Julia Haav will join Yale University Press as publicist later this month. She was most recently a publicist at Europa Editions. Publishing veteran Bridget Marmion is launching a marketing consulting firm, Your Expert Nation. She has developed a national network of experts in “virtually every genre and service,” including such industry professionals as John Tewsley, Laura Chittenden, Victoria Meyer, Charlotte Abbott, Lee Stern, Greg Mowery, Jennifer Northcutt, Susan Aikens, Nancy Quinn, Jack Covert, social media consultant Susan Halligan, Sean Concannon and Sonnet Media, and mommy blogger and author Paula Balzer. She will work with strategic partner Rich Kelley (with expertise in SEO, […]
Bookselling: More on RJ Julia Sale; Curious George Bookstore To Reopen Under New Ownership
Updating Monday’s story on the announced sale of RJ Julia Booksellers, owner Roxanne Coady added a few more details in a telephone interview with us this morning. The idea to sell had been brewing for “at least a year and a half to two years,” Coady said. “It wasn’t an a-ha moment, but you know how you think about something and it’s not sorted in your mind, but there’s enough evidence pointing directly at what you should decide? It was like that.” That RJ Julia had a “very good year” in 2011 cemented Coady’s decision to sell, since “it made […]
Corporate: Book Printers Edwards Brothers & Malloy Merge; CodeMantra Buys Preparé Inc
Ann Arbor, MI-based book manufacturers Edwards Brothers and Malloy have merged to form the US’s sixth-largest book printer. The new company, now called Edwards Brothers Malloy, has combined sales of $115 million and will have three offset facilities—Edwards Brothers’ plants in Ann Arbor, MI, and Lillington, NC, and Malloy’s operation in Ann Arbor—along with 11 digital print plants in the United States, Canada, and the UK. Edwards Brothers president and ceo John Edwards will be ceo of the merged company, with Malloy president Bill Upton continuing as vp operations and Joe Upton remaining as vp sales and marketing. Edwards said […]
ITC Attorney Says BN Did Not Infringe On Microsoft Patents
The International Trade Commission trial in Microsoft’s patent infringement action against Barnes & Noble began in Washington on Monday, with BN scoring a prominent opinion in their favor. ITC attorney Jeffrey Hsu told Bloomberg that “he is recommending that ITC Judge Theodore Essex find there was no violation by Barnes & Noble of three Microsoft patents” in testimony given before evidence was presented at trial. Microsoft, however, believes Hsu’s opinion will be swayed once the trial is underway. The software company said in its original complaint that Amazon has licensed at least one of their patents for the Kindle. If the […]
People: New Management for Weinstein Books, and More
Five months after publisher Judy Hottensen departed for Grove Atlantic, Weinstein Books has announced a new management team. For the top position they are hiring from within their co-venture partner Perseus’s team, naming Vanguard Press associate publisher Georgina Levitt as publishing director. Former Simon & Schuster editor Amanda Murray is joining the imprint as editorial director. Harvey Weinstein says in the announcement, “With a new publishing team now in place at Weinstein Books, I foresee exceptional results from the books already slated for publication this spring and beyond, as well as a burst of creative energy for acquisitions that will […]
Obits: Gilman, Malzac, Cohen
Author of the Mrs. Pollifax spy novels Dorothy Gilman, 88, died February 2 in Rye Brook, NY from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease. She was named Grandmaster by the Mystery Writers of America in 2010. NYT obit Founder of Liberation Bookstore in Harlem Una Malzac, 88, died January 21 in Queens. The cause of death was natural causes. First opened in the 1960s, Liberation Bookstore specialized in materials promoting black identity and black power and was a neighborhood landmark until its 2007 closing. Robert B. Cohen, who ran Hudson News and expanded the distribution into a national chain of shops, died […]