Farrin Jacobs will join Little, Brown Young Reader’s Poppy imprint as editorial director on October 15, reporting to Megan Tingley. Jacobs spent the past six years at HarperTeen, most recently as editorial director. Tom Miller has joined the Business Group at McGraw-Hill Professional as executive editor. He was formerly executive editor at Wiley. At Perseus Distribution, Judy Courtade has been promoted to the newly created role of associate director, backlist sales, effective October 15. Jessica Schmidt has been named associate director, client services. She was most recently manager of publisher relations at Audible. Additionally, Ari Brenman joins as manager, client […]
Shapiro’s THE ART FORGER Leads November Indie Next List
The ABA has announced its November Indie Next List, which includes three titles — FLIGHT BEHAVIOR by Barbara Kingsolver, CONSIDER THE FORK by Bee Wilson, and THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER by newly-minted MacArthur fellow Junot Diaz — among the featured excerpts in our popular free ebook anthology of selections from over 30 big forthcoming books, BEA BUZZ BOOKS. With many of the excerpted titles still yet to release, if you haven’t checked BEA BUZZ BOOKS out yet, it’s as relevant now as it was when we released it before BEA. Pick up the “trade version” at the link […]
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Finalize Partnership, Now Called Nook Media
Barnes & Noble announced Thursday that it has formally closed its strategic partnership with Microsoft. The new BN subsidiary comprising the Nook and College business, is formally called Nook Media LLC (until now it was simply known by the placeholder NewCo). As originally specified, Microsoft now has an approximately 17.6 percent equity stake in Nook Media, valuing the subsidiary at $1.7 billion (but the stock market still gives Nook Media’s parent company Barnes & Noble a market capitalization of $800 million, even with a bump in shares today after realizing that the investment the market forget about had gone through.) […]
People: Hachette Realigns Sales Department
Hachette Book Group has announced a new structure for their sales force under recently-hired evp and chief marketing and sales officer Evan Schnittman that will “bring the sales and marketing functions in line with the changing book market – unifying print and digital sales, and integrating research and analytics into HBG’s overall sales strategy.” The company underscores that they are not “reducing headcount as part of the re-alignmen,” and the new structure creates some new positions to be filled shortly. In the internal announcement, Schnittman explains balancing “changes that allow us to do what we do best – create massive […]
Judge Cote Denies Kohn’s Motion to Intervene–Which He Appeals
In a ten-page opinion issued Tuesday afternoon, Judge Cote denied Bob Kohn’s motion to intervene with respect to the ebook lawsuit settlement, concluding that he has no standing and saying that his public comments and the granting of his amicus motion should suffice. According to Judge Cote, Kohn failed to demonstrate he had standing to intervene because he did “not suggest that his individual rights will be impaired in any way if he is not permitted to intervene.” While Kohn may wish to assist the defense in fighting Justice’s lawsuit, he did not argue “that he — and the ‘millions’ […]
Penguin Reiterates Position On MacAdam/Cage Suit
In a separate statement, Penguin told us Friday they will proceed with their lawsuit against MacAdam/Cage over the ebook license to Susan Vreeland’s GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE even though the smaller publisher has announced plans to seek a buyer. Penguin indicates they notified MacAdam/Cage publisher David Poindexter “several times” about Vreeland’s claim and the settlement negotiations, but that “he remained silent.” Penguin says their suit is “seeking only the money it paid out of pocket to Susan Vreeland. Ms. Vreeland was able to show that she, not MacAdam/Cage, owned the ebook rights that MacAdam/Cage purported to grant Penguin, and that […]