It turns out Judge Valerie Caproni really meant it when she told Audible and the litigating publishers that the only redaction of their settlement agreement she was inclined to allow was the settlement amount(s). In her new order, filed February 27 after reviewing the proposed redactions, Caproni gave the parties until March 4 to make one of two choices: either “(1) redact only the settlement amount(s) and file the redacted agreement on the public docket, in which case the Court will approve the parties’ proposed injunction order and retain enforcement jurisdiction over the entirety of the settlement agreement, or (2) […]
Archives for February 2020
HMH Fourth Quarter Shows Another Big Loss
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reported fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2019, with overall sales for the quarter of $241 million, down $8 million from a year ago, and another big net loss of ($125 million), more than double the loss of ($56 million) last year. The stock traded down 6 percent on the news, to approximately $5.40 a share. In the company’s modest trade business, sales for the quarter were $52.1 million, down from $60.3 million in 2018. For the year, sales of $180 million were down $19.7 million from $199.7 million in 2018 — or 9.9 percent, just […]
Netflix Slaps Back At Choose Your Own Adventure
Netflix has answered ChooseCo’s complaint in a Vermont Federal Court, denying all claims that it violated trademark law by referencing the company’s Choose Your Own Adventure brand during its movie Bandersnatch. Further, Netflix claims that ChooseCo’s trademark should be cancelled. “Netflix has been and will continue to be damaged if the registrations of Chooseco’s alleged marks are not cancelled,” says the counterclaim, and because the “marks are generic and incapable of source identification…they cannot qualify for trademark protection.” Netflix asserts that Chooseco failed to protect its trademark, resulting in “Choose your own adventure” having become a generic phrase widely used […]
People, Etc.
Philip Gwyn Jones will move to Picador and become publisher on June 2. He has been publisher-at-large at Scribe UK. Jones fills the position Paul Baggaley vacates at the end of this month, when he moves to Bloomsbury. (Associate publisher Francesca Main is also leaving Picador, to start a new imprint at Orion.) Leah Miller has joined Atria as executive editor. She was most recently at Grand Central. At Del Rey, Sarah Peed has been promoted to senior editor; Tom Hoeler to editor; and Alex Larned to associate editor. Allison Adler has been promoted to senior editor at Andrews McMeel. Brooke […]
People, Etc.
Sarah Malarkey will join Ten Speed Press as an executive editor, reporting to Lorena Jones. She was previously executive editorial director at Chronicle Books for two decades. At Mountaineers Books, publisher for 20 years Helen Cherullo will move into the role of executive director of conservation and advancement on March 1 to focus on philanthropic development. Director of finance and operations Tom Helleberg will succeed her as publisher. Darryl Booker will move up to director of sales and marketing. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Katherine Devendorf has been promoted to executive managing editor. Julia McCarthy becomes associate editor at Atheneum. Michelle […]
Book Expo Announces Titles for Buzz Panels
Book Expo has named the books to be featured during the three annual Editors’ Buzz panels at this year’s show. The adult panel of six titles includes two memoirs (Owusu and Seager) and two fiction debuts (McConaghy and Jones): Adult Aftershocks, by Nadia Owusu (Simon & Schuster, edited by Dawn Davis) Betty, by Tiffany McDaniel (Knopf, edited by Tim O’Connell) Migrations, by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron, edited by Caroline Bleeke) Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (William Morrow, edited by Jessica Williams) The Prophets, by Robert Jones, Jr. (Putnam, edited by Sally Kim) The Smallest Lights in the Universe, by […]