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Michael Cader

June 13, 2025By Michael Cader

Obituary: Caroline Herter, 70

June 13, 2025By Michael Cader

Former book packager at Herter Studio and publishing director at Chronicle Books Caroline Ames Herter, 70, died at her home in Bar Harbor, ME on June 12. Herter’s publishing career began as one of the original booksellers at Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, and she went on to work in sales, marketing, and publishing roles at Harper & Row, Charles Scribner, Simon & Schuster, and Chronicle, where she was instrumental in developing the gift product line that redefined how non-book products were marketed and sold in the bookselling community and how book products were sold in the gift market. Her […]

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June 11, 2025By Michael Cader

The Coesfelds Audition for Bertelsmann Chief Executive Job

June 11, 2025By Michael Cader

Brothers Carsten and Thomas Coesfeld, grandsons of Reinhard Mohn, have long been expected to take over the management of the Mohn-controlled Bertelsmann when current chief executive Thomas Rabe steps down by the end of 2026. Over the weekend, the FT highlighted a recent company management meeting at which both Coesfelds “led energetic Ted Talk-style discussions on ‘growth’ and ‘transformation’ last Wednesday. The presentations, part of a two-day corporate gathering, felt like a public audition for the top job.” Both brothers are members of the company’s executive board. Thomas is ceo of the BMG music division and Carsten is ceo of […]

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June 9, 2025By Michael Cader

Scribd Acquires Fable

June 9, 2025By Michael Cader

Scribd’s Everand has acquired social reading app Fable, for undisclosed terms. Everand and Fable will continue as separate services, though “Fable will benefit from Everand’s resources and the operational stability that comes from being part of Scribd, a privately-held company with over 18 years experience, to further enhance its community-first features as both teams explore thoughtful opportunities to evolve the reading experience together.” Fable founder and ceo Padmasree Warrior will transition to an advisory role. Fable had raised $27.25 million in funding.

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June 2, 2025By Michael Cader

Cheated Authors Are Unbound

June 2, 2025By Michael Cader

Authors whose work was published by the bankrupt crowdfunding publisher Unbound reacted angrily online in recent days over a letter from Archna Sharma, former Unbound ceo and now ceo of Boundless, a freshly-debt free publisher that subsists on having acquired the IP assets of Unbound at deep discount in a pre-packaged bankruptcy sale. (The payment was £25,000 upfront and another £25,000 over time, which was “the only firm offer.”) In March, Sharma had promised Unbound authors that the new company would pay “all monies owed to authors by Unbound.” A round of checks was reportedly due at the end of […]

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May 29, 2025By Michael Cader

Scholastic Combines Divisions and Promotes Quinton, Hires DeLeo

May 29, 2025By Michael Cader

Scholastic will combine the trade publishing and book fairs and book clubs divisions into a single Scholastic Children’s Book Group as of June 1, led by Sasha Quinton in the new role of evp, and president. Quinton has been president of School Reading Events and continues to report to ceo Peter Warwick, while also “working closely with Iole Lucchese” to “bolster the Company’s 360-degree IP creation strategy by opening up pathways between editorial, distribution and merchandising.” Lucchese is chief strategy officer and president of Scholastic Entertainment, as well as board chair and controlling owner. Trade publishing has previously been a […]

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May 20, 2025By Michael Cader

Activist Takes Stake In Scholastic

May 20, 2025By Michael Cader

Activist hedge fund Ananym Capital Management disclosed in a recent SEC 13F filing that they have acquired 4.8 percent of Scholastic’s common stock. They hold approximately 1.25 million shares. Scholastic’s stock has been trading at its lowest levels since the depths of the 2008-09 recession lately, to the point that management signaled a strategic review of the education solutions division and emphasized the value of their “non-operating assets that could be monetized, if and when the company chose to,” including the headquarters building in Soho and their three warehouses. Ananym says it “focuses on constructive, value-enhancing engagements with undervalued public […]

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