The finalists for this year’s PEN/Faulkner Awards were announced in Washington this morning: Daniel Alarcon, AT NIGHT WE WALK IN CIRCLES (Riverhead) Percival Everett, PERCIVAL EVERETT BY VIRGIL RUSSELL (Graywolf) Karen Joy Fowler, WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES (Putnam) Joan Silber, FOOLS (Norton) Valerie Trueblood, SEARCH PARTY: Stories of Rescue (Counterpoint) The winner will be announced in early April and honored at a ceremony at the Folger Library on May 10.
Another Doniger Book, ON HINDUISM, Also Pulled in India
Weeks after Wendy Doniger’s 2009 book THE HINDUS was withdrawn from sale in India after Penguin India settled a lawsuit with the group Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti alleging the book’s contents were “derogatory and offensive to Hinduism,” another book by Doniger has been pulled from bookstores after the same group complained it was “malicious and offending.” The Times of India reports bookshops across Bangalore received calls from representatives of Aleph Book Company seeking return of all copies of Doniger’s ON HINDUISM. Aleph confirmed they were recalling copies of the book, published in 2013: “We don’t want to get involved in any […]
December Lawsuit Alleging Fraud May Shed Light on Macadam/Cage Bankruptcy
The first creditors meeting in the Macadam/Cage Chapter 7 bankruptcy case was held on February 25 at the trustee office in San Francisco, with more creditors expecting to file notices in the court. As the case continues, a lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court on December 4 by former employee Dorothy Smith may help illuminate why Macadam/Cage began liquidation proceedings just two weeks later. A graphic designer who was employed by Macadam/Cage from January 2001 through December 2011 (and consulted for them thereafter from January through June 2012), Smith sued for the repayment of loans made to the company […]
People, Etc.
Sanj Kharbanda has been promoted to svp, digital markets at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In his expanded role “he will be responsible for driving digital market strategy across all consumer facing touchpoints in the corporation,” looking beyond trade to include their K-12 and consumer markets. Grand Central Publishing announced a number of recent promotions. In editorial, Emily Griffin, Michele Bidelspach, and Alex Logan have been promoted to senior editor. Megha Parekh has been promoted to associate editor, while Libby Burton and Lindsey Rose move up to assistant editor. Sonya Cheuse has been promoted to deputy director of publicity, while Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski […]
Audible Reduces ACX Royalty Payments
As of March 12, Audible is reducing the royalties it will pay out on audiobooks created through its ACX program. Currently rightsholders earn between 50 and 90 percent depending on the terms, but going forward they will receive a flat rate of 40 percent if the audiobook is distributed exclusively by Audible (both on the site and through Amazon and iTunes) and 25 percent for nonexclusive audiobooks. For royalty share deals, the amounts will be split evenly between the rightsholder and the producer. Audiobooks produced or contracted for before March 12 will still earn the original royalty rates. ACX is […]
People
Mitchell Ivers has been promoted to vp, editorial director of Threshold Editions, while continuing in his role as vp, senior editor at Gallery Books. Reka Simonsen will join Atheneum as executive editor, effective March 10. Previously she was executive editor at HMH Children’s. Scholastic has hired Heather McIntosh Cassano for the new position of chief experience officer. She will “help redefine and implement Scholastic”s next generation digital experiences for students, teachers, and parents. Leading a company-wide community of user experience designers, prototypers and user researchers, Ms. Cassano will help create a holistic user experience for Scholastic’s customers.” Most recently, she […]