Sarah Crichton will step back from her duties as editor in chief at Henry Holt and become editor at large, starting July 5.
WH Smith Owed £1M to Employees
UK books retailer WH Smith failed to pay the minimum wage to employees, the BBC reports. Of the more than 200 companies that the government said underpaid employees, WH Smith owed the most to workers–more than £1 million to more than 17,600 employees. The chain told the BBC that the mistake was due to misunderstanding the UK’s rules about uniforms and not reimbursing staff for required clothes that they purchased out of pocket. “Following a review with HMRC in 2019, and in common with a number of retailers, it was brought to our attention that we had misinterpreted how the […]
April Sales Decline After Pandemic Boom
The AAP released data for April from participating StatShot publishers, reporting trade sales of $555.6 million, down 11.7 percent from $629.1 million in April 2022. The downturn marks a shift closer to pre-pandemic numbers, and sales are still up from April 2020’s total of $514.5 million. Adult sales fell 12.8 percent to $382.4 million. Hardcover sales were down 11.1 percent to $126.7 million, while paperbacks fell 20.2 percent to $120.4 million. E-books fell as well, with sales of $58.2 million, down from $70.2 million. Children’s sales were $173.2 million, down 9 percent from last year. Hardcovers were $62.6 million, down […]
Carnegie Medals
The UK's Carnegie medals were awarded to two books yesterday.
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Distribution: Oxford University Press
Independent Publishers Group will distribute Oxford University Press’s children’s fiction list in North America.