Dana Canedy will become senior vice president and publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint, starting July 27. She has been the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes since 2017, and previously worked at the New York Times for 20 years. She was a lead writer and editor on the 2001 Pulitzer-winning series “How Race Is Lived in America,” and her roles at the paper including serving as special advisor to the ceo and executive editor on strategic planning, change management, and diversity and inclusion practices. Canedy tells the NYT, “The ultimate goal of the job is to champion the […]
CJK Buys Quad’s Versailles Facility
After a long eight months of trying to sell their money-losing book printing business, Quad has finally sold just one of their plants to one of the most logical buyers. The assets of their 1 million square foot book printing facility in Versailles, KY have been sold to CJK Group, which will operate the plant in their Sheridan group, as Sheridan Kentucky. As they note, “The facility serves many high profile publishing houses in the areas of educational textbooks, trade books, children’s books, and scientific/technical books.” CJK has built itself through a string of acquisitions, most recently acquiring Thomson Shore […]
Briefs
The July 8 virtual memorial for Carolyn Reidy will be streamed on You Tube (at 4 PM Eastern) at this open link. In advance, the community is invited to shared their memories at RememberingCarolynReidy.com. Author Rudolfo Anaya, 82, who helped launch the 1970s Chicano Literature Movement, died Sunday from a long illness. Publisher of his novel BLESS ME, ULTIMA since 1994 Grand Central said in a statement, “We will miss his passionate commitment to his local community and community of writers, his humility, and his sense of humor.” Bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi was awarded Boston University’s Andrew W. Mellon […]
For Now Appeals Court Lifts Publication Block Against Simon & Schuster, But Not Mary Trump
New York State Appeals Court Justice Alan Sheinkman has lifted the order blocking Simon & Schuster from distributing and publishing Mary Trump’s. But like that original order, the relief is temporary as well, lasting until the scheduled Dutchess County Court hearing on July 10. For now, Justice Scheinkman found that “S&S is not a party to” Mary Trump’s settlement agreement with the Trump estate. “Unlike Ms. Trump, S&S has not agreed to surrender or relinquish any of its First Amendment rights. Since the predicate for the plaintiff’s application for a temporary restraining order is the existence of the confidentiality provision […]
“What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing”
The NYT interviewed eight people from across publishing, who “told us what they are seeing now and what they’ve seen before, how being Black has affected their careers, and what they hope the future will bring.” Editorial director at Amistad, Tracy Sherrod: “There’s only like seven of us Black editors who have some authority, real authority and power — and it’s not full authority and power. Given my sales history, I think if I weren’t a Black woman, I would probably have a higher title….” “I don’t feel comfortable overpaying for a book as an editor of color. I feel […]
Judge Blocks Mary Trump’s Book Until July 10 Hearing, But It Has Printed and Shipped
New York State Judge Hal B. Greenwald of Dutchess County ordered Mary Trump and her publisher Simon & Schuster to temporarily refrain from “publishing, printing or distributing” her book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man or “any portions thereof.” The order lasts until a full hearing on July 10 on Robert Trump’s request for an injunction blocking publication. Alas, in papers filed with the court later on Tuesday, S&S ceo Jonathan Karp indicated that, “As of today, approximately 75,000 copies have been printed and bound and are ready for publication, thousands of […]