Penguin Random House has acquired UK children’s publisher and packager Little Tiger Group, with the deal to close on April 1. CEO and cofounder of Little Tiger Group Monty Bhatia will report to Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s, who “initiated and led the acquisition.” Little Tiger will be run as a standalone company, “aligned closely” with RH Children’s and will maintain its five imprints, led by publishers Jude Evans and Thomas Truong. Little Tiger will also “continue its business of selling its books directly to a variety of publishers and select retailers and distributors.” PRH has […]
Archives for March 2019
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T.S. Ferguson, has joined Jimmy Patterson as editor. He was previously editor with Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press. Olivia Peluso has joined The Experiment as associate editor. She was previously editorial assistant at Portfolio/Sentinel. At Sourcebooks, Ashlyn Keil has been promoted to marketing associate, children’s and YA. Katie Stutz has been promoted to author relations associate. Brittany Russell has been promoted to PR specialist at Amazon Publishing. Tess Callero has joined Europa Content as agent. She was previously with Curtis Brown. Film/TV At the Apple TV+ event on Monday, Oprah Winfrey announced that one of her projects for streaming service would be […]
Obama Helps PRH Results As Dohle Looks to Future Growth
Bertelsmann reported full year 2018 results on Tuesday morning in Germany, with sales at Penguin Random House of €3.424 billion. Last year’s sales were €3.359, but because of the change in revenue recognition — specifically for some ebook sales — direct comparisons of sales numbers to previous years are no longer possible and will carry asterisks. (Also, per our style, from here forward, we will refer to the PRH reporting division, which includes the separate Random House Germany, as PRH+, and will use PRH for just the Penguin Random House joint venture.) At PRH on its own, sales were €3.134 billion*, […]
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At Bloomsbury, Laura Keefe has been promoted to senior director, marketing and publicity, adult trade; Tara Kennedy to publicity director; and Ellen Whitaker to marketing associate reporting to Nicole Jarvis. Erica Barmash has been promoted to senior director, marketing and publicity, children’s trade. Mat Nichols has been named associate director of sales at Bloomsbury Academic, reporting to Liza Murphy. Claire Draper has joined the Bent Agency as an agent. She was previously an assistant at Inkwell Management. Booksellers The NYT looked at Mitchell Kaplan‘s role in “putting literary Miami on the map,” saying he “is celebrated as the man who […]
Legal: Netflix Claims Fair Use In Arguing for Dismissal of Chooseco Suit, and More Updates
Netflix replied to Chooseco’s lawsuit from early January alleging that the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch infringed on the Choose Your Own Adventure trademark. The streaming service says that Chooseco’s argued infringements are minor in of and themselves, not “anywhere near sufficient to state a claim,” and therefore should be dismissed. Netflix argues that Bandersnatch “explores the Choose Your Own Adventure idea,” which makes it “descriptive fair use,” and at the same time suggest it might be satire and/or commentary as well, which would be protected. “One of Bandersnatch’s clear purposes is to comment on, and darkly satirize, the familiar […]
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Ken Holland, vp, director, field sales, will be retire from Macmillan on May 14, after 22 years at the company. Holland joined Macmillan in 1997 as national sales manager. Jenn Gonzalez, evp, trade sales, said, “Beloved by booksellers and the field alike, Ken is well known for being a fierce champion of the independent channel. He has tirelessly traveled across the country to visit accounts and reps, building relationships and selling strategies that have allowed Macmillan to remain competitive. A discerning and enthusiastic reader, he could always be relied on for insight into the books that would work best in […]