by Yara Zgheib Good Riddance, by Elinor Lipman The Huntress, by Kate Quinn Kid Gloves, by Lucy Knisley The Last Romantics, by Tara Conklin The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon The Lost Man, by Jane Harper I Owe You One, […]
Ingram Entertainment Buys Baker & Taylor Entertainment
Ingram purchased “certain assets” from Baker & Taylor in a deal that closed January 11 — but the buyer was Ingram Entertainment, the video and home entertainment distributor, not Ingram Content Group, and they acquired B&T’s entertainment products distribution division (including “retail customer agreements for the purchase of video and audio music products”). Reportedly, the Federal Trade Commission had been conducting a “preliminary nonpublic investigation” into booksellers’ use of major wholesalers in what some suggested was anticipation of potential acquisition by Ingram Content Group of Baker & Taylor’s book wholesaling business. But Baker & Taylor president David Cully underscores in the press […]
Donegan Asks For Stay of Discovery, Dismissal of Defamation Suit
“S—-y Media Men” list creator Moira Donegan’s legal team filed a letter with Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, arguing for motions to dismiss Stephen Elliott’s defamation lawsuit and to stay discovery until the judge rules on the motion, citing “the extraordinary weakness of [Elliott’s] allegations.” In a four-page letter, counsel Roberta A. Kaplan argues that Elliott’s self-promotional actions — as a writer and producer promoting his works at ‘publicity events,’ ‘interviews,’ and ‘panels’ — establish him as a public figure, who must therefore prove that Donegan acted “grossly irresponsibly” or “with actual malice” in publishing the claims against him, and that […]
People, Etc.
Theresa Park and Celeste Fine have joined together to form a new literary agency, Park & Fine Literary and Media, combining the existing Park Literary & Media with Fine’s roster of clients and a number of her colleagues from Sterling Lord. They will jointly run the agency as co-founders and partners. Coming over with Fine, who was vice president at Sterling Lord and worked there for seven years, are John Maas (who is executive director, editorial development and strategy), Sarah Passick (as executive director, new business and relationships), and agents Jaidree Braddix and Anna Petkovich. Anna Michels has been promoted to editorial […]