CJK Group has acquired Worzalla, a printer in Stevens Point, WI, whose projects have included the bestselling Wimpy Kid series. With approximately 340 employees, Worzalla has been in operation since 1892. The group’s main facility will be renamed Sheridan Worzalla. CEO of CJK Group Chris Kurtzman said in a release, “Worzalla has a tremendous market reputation and a well-defined niche in the children’s and trade book publishing markets. The addition of the Worzalla operation expands the spectrum of printing services for Sheridan’s clients, nicely augmenting our current strengths in the trade, education, academic, religious, and automotive publishing markets.” Earlier this […]
Archives for September 2023
People 9/6
SVP and publisher of Avery and Tarcher Perigee Megan Newman has taken the company's VSO package and will retire in December. She joined Penguin in 2004.
People 9/5
Noah Schwartzberg has been promoted to executive editor at Portfolio/Penguin.
More September Picks
Powell’s Closed Monday as Workers Strike
All Powell’s Books locations were closed on Monday as workers stopped work in a one-day strike. The union authorized the strike in August as they work to negotiate a new contract–particularly with improved pay and affordable healthcare options–with management. The store announced the closure on social media in advance. “We deeply value our employees and respect their right to engage in protected union activity, which includes a strike. We understand it can be part of the bargaining process, and we will honor and respect it,” they wrote. According to Willamette Week, the union filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the […]
Acquisitions: Harriman House, and Scala
UK publisher Pan Macmillan has acquired business book publisher Harriman House. Harriman House will operate as its own imprint, with managing director Myles Hunt continuing to lead. Founders Philip Jenks and Stephen Eckett have left the company, but the 12-person staff will remain on. Pan Macmillan ceo Joanna Prior told The Bookseller, “I am delighted that we have come to an agreement to acquire Harriman House. It is a terrific company, publishing with entrepreneurial flair for a dedicated business market globally. We will help expand its overseas reach further, building on its already impressive growth in the US, and I […]