Frankfurt Book Fair organizers intend to convene a live, if smaller, exhibition this October, and have opened registration for the event. Organizers say, “This year’s book fair is planned as an in-person event with additional digital formats, and can be flexibly adapted to pandemic-related developments. The focus will be on the international rights business and public events.” Director Juergen Boos, says in the announcement, “In recent months we’ve held in-depth discussions with our customers and created a plan tailored to the needs of our exhibitors. With our updated conditions for participating in the fair, and our generous cancellation policy and […]
Archives for March 2021
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Jennifer Kasius has joined the ghostwriting and publishing services firm Kevin Anderson & Associates as executive editor. She was previously editorial director at Running Press. Melinda Kennedy has joined The Experiment as senior publicist. She was previously marketing manager at University of Chicago Press. At Penguin Canada, Deborah Sun de la Cruz has been promoted to editor, and Laura Dosky has been promoted to associate editor. Honors The American Academy of Arts and Letters added 33 new members as part of a diversity and inclusion effort, including writers: Hilton Als, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Joy Harjo, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth Kolbert, Sigrid Nunez, […]
Forthcoming: New EL James Book In June
As part of the recently-announced initiative in which E L James will move her backlist to Sourcebooks and serve as “keystone author” in a new imprint providing a “joint publishing model” a new publication has been announced. FREED, the conclusion to James’s Fifty Shades Trilogy as Told by Christian series will publish on June 1, from the Sourcebooks imprint Bloom Books. (They will publish in North America and the open market.) James says in the release, “I am thrilled to announce the publication date for Freed. This story has been a labour of love, one that my readers have been […]
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Callie Garnett has been promoted to senior editor at Bloomsbury. At First Second, Molly Johanson has been promoted to designer, and Sunny Lee has been promoted to senior designer. Fellowships Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast, has launched a fellowship for debut women memoir writers to complete their first, book-length manuscript. The Moms Don’t Have Time To Fellowship is a 12-month program, pairing 2-4 authors a year with editor mentors “to encourage a diversity of perspectives, and to give new writers outside the literary establishment the tools, skills, and knowledge they’ll need to […]
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Susan Dobinick has joined Boyds Mills Press as senior editor. She was previously with Bloomsbury Children’s. Diane Mangan has joined Andrews McMeel as children’s marketing director, based in Chicago and reporting to vice president, publishing sales Lynne McAdoo. Most recently she led the team at Follett that curated school book fairs. Emily Nemens is stepping down as editor of The Paris Review, three years after taking the position. She wrote in a letter to readers, “I am leaving The Paris Review to write my next book. Hopefully, eventually, I’ll edit again—connecting writers to readers is among the world’s best professions.” Nemens succeeded […]
Wiley’s Sales Near Flat, Earnings Down in Q3
Wiley reported third quarter sales for the period ended January 31 of $483 million, up from $467 million, or 3 percent on the topline. But that includes $7.6 million in favorable foreign exchange and added sales from the big Hindawi acquisition. Net income for the quarter was $22.2 million, down from $35 million, while adjusted EBITDA was $104 million, up from $96 million. They took $20.7 million in restructuring expenses, mostly related to a previously announced reduction in their real estate footprint. The most positive sign in the report is that Wiley raised its full-year outlook, now anticipating higher earnings […]