Children’s book publisher Margaret K. McElderry, founder and editor-at-large of her self-named imprint, has died at the age of 98. She began her publishing career in 1945 with Harcourt Brace, moving to Atheneum in 1971 to become director of Margaret K. McElderry Books. Both the company and imprint became part of Macmillan and later, Simon & Schuster. She was the first editor to have books win the Newbery and Caldecott awards in the same year, when Ginger Pye by Will Lipkind and Finders’ Keepers by Eleanor Estes won, respectively, in 1952. Longtime children’s book publisher Janet Schulman, 77, died Friday […]
Briefs: O’Hagan To Ghostwrite Assange Memoir; British Bookshops Releases Creditor List; and More
Scottish literary novelist Andrew O’Hagan is reportedly ghost-writing Julian Assange‘s memoir, which will be published in April.The Guardian British Bookshops and Stationers owes £6.3m to its unsecured creditors on £2.2m in assets, according to a company filing. Hachette’s Bookpoint and Littlehampton Book Services distribution companies are owed £440,053 and £644,747 respectively, while Random House’s distribution company The Book Service is owed £443,317 and both Macmillan Distribution and HarperCollins are due around £500,000.The Bookseller Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, NY will close at the end of March after more than 35 years in business.The Ithaca Journal Sourcebooks’ Fiske College Guide is […]
When Will Borders File For Bankruptcy? As Early As Today, Or Later This Week
The WSJ reported Friday afternoon that Borders “could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soon as Monday or Tuesday,” but also cautioned “the filing could be delayed a few days.” Whenever the bankruptcy filing takes place, it will trigger the imminent liquidation and closure on a significant portion of their store base–now predicted to cover 200 of the company’s superstores (with an option to close 50 more) and all of its smaller mall-based outlets, among other restructuring efforts. If it comes before the end of this month, vendors who received checks at the end of November may have to […]
Briefs: Amazon to Close Distribution Center; E-Book Bundling; New Indies In Old Chain Locations; and More
Amazon announced it will close its distribution center in Irving, TX on April 12 and scuttle plans to hire 1,000 more people for the facility, which opened in 2006. The move came in response to an ongoing tax dispute with the State of Texas, which seeks to collect $269 million in revenue from the retailer. “Despite much hard work and the support of other Texas officials, we’ve been unable to come to a resolution with the Texas comptroller’s office,” VP operations Dave Clark said in a letter to employees obtained by the Dallas Morning News. “Closing this fulfillment [distribution] center […]
People, Etc.
At Scholastic, Anamika Bhatnagar has been promoted to Executive Editor and Director of Paperback Reprints, and Doug Analla has been promoted to Director, Marketing and Creative Services for Klutz. In addition, Samantha Schutz has re-joined the company as Executive Editor, Licensed Publishing. Previously she was at Grosset & Dunlap/PSS!. At PublicAffairs, Brandon Proia has joined as editor, effective February 1, and Clara Platter has been named senior editor, effective March 1. Proja was previously with Basic Books and Platter arrives from Princeton University Press. In addition, senior editor Lindsay Jones is leaving after seven years to pursue independent editorial projects […]
People, Etc.
At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Trade & Reference group, Paul Shannon has been promoted to svp finance. Current svp digital strategy and planning Cheryl Toto expands her role to svp business planning and strategy, adding business operations and business applications to her responsibilities. With DEAD RECKONING, the twelfth Sookie Stackhouse book, set for publication in May, author Charlaine Harris says she is almost finished with the series. “Truthfully, the next two books will probably be the last two books in the series. I still love Sookie, but I’m beginning to want to write something else, and Sookie;s kind of taken over […]