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October 29, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Sierra Stovall joins Zando as director of rights, leading subsidiary rights and assisting head of sales & retail content development Andrew Rein "in the development of [their] audio program as well as international edition sales through Ingram." She was previously at Sourcebooks.

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Harper UK to Buy Pavilion Books

October 29, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Harper Collins UK will acquire Pavilion Books, including six of its imprints: Collins & Brown, Pavilion, Portico, Robson, National Trust and Pavilion Children’s. Pavilion owner and publisher Polly Powell will keep two imprints, Batsford and Pitkin, and operate under the name BT Batsford. (That’s the previous name, under which Batsford operated until going into receivership […]

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Bookselling: Greenlight’s Stockton-Bagnulo Buys Out Fitting

October 29, 2021
By Erin Somers

Rebecca Fitting, co-owner of Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn, has sold her share to Jessica Stockton-Bagnulo, who is now the sole owner. The two founded the store in 2009. In an email letter, Fitting wrote: “Owning a small business has always been deeply rewarding, but also incredibly challenging, and running Greenlight while parenting through a pandemic […]

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Kirkus Prize Winners

October 29, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Kirkus Reviews announced the winners of the 8th annual $50,000 Kirkus Prize.

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Barnes & Noble’s Final Finalists for Their Actual Book of the Year

October 28, 2021
By Erin Somers

Two weeks ago Barnes & Noble announced their buyers’ picks for best books of the year overall and across multiple categories. Now the chains’ booksellers have duly picked 5.5 of the buyers’ top 11 as finalist for their Book of the Year designation, to be named November 18. Both include titles Anthony Doerr, Paul McCartney, […]

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HBG USA Sales Down in Q3 Due to “Unfavorable Comparison”

October 28, 2021
By Katy Hershberger

Lagardere reported third quarter results for the period ending September 30 on Thursday morning, with publishing division sales of €696 million, down 1.2 percent from last year. Company-wide revenues increased 23.1 percent to €1.46 billion in the quarter, with the travel division rebounding on the easing of travel restrictions. The $240 million acquisition of Workman […]

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