Len Wiggins moves over to Penguin Random House Audio as of July 22 in the new position of vp, audio finance and strategy, reporting to Susan Livingston, svp, strategic business planning. Wiggins was previously senior director, finance and analysis, Penguin Random House. At Vintage Anchor, Angie Venezia has been promoted to associate director of publicity and Julie Ertl to publicity manager, both reporting to Russell Perreault, vp/executive director of publicity and social media. Melissa Esner has been promoted to associate marketing director for Crown and Hogarth; Katie Tull to assistant marketing manager for Random House, Dial, Modern Library, and One […]
Archives for June 2019
Barnes & Noble Education Has Weak Finish to Another Poor Year
If you want to feel better about the Barnes & Noble retail stores, look no further than the consistent underperformance of Barnes & Noble Education — which was always supposed to be the growth side of the business, except that it keeps declining. Fourth quarter sales were below even the reduced guidance from March: Revenue of $334.4 million decreased $23 million, or 6.5 percent compared, compared to a year ago. They had a net loss of $(46.2) million in the quarter — driven by a non-cash loss of $(57.8) million, primarily due to goodwill impairment on their retail and wholesale […]
People, Etc.
Digital director and publisher at Bloomsbury Publishing Stephanie Duncan leaves the company this week: “I’ve loved working at Bloomsbury, it’s been challenging, fun and great to work with such brilliant colleagues, authors and books. After over twenty years here, it’s time for me to do something new, somewhere new.” She oversaw the first official Harry Potter website, Bloomsbury’s global ebook operations and the digital-first imprint Bloomsbury Reader. She can be reached at stephanie@duncan.uk.com Arcadia Publishing has hired Shane Hennigan as sales specialist; and Ashley Hill and Hayley Behal as production editors for History Press. Katelyn Jenkins returns to Arcadia as acquisitions […]
Apple Books’ Best So Far
Apple Books chose 16 books as their best of the year so far. Titles that overlap with Amazon’s list include: City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (Amazon’s top pick); The River by Peter Heller; Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene; Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe; and Underland by Robert Macfarlane. The rest of the picks feature: Normal People, By Sally Rooney The Paris Diversion, by Chris Pavone Black Leopard, Red Wolf, by Marlon James The Friend Zone, by Abby Jimenez Blood Relations, by Jonathan Moore Patsy, by Nicole Dennis-Benn The Light Years, by Chris Rush Tinsel, by Devney Perry The […]
Jenna Bush’s Today Picks Have Some Power
EW probably goes overboard in declaring Jenna Bush Hager as “demonstrating an individual power not seen since Oprah’s glory days” in her monthly book picks on The Today Show, starting in March. But her selections do have noticeable impact, and provide a clear sales lift. Her inaugural pick was her strongest, however; according to NPD Bookscan, here is how Jenna’s picks have sold in the four weeks of her selection: March: The Last Romantics, Tara Conklin (22,950 copies) April: The Unwinding of the Miracle, Julie Yip-Williams (7,800 copies) May: A Woman Is No Man, Etaf Rum (10,750 copies) June: Searching […]
People, Etc.
Vicki Lame has been promoted to senior editor at St. Martin’s and Wednesday Books. At Delacorte, Kelsey Horton has been promoted to editor; Monica Jean and Audrey Ingerson to associate editor; and Alexandra Hightower to assistant editor. At Random House Children’s, Stacey Sundar has joined as creative services administrator. She previously worked freelance for Clarkson Potter. Joshua Redlich has been promoted senior publicist, while Sydney Tillman has been promoted to publicist. Emi Ikkanda will join Seal Press as senior editor on July 1. Most recently, she was senior editor at Spiegel & Grau. Ben Willis will join Bonnier Books UK […]