Nicole Counts has been promoted to senior editor at One World, reporting to Christopher Jackson. Kate Hensley has joined Princeton University Press as publicist. She was previously publicist and scholarly books marketing manager at the MIT Press. Iain MacGregor is joining Headline as nonfiction publisher. He was previously publishing director at Simon & Schuster UK. Bookselling Neil […]
Archives for October 2019
HMH Trade Sales Down for Q3, While Company Seeks New Lenders
On the heels of announcing significant layoffs and news of improved sales and billings for the company overall, HMH reported full results for Q3. In its trade, or Books & Media business, both sales and EBITDA were down for the quarter, largely due to $16 million received a year ago from re-licensing some George Orwell […]
Holt and Holtzbrinck Agree Not to Pay Snowden Anything, for A While
Publisher Henry Holt and two German-based Holtzbrinck companies agreed in an order submitted along with the US Attorney General’s office to a Federal Court in Virginia that they would not pay out any proceeds to Edward Snowden or his representatives earned by his book Permanent Record prior to April 1, 2020. (For now that simply […]
Negotiations Between Publishers and Audible Continue
Audible’s attorney reported to the court on Wednesday as promised, telling Judge Valerie Caproni that the publisher plaintiffs “responded yesterday” to Audible’s previous offer “with a counter-proposal, which Audible is now considering.” Once again, attorney Nicole Gueron asks the court to withhold ruling on the motions for a preliminary injunction (or a dismissal) pending the […]
Quad Will Exit the Book Printing Business, As Stock Plunges On Poor Results
The big news in Quad’s third quarter earnings release was ceo Joel Quadracci’s announcement: “We have made the strategic decision to divest our book business.” Having cancelled their planned merger with the leading book printer LSC Communications, Quad has apparently chosen not to engage in what the Department of Justice had called their “intense rivalry.” […]
People, Etc.
Flatiron Books editorial director Noah Eaker will join Harper on December 2 as vp, executive editor, reporting to Doug Jones. Tim O’Connell has been named senior editor at Knopf, after 14 years at Vintage/Anchor. Jim Hanas has been promoted to senior director of digital sales and marketing at Harper Collins, taking on oversight of the […]