Marta Fleming has been promoted to director of international rights at Macmillan, working on St. Martin’s, Flatiron, Tor/Forge, and Celadon Books. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Courtney Littler becomes senior editor, focusing on Castle Point Books and the Griffin Puzzle Program, and Joe Goldschein has been promoted to vp, marketing & sales operations. At Macmillan Speakers Bureau, Chloe Volkwein was promoted to lecture agent. Forthcoming Knopf will publish TOGETHER IN A SUDDEN STRANGENESS: AMERICA’S POETS RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC on June 9 in ebook and audio, with a hardcover to follow in November. The book features new, mostly not-yet-published work by […]
Archives for May 2020
Corporate: Quad Sales Drop 14.4 Percent in the First Quarter; Lagardere Shareholders Reject Dissident Board Nominees
Quad reported earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020, with net sales from continuing operations — which excludes the book printing business that has been up for sale for over six months — of $822.5 million, down from $961 million last year, or 14.4 percent. The declines largely reflect “ongoing print industry volume and pricing pressures, including the initial impact from COVID-19 pandemic.” Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $75.4 million, down from $78.4 million. The book printing business showed a net loss of $(8.6) million for the quarter, compared to a loss of $(12.7) million a year […]
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At Macmillan Audio, Morgan Ratner has been promoted to podcast marketing specialist and Emily Miller to digital associate. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Marissa Sangiacomo has been promoted to assistant marketing director; Michelle Cashman to senior marketing manager; D.J. DeSmyter to senior marketing manager; Allison Ziegler to senior marketing manager; Meaghan Leahy to senior marketing operations manager; Beatrice Jason to associate marketing manager; and Stephen Erickson to assistant marketing manager. Brenna English-Loeb has been promoted to literary agent at Transatlantic Agency. Audio Yale University Press has launched Yale Press Audio, featuring one to four audiobooks a year with plans to “grow […]
New Books Publishing May 5
It’s another busy week for newly releasing titles ahead of Mother’s Day (even though our spreadsheet of changed pub dates for notable titles — publun.ch/pubdatechanges — has over 25 titles originally slated for publication today that were rescheduled). As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of notable titles publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 19 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-may-5 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Fiction_Publishing_May_5/215940 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-may-5-6f23356c-416c-4281-82f2-3c009f566658 https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_May_5/215941 9 new children’s/YA books https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-may https://aerbook.com/store/publishers_lunch/New_Childrens_Titles_Publishing_May/215942
Whitehead Wins His Second Pulitzer for The Nickel Boys
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon, with Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys winning the fiction prize. Whitehead becomes the fourth author to win the prize twice, along with Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and John Updike. The rest of the winners and finalists: Fiction The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) Finalists The Topeka School, by Ben Lerner (FSG) The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett (Harper) History Sweet Taste of Liberty, W. Caleb McDaniel (Oxford University Press) Finalists Race for Profit, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (University of North Carolina Press) The End of the Myth, by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan Books) Biography […]
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Joerg Pfuhl is stepping down as ceo of Holtzbrinck in Germany at the end of June. “After four intensive years, I would like to look for another challenge again and thank all of my colleagues for the good cooperation,” he said in a press release. Managing director for sales, marketing and digital Alexander Lorbeer, who joined Holtzbrinck in September 2018, will take over from Pfuhl. At Macmillan Audio, Emily Dyer was promoted to marketing manager; Kathryn Carroll to assistant manager, audio publishing; Abigail Starr to associate manager, design; and Hayden Biggs to design associate. Steve Wagner joined as producer. Chris Bucci has joined Aevitas […]