Zondervan will publish Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles‘ memoir COURAGE TO SOAR on November 15. The book will be co-written with Michelle Buford and includes a foreword by Mary Lou Retton. “I want people to reach for their dreams,” Biles said in the announcement. “If you’re willing to put in a lot of work, and if you’re focused and determined, you can go really far. That doesn’t mean everything will happen overnight; for me, it took years of training and perseverance to reach my goals. But looking back on it now, I’m glad I didn’t give up. There so many […]
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Dr. Adam Black will join Macmillan Learning as chief learning officer, to help “bolster the expertise and vision of Macmillan’s research and digital development teams.” Black began his career at Cambridge University Press before moving to Pearson to lead higher-education science, global digital innovation, technology for language learning and, most recently, efficacy and research. Macmillan Learning CEO Ken Michaels notes, “Exploring big data isn’t enough. We need to understand how our products work with each student, each instructor, and within each institution. Adam has been a pioneer in efficacy and product development and he will be instrumental to the future of […]
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Abby Saul has left Browne & Miller to launch The Lark Group, a literary agency seeking adult commercial and literary fiction. Joe D’Onofrio will take over as director of the University of Chicago Press’s Chicago Distribution Center, filling the spot vacated by Don Linn earlier this year. Most recently D’Onofrio has been director of supply chain for Henry Schein, after leaving Simon & Schuster in 2011, where he had been svp supply chain operations for 8 years. Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed US scout for CommonWeath Magazine in Taiwan. Viking UK editorial director Eleo Gordon has retired after almost 50 years with […]
Bookselling: BN Small-Format Concept Store in Plano, TX; New Stores Coming to Belmont, MA & Bend, OR; And More
Bcrnes & Noble announced plans to open a new concept store in Plano, TX’s Legacy West development, the Dallas Morning News reports (based on the developer’s press release). Notably the store, set to open in March and including a restaurant and bar like BN’s other new concept stores, will be measure just 9,000 square feet in size. BN vp, development David Deason explained in a statement: “We are excited to be opening a smaller format store, as part of a number of different concept stores that we’re testing nationwide.” Belmont, MA will see a new independent bookstore, Belmont Books, open next March as well, […]
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Allison Adler has joined Andrews McMeel as editor. Previously she had been an editor at Henry Holt, and has been working as a freelance editor. Mike Levine has left Northwestern University Press, where he was an acquisitions editor since 2007, to work as an independent provider of editorial services. At House of Anansi Press in Canada, Douglas Richmond joins the company as editor, focusing on acquiring for Spiderline (crime/mystery/thriller imprint) and Ambrosia (their new lifestyle imprint). He was associate editor at Harper Canada, where he was Associate Editor. Cindy Ma has been promoted to senior publicist, as Lindsay Holung joins the company as publicist (she was […]
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At INScribe Digital, Larry Norton has been promoted to evp, general manager, running the business for the new owner, IPG. He succeeds Anne Kubek, who as previously reported is leaving the company as part of the planned transition. Maris Kreizman has joined the Book-of-the-Month Club as editorial director. Most recently she was publishing outreach lead at Kickstarter. Bloomsbury’s head of visual arts publishing and academic, USA Kathryn Earle will take on the new position of managing director of the Digital Resources Division. Head of digital Matt Kibble will report to her, and she will report to managing director of Bloomsbury academic and professional Jonathan Glasspool. Kristin […]