Former president, publisher, and editor-in-chief of Doubleday & Co. and later an editor and svp at Random House Sam Vaughan, 83, died in his sleep at home on Monday. Random House writes, “we lost one of the giants and great gentlemen of 20th-century book publishing…. Under Sam’s leadership, Doubleday, which he joined in the fifties and with whom he was synonymous for more than thirty years, was one of America’s leading publishing houses, with a deep list of iconic authors admired by critics, booksellers, and the reading public.” Among the Doubleday writers he edited were Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wallace Stegner, […]
eNews: Penguin Launches Mobile Platform; Self-Publishing Capabilities From Nelson Literary Agency
Penguin has launched a new digital/mobile toolkit, My Artist’s Way Toolkit & App, based on Julia Cameron’s 2 million copy-selling 1992 book The Artist’s Way. The platform, which will be offered as a $4.99 monthly subscription (or $3.99 a month for those who sign up for a one-year plan) with daily inspirations and weekly exercises and activities. Global digital director Molly Barton said in a statement that the platform is one “that we anticipate using for future Penguin works.” Add the Nelson Literary Agency to the list of agencies establishing ways to help their clients self-publish. Their Digital Liason Platform, […]
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At Kirkus Media, vp business development Meg LaBorde Kuehn has been promoted to chief operating officer, part of the company’s expansion into new lines of business, including digital marketing solutions for publishers and a growing suite of services for unpublished and self-published authors. Kuehn will report to company president Marc Winkelman and lead the business teams of Kirkus Media, including sales and marketing, technology development and author services. In addition, Casey Gannon moves up to marketing director, Perry Crowe has been named director of Kirkus Editorial (their new book editing division), and Ryan Leahey has been named indie editor, all […]
Except for $76 Million In Charges to Fire 800 People, McGraw-Hill Ends 2011 On A Positive Note
McGraw Hill reported fourth quarter earnings Tuesday morning, with an abundance of measures of adjusted, diluted, continuing operations that seem designed to conjure victory from accounting and confuse reporters. The big excluded items are a $66 million restructuring charge related to severance for about 800 employees laid off during the quarter and another $10 million in “one-time separation expenses necessary to complete” the plan to split the company in half by the end of the new year. Adjusted net income from continuing operations–the measure Wall Street will look to, apparently (and one that excludes the $76 million in charges)–was $184 million, up […]
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Emily Williams has joined Barnes & Noble as international content manager for digital products, reporting to Patricia Arancibia, who was recently promoted to director, editorial & publisher relations for international content. She was most recently digital content producer for Publishers Marketplace, and we wish her the very best of luck in her new endeavors. At Triumph Books, Adam Motin has been promoted to managing editor, Noah Amstadter moves up to senior acquisitions editor, Jess Jordan has been promoted to associate editor, and current editorial director Don Gulbrandsen will move into an at-large role focusing on strategic initiatives, acquisitions and management […]
eNews: ProPublica Expands eBook Line; Goodreads Drops Amazon API
Online investigative journalism site ProPublica is the latest publication to produce an expanded line of ebooks, now in a “digital publishing partnership” with Open Road. (The journalism organization issued four titles as Kindle Singles last spring.) The new line of ebooks, priced at $5 or less and available as of the end of February, will be based on previously published material in expanded form, including “Presidential Pardons” (a series that ran in the Washington Post) and “Post-Mortems,” an investigation of coroner and medical examiner offices ProPublica did in conjunction with NPR and Frontline. Each ebook will also include additional material […]