Crown has reorganized the reporting and leadership structure of its paperback imprints in the wake of Tina Pohlman’s departure to Open Road Integrated Media, announced earlier on Wednesday. The new structure, which is effective February 24, will bring Three Rivers Press and Broadway Books imprints in closer alignment with the hardcover imprints with which they are respectively associated. Three Rivers Press will now be overseen by svp, publisher for Crown Archetype, Crown Business, Crown Forum, and Harmony Book Tina Constable, with Crown Archetype vp, editor-in-chief Mauro DiPreta handling day-to-day responsibilities for Three Rivers. Senior editor Amanda Patten will now report […]
eNews: Dutton Relaunches Guilt-Edged Mysteries As Digital Imprint
Dutton will join the digital imprint movement later this summer by relaunching its Dutton Guilt-Edged Mysteries line, which published hardboiled and noir titles from 1947 to 1956, as an ebook-only venture. The new program, overseen by Dutton editor-in-chief Ben Sevier, will publish stories and novellas ranging between 10,000 and 50,000 words on a monthly basis and will launch with NPR news editor Krishnadev Calamur’s debut novella Murder in Mumbai. “The re-launch of Dutton Guilt-Edged Mysteries is a fitting tribute to Mickey Spillane, one of the 20th century’s bestselling and most beloved novelists,” Sevier said in a statement. The new imprint […]
People: Pohlman to Open Road, and More
Tina Pohlman will join Open Road on March 5 as publisher, filling the position vacated by Brendan Cahill last year, though the job itself has expanded with company’s recent hiring of multiple editorial specialists. She’ll report to ceo Jane Friedman and is charged with “lead[ing] Open Road’s editorial services, expansion into new verticals, and acquisition of new titles.” Friedman says the company has published over 2,000 titles since April 2010, and under Pohlman and the expanded editorial staff they will add “a minimum of 1,000” more titles by the end of 2012. Pohlman was formerly publisher of trade paperbacks at Crown. She […]
Inkling Launches New Authoring Tools With Habitat
At Tools of Change Tuesday morning e-textbook firm Inkling announced the details of its new free cloud-based authoring tool Habitat, which will allow for the creation of interactive digital content for tablet computers and for the Web when it’s widely available later this year. Habitat will allow publishers to produce and publish content that includes guided tours, 3-D exhibits, interactive quizzes, and high definition video, in addition to text. Inkling calls Habitat the “only strictly schematic publishing platform” as part of its attempt to employ a software-based (and evidently, more rapid) model of publishing. But of course it joins a […]
People, Etc.
At Tor/Forge, Alexis Nixon has been promoted to publicist and Leah Withers moves up to associate publicist. In addition, Cassie Ammerman, most recently publicist, has been named digital marketing manager for the imprint. At Kids Can Press, Yvette Ghione has been promoted to editorial director and Karen Li moves up to senior editor. In addition, Allison MacLachlan has been named assistant, brands & new business. Barnes & Noble romance buyer Jules Herbert will contribute monthly recommendations and point to store promotions and other offers on Random House’s romance website Romance@Random, the site spearheaded by former Borders romance buyer Sue Grimshaw. […]
Dimension Fund Advisors Bets on Bookstores, Discloses 5 Percent Stakes in BN and BAMM
Wall Street analysts may hold a dim view of the prospects for bookstores, but that hasn’t stopped Dimension Fund Advisors, an Austin, TX-based hedge fund that manages more than $213 billion in investments, from making a bet on the big chains. On Tuesday DFA disclosed a 5.45 percent stake, or about 3.2 million shares, in Barnes & Noble, as of December 31, 2011, as well as a 5.76 percent stake, or about 911,000 shares, in Books-A-Million. (Barnes & Noble traded higher in late 2011 than it does now; Books-a-Million is up slightly since then.) Bear in mind that these represent […]