Quarto appointed Walter Nolan as its chief financial officer. Formerly the director of finance at global accounting and advisory network Moore Stephens, he replaces interim cfo Michael Mousley, who had held the role since June 2018, when Carolyn Bresh resigned shortly after the management shakeup that restored Laurence Orbach as chairman. Chloe Aryeh is promoted to marketing manager for the Clarkson Potter, Ten Speed, and Waterbrook gift programs. At Chronicle Books, Victoria Chao has been promoted to project manager. Previously she was studio manager. In the UK, Amanda Harris, publisher of Orion Spring and Seven Dials, is leaving after 14 […]
Archives for July 2019
Remember June: How Did They Pick?
Since we dutifully cover many of the monthly retailer and book club picks, we thought it might be interesting to recap the previous month’s selections as well, and see how they sold. (Of course these statistics are only a partial view, of print sales only; we know from experience that Reese Witherspoon’s picks will overweight significantly for increased digital audio sales thanks to her close commercial partnership with Audible.) Here are June’s picks, listed by approximate sales as tabulated by NPD Bookscan for the past 3 weeks through June 23. (Note: We updated this after the fact with sales results […]
July Picks
Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for July is Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys, and its featured debut is Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had. The rest of the list: Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo The Need, by Helen Phillips Stay and Fight, by Madeline Ffitch Deep River, by Karl Marlantes In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond, by John Zada The Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker The Chain, by Adrian McKinty Drive-Thru Dreams, by Adam Chandler Notable Barnes & Noble fiction picks also include the Whitehead, as well as: Sophia, Princess Among […]
Corporate: Wiley Buys Zyante for $56 Million, Lightning Source Expands, John Oliver On Amazon’s Warehouses
Wiley announced they are acquiring Zyante, a provider of computer science and STEM education courseware, for $56 million in cash. Founded in 2012, Zyante’s zyBooks platform has served over 500,000 students across 500 institutions. The company was expecting sales of $14 million in 2019, which would be a 37% increase over 2018 (or sales of about $10.2 million). Wiley says the new platform “will become an essential component of Wiley’s differentiated digital learning experience” and along with and, when combined with their May acquisition of Knewton “will power lower-cost, higher-impact education across Wiley’s education business.” Separately, the Tennessee governor’s office announced […]