Last week on May 23, author Naomi Wolf learned in a live BBC radio interview that her new book Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love (6/18, HMH) contains errors based on her misunderstanding of the 19th century legal term “death recorded.” Some of Wolf’s book is premised on the idea that “several dozen” men in England were executed for having sex with other men in the 19th century, weighing on many Victorian poets, such as John Addington Symonds. But interviewer Matthew Sweet explained to Wolf that the term “allowed judges to abstain from pronouncing a sentence of death on […]
Archives for May 2019
People, Etc.: Remembering Bernstein, and More
Georgia Bodnar has been promoted to editor at Viking. Amy Sun has been promoted to associate editor at Viking. Jeramie Orton has been promoted to associate editor at Pamela Dorman Books. John Glynn has been promoted to senior editor at Hanover Square Press. At Random House Children’s, in the marketing department, Elizabeth Ward has been promoted to director, digital strategy; Alison Folino to executive managing producer; Kristin Schulz to senior marketing manager; Jules Kelly to marketing manager; and Michael Caiati to senior marketing designer. In the art department, Xiomara Nieves and Melanie Bermudez both become senior designer. At Harper Children’s, […]
People, Etc.
At Simon & Schuster, in the marketing and publicity department, senior director of the copy team Maria Tahim will relocate to Germany for the next two years, where she will telecommute part-time from Heidelberg. Rachel Behr has been promoted to senior copywriter starting June 3. Mary Mudd will join as children’s copywriter, starting June 10. She previously worked at Disney/Hyperion. Janice Potter is retiring from her role as senior contracts director on May 31. James Horobin will join Wellbeck Publishing as group sales, marketing and publicity director near the end of 2019. He was previously with Zaffre. Cheryl Lew has joined Holiday House […]
The Young Adult Fall/Winter 2019 Publishing Preview
To help you sift through the many thousands of planned spring and summer titles, we’ve selected what we think are among the most noteworthy literary, commercial, and breakout titles for adults, separated into four key categories. You’ll be able to sample many of the highlighted titles right now in Buzz Books 2019: Young Adult Fall/Winter; they are noted with an asterisk. And please remember: because we prepare this preview many months in advance, titles, content, and publication dates are all subject to change. FICTION Zoe Aarsen, Cold as Marble (Simon Pulse, 10/8) Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Henry […]
Quarto Had A Plan to Raise Needed $30 Million, But Rebellion Sparked Last Year’s Changes
An interview with Quarto’s non-executive chairman Andy Cumming removes some of the mystery around the company’s bizarre governance and management changes in 2018. It was clear before last May’s fateful May annual meeting that their debt load of $64 million was unsustainable, with the company saying in March, “The group is therefore looking at all options to strengthen the balance sheet and will keep all stakeholders updated with its progress.” The solution, former ceo Marcus Leaver now says, was selling additional shares to raise capital — which would have diluted existing shareholders, and that sparked founder and former leader Laurence […]
Endeavor Files for IPO
Endeavor Group, the sprawling entertainment and representation conglomerate that is the parent of William Morris Endeavor, filed documents with the SEC for a public offering of shares. They intend to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EDR, and the proposition is perhaps more reminiscent of a tech IPO than a regular offering. The company has grown quickly through a series of acquisitions, and is losing money at a good clip — with losses from continuing operations before taxes over the past three years of about $793 million. They carry debt of more than $4.6 billion and […]