The Authors Guild, the Open Markets Institute, and a number of writers associations have co-signed a letter urging the Department of Justice to reject the plan to merge Simon & Schuster into Penguin Random House. “The deal would bring well more than half of key U.S. book markets under the control of a single corporation, […]
Archives for January 2021
Stream the Buzz Books Editors Panel
We had a terrific session on with Wednesday, with seven authors worthy of your attention for their forthcoming books in conversations with their editors — along with some needed comic relief from authors Patty Marx and Roz Chast. If you missed any of it, you can watch the recording at http://publun.ch/BBEditorsPanel. Just paste in the […]
Bloomsbury Says Sales and Profit Look Good
Bloomsbury provided a brief trading update, in advance of full preliminary results coming in June, saying that “revenue is expected to be ahead and profit well ahead of market expectations for the year ending 28 February 2021.” According to the board, the market expectation is sales of £161.8 million and pre-tax profit of £12.1 million. […]
People, Etc.
Mary-Kay Wilmers is stepping down as editor of the London Review of Books, but will remain involved as a consulting editor. Deputy editor Jean McNicol and senior editor Alice Spawls will succeed her as editors of the LRB. Wilmers helped found the publication in 1979, and has been sole editor since 1992. She said in […]
People, Etc.
Derek Reed has been promoted to executive editor, Convergent. Betsy Beier has joined Hay House as editorial director. She was previously editorial director at Sterling Publishing. Anne Barthel and Lisa Cheng become executive editors. At Random House, Carla Bruce-Eddings joined as director of publicity, One World/Roc Lit 101. Carrie Neill has been promoted to associate […]
Tonight: Our Winter Editors Buzz Panel
Don’t miss our Buzz Books Editors Panel tonight at 7 PM EST. Make sure you register now if you have not done so already, which makes you eligible for any additional galley releases from publishers. Or we’ll be showing it live through our Facebook page as well. Thanks to our co-presenter the American Booksellers Association, […]