Beginning February 1, 2024, Flying Start Books will be exclusively distributed in the US and Canada by Lerner Publisher Services.
People 10/18
Due to a restructuring of the art team at Penguin Publishing Group, Paul Buckley and Roseanne Serra have left the company.
Dealmaker Updates – October
Cleaner Returns Boost August AAP Sales
The AAP released StatShot data for August, with shipments to accounts looking strong ahead of the fall season. Sales from reporting publishers were $701 million, up 6.4 percent (or $45 million) from a relatively weak August a year ago. A better return rate contributed to the strong month, and the bar for August 2022 was reset lower as well: The revised and final data has that month registering sales of $659 million, versus the originally reported $686 million. Adult books sold $486 million overall, up 7.6 percent, with $148 million in hardcovers (a 19.4 percent gain) and $182.5 million in […]
People 10/17
At Simon & Schuster, Bryn Manion has been promoted to senior digital sales analyst. Will Plunkett has been promoted to online sales manager. Andie Schoenfeld has been promoted to digital marketing manager.
Malaysian and Indonesian Publishers Withdraw from Frankfurt Book Fair
Two more organizations have pulled out of the Frankfurt Book Fair, following FBF director Juergen Boos’ statements that FBF “stands with full solidarity on the side of Israel” and will “make Jewish and Israeli voices especially visible.” On Monday, the Indonesian Publishers Association (Ikapi) withdrew their participation from the event. “The Frankfurt Book Festival organizers’ decision to only support and provide a platform to Israel has undermined the ideals of dialogue and efforts to build mutual understanding between countries,” Ikapi chair Arys Hilman said in a statement. Today, Malaysia’s education ministry also dropped out of the fair. “The ministry will not […]