Agent Sara Megibow, who recently left the Nelson Literary Agency, is joining KT Literary. At Farrar, Straus, Brian Gittis and Steve Weil have both been promoted to assistant director of publicity. In addition, Sarah Scire has been promoted to publicist, and Lis McAvoy moves up to assistant publicist. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Stephanie Kim has been promoted to publicity manager. Rick Pascocello will leave his position as vp, executive marketing director at Penguin Random House at the end of the month after 23 years in publishing, mostly at Penguin. He can be reached at rpascocello@gmail.com. Imprint News: Carole Tonkinson‘s new inspirational lifestyle imprint at […]
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Vook co-founder Matt Cavnar has joined Broadway Video Ventures as general manager. Steve Quinn joins the Perseus Books Group in the newly formed position of assistant director, specialty retail sales on January 26. Previously he was specialty sales manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Quinn will report to senior director, gift sales Eric Green out of Perseus’ Boston office. At Crown/Hogarth, Alexis Washam has promoted to executive editor, while Nate Roberson is promoted to associate editor and Sarah Bedingfield moves up to assistant editor. Matt Inman has been promoted to senior editor for Crown Archetype and Three Rivers Press. At Little, Brown […]
Barnes & Noble Retail CEO Mitch Klipper To Retire (But Stay On As Real Estate Advisor)
Barnes & Noble’s chief executive for the retail group, Mitchell Klipper, will retire from his role on May 2 (the end of BN’s 2015 fiscal year) after more than 28 years with the company, though he will stay on with the company as special advisor on real estate and other matters through May 3, 2019, at an annual base salary of $400,000. A search for Klipper’s successor is underway, and he will have a hand in the selection process. BN chairman and founder Leonard Riggio said in the announcement: “Mitchell Klipper’s contributions to Barnes & Noble have been nothing short […]
DBW: Price Promotions, Direct-to-Consumer, Global Publishing
The evolution of ebooks into a mature market in the US was evident on the second day of DBW last Thursday, as the focus turned to nuanced questions of how to boost sales of titles in a crowded marketplace, as well as publisher experiments in selling direct to consumers or in international markets. On a price promotions panel Thursday afternoon, Rachel Chou, chief marketing officer at Open Road, described how the market has changed, saying that price used to be the primary tool a publisher had to drive ebook sales, and running a discounted price promotion on a title two […]
Adult Frontlist Picks Up, Children’s Sales Strong in October
After a significantly negative turn in September, trade sales measured by the AAP fared more positively in October. Total trade sales of $757.5 million were up $83 million (or 11 percent), compared to $674 million a year ago. Adult sales, which have been soft all year, rebounded in October, up $52.5 million (or 11 percent). Hardcover sales of $238.3 million were up $29.3 million (or 14 percent) from the same period last year, while both trade and mass market paperback saw gains of 14.6 percent and 9.9 percent, respectively, for the month. Children’s and YA sales continued to rise, up […]
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Jessica Preeg has rejoined St. Martin’s as senior publicist. In addition, Christy D’Agostini has been promoted to publicity manager. At Knopf Books for Young Readers, Stephen Brown has been promoted to assistant editor. Alexander Czik has joined Crown as a data marketing analyst. Previously he was an analyst at DigitasLBi, a marketing and technology agency. At Penguin Random House, Linda Cowen has been promoted to svp, associate general counsel and Marlene Glazer has been promoted to vp, associate general counsel. Tyndale House announced it will stop selling THE BOY WHO CAME BACK TO HEAVEN by Todd Malarkey and his father, Kevin, after Malarkey […]