Jacinta O’Halloran joins as editor at Random House Worlds, acquiring licensed visual nonfiction.
Archives for October 2023
The Book In Her
Britney Week has started a little early. There are revelations (or what the LAT calls “detailed, cogent accounts of indignities that would leave anyone seething”) in various places as well as excerpts, as the NYT weighs in early with a glowing review: It “reveals plenty about her life in the spotlight, and tempers well-earned bitterness with an enduring, insistent optimism.” The paper says their copy was “obtained in advance of its authorized release.” They write: “What Spears fills in, in prose that is chatty and confiding and occasionally salty, is the ongoing thrum of family dysfunction and fear — her […]
Frankfurt Book Fair: JIBF Breakfast, AI in Publishing
The Jerusalem International Book Forum held its annual reunion breakfast on Thursday at Villa Bonn in Frankfurt, an emotional scene this year, in light of the developing situation in the Middle East. The JIBF organizers themselves were unable to attend, and Zoomed in from their homes, making remarks that caused people in the audience–a high-powered crowd including editors and executives from the corporate publishers and bigger US indies–to tear up. The event honors past fellows of the Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship sponsored by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, which brings book professionals to the JIBF for networking and development. Production coordinator Sharon […]
Barnes & Noble’s Hodgepodge Approach to Design Is Celebrated
We may never see actual performance results for Barnes & Noble, but the chain continues to flex a remarkable ability to generate glowing media out of the mundane. The latest is an admiring 1,700-word NYT feature on how the company has chosen to be aggressively inconsistent in the design of both their stores and their logo and branding. For one thing, it saves money: CEO James Daunt says, “We don’t have any architect doing our design at any stage. There’s no interior designer.” A couple of notable details emerge. There is this: “The old Barnes & Noble had what Mr. […]
People 10/19
At S&S Children's, Alex Kelleher has been promoted to publicity director. Lindsey Ferris and Antonella Colon have been promoted to associate publicist.
Distribution: Flying Start Books
Beginning February 1, 2024, Flying Start Books will be exclusively distributed in the US and Canada by Lerner Publisher Services.