Ingram’s print-on-demand business Lightning Source has partnered with Dai Nippon Printing to expand its global POD and distribution capacities to Japan, “enabling books within [their] catalog to be accessed, printed and delivered in the local bookselling markets quickly,” Ingram svp of content acquisition, international David Taylor said. “This is an unprecedented advantage for the Japanese publishing sector,” DNP senior corporate officer, general manager of publishing innovation operations Nobuyuki Asaba said. “Publishers will now be able to sell and export in several new countries through DNP and exponentially increase their print on demand catalog. Japanese consumers will now be able to […]
Archives for October 2021
Our Next Live Discuss Guest: Carrie Bloxson, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, Hachette
Join Carrie Bloxson online at this Publishers Marketplace link Wednesday, October 20th at noon Eastern. The latest guest on our Discuss forum, Carrie will answer your questions about how she is working to increase representation of people of color in Hachette’s leadership, workplaces, and publishing programs, as well as the state of diversity overall in publishing and what we can do toward that goal. A reminder that these are straightforward typed message board conversations. No cameras, no sound, no zooming, no separate apps required. Use the “reply” button to type your questions or comments, and Carrie will post back.
November Library Reads
Library Reads announced their November picks, with All Her Little Secrets, by Wanda M. Morris as the top pick. The rest of the list: The Donut Trap, by Julie Tieu The Fastest Way to Fall, by Denise Williams Guild Boss, by Jayne Castle Just Haven’t Met You Yet, by Sophie Cousens A Marvellous Light, by Freya Marske Never Fall For Your Fiancee, by Virginia Heath Noor, by Nnedi Okorafor The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich The Singles Table, by Sara Desai
Higher Ed Sales Still Sliding At Pearson
Pearson issued a brief trading update, telling us less than usual since they report on the last nine months but omit any details on the third quarter by itself. Sales are said to be up 10 percent on an “underlying” basis — but after six months, sales were up 17 percent on an “underlying” basis and only 7 percent on an actual, reported basis. Higher ed sales continue to decline — from a low comparison bar — falling 7 percent “as growth in international courseware, including Canada and the UK, was offset by a decline in US Higher Education Courseware.” […]
People 10/14
At Simon & Schuster Children's, Alissa Nigro has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Karen Masnica has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Jill Hacking has been promoted to manager, marketing operations and events. Brian Murray has been promoted to marketing coordinator.
Agencies: Brower, Delman and Hunter Launch Trellis Literary Management
Agents Michelle Brower, Stephanie Delman and Allison Hunter launch a new agency, Trellis Literary Management, on Thursday. Hunter arrives from Janklow & Nesbit; Delman has been at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates; and Brower, who was most recently an agent at Aevitas Creative Management, will join the team on November 2. “We are really devoted to bringing in new voices, underrepresented voices, and not only bringing them in, but supporting those careers in a really holistic, long-term way,” Brower told PL. “And that’s everything from actual people in stories we’re representing to the mechanics of it. We want to be on […]