Obituary: Erika Seyfried
Penguin Random House vp, director, digital strategy and consumer engagement Erika Seyfried, 36, died in Vermont on Sunday. She had been staying at a vacation home with her husband near the Saxtons River and was reported missing after leaving to walk her dog. Penguin Random House said Seyfried, “Established herself as a marketing leader through the innovative digital campaigns she developed for our books. Her reader-centric approach to consumers, her social-media prowess, and her tireless nurturing of our authors earned her reverence throughout our company and our industry. With her forward-looking, inclusive approach to every team and project she led, […]
Penguin Random House Helps to Drive Record First Half Results at Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann reported results for the first half of the year on Tuesday morning, recording their highest profits in 19 years, with Penguin Random House as one of the “strongest earnings pillars” in the company. After dipping in the first half of 2020, sales of €1.803 billion were up 10.8 percent so far in 2021, gaining €176 million. Operating EBITDA was €324 million, up 55 percent from €209 million a year ago. The company said, “Revenues at Penguin Random House rose in all territories, most of all in the United States.” Breakdowns show territorial sales in the UK and Germany basically […]
GMA September Book Club Pick
People 8/31
Naomi Gibbs will join as executive editor at Pantheon on Sept. 7, reporting to Lisa Lucas. She was previously at HMH.
New Books Publishing August 31
Paula Hawkins and Lemony Snicket lead this week’s fiction releases, while nonfiction includes The Washington Post and Craig Whitlock on The Afghanistan Papers. Also new this week are titles by Johanna Mo and Natasha Lester, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2021: Spring/Summer sampler. 9 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-august-31 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_August_/219778 3 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-august-31 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_August_/219779 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, […]