As expected, the sale of the Perseus Books Group’s two business lines — its publishing divisions to Hachette Book Group and its distribution business to Ingram — officially closed (on Friday for HBG, and on Thursday for Ingram). First announced at the beginning of March (after a cancelled attempt in 2014), the deals make Perseus’ nine publishing imprints made into a “major new publishing division” of Hachette under longtime Perseus executive Susan Weinberg, now svp, publisher of Perseus Books and a member of HBG’s executive management board. Ingram, in turn, will combine the Perseus client service businesses, which have 600 publisher clients […]
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Allison Malec Renzulli will join Ten Speed Press as associate director of marketing on April 11, working out of Crown’s New York offices. Previously she was culinary marketing director at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In addition, David Hawk has been promoted to assistant publicity director; Daniel Wikey moves up to marketing and publicity manager and Erin Welke has been promoted to publicity manager. PEN America announced it will honor Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji with the 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award at its annual Literary Gala on May 16. Corporate Egmont sold its Czech subsidiary, with sales of close to $5 million, […]
Ingram Closes Deal to Buy Perseus Distribution Companies
Ingram announced on Thurday that it has completed the acquisition of Perseus’ distribution business. First announced at the beginning of March (after a cancelled attempt in 2014), will combine the Perseus client service businesses, which have 600 publisher clients through Perseus Distribution, Consortium, Publishers Group West, and Legato, and their distribution facility in Jackson, TN, with Ingram Publisher Services. “We’re delighted to officially welcome associates and clients of Perseus’ distribution businesses to Ingram,” Ingram Content Group chairman and ceo John Ingram said in the announcement. “Ingram’s center of gravity is shifting to one that is more focused on providing comprehensive […]
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Theresa Collier will join Artisan as senior publicist & associate marketing manager on April 1. Previously she was a publicist at Bloomsbury. Alexandra Primiani has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as publicist. She was previously in the publicity department at Riverhead. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Imre Kertesz, 86, died Thursday at his home in Budapest. The LA Times announced its new roster of critics-at-large, featuring 10 writers who “have beautiful voices, brilliant minds, critical insights and strong opinions.” They are Marlon James, Laila Lalami, John Scalzi, Susan Straight, Alexander Chee, Viet Thanh Nguyen, David Kipen, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Rebecca […]
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ICM has promoted nine of its agents to partner, including literary agent Alexandra Machinist, who joined the agency in 2014. Adriana Rizzo will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as vp, marketing on April 6. Previously she was senior director, marketing at ESPN. In addition, Maire Gorman will take on the new role of svp, sales, while Laurie Brown moves up to svp, associate trade group publisher and business development. At McGraw-Hill Professional, Knox Huston has been promoted to executive editor. Awards The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize was awarded to Susan Southard for NAGASAKI: Life After Nuclear War (Viking) while the […]
Briefs: More James Patterson Library Grants; DRM-Free Star Trek eBooks; and More
For the second year in a row, James Patterson will award $1.75 million in grants (of $1,000 to $10,000) on a rolling basis throughout the year to school libraries. Once again the initiative is run in partnership with Scholastic Reading Club. Aligned with the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, Pocket Books has announced the release of more than 700 tie-in novels and novelizations in DRM-free ebook editions. Pocket president Louise Burke says in the release, “We’re excited to re-introduce many classic stories and to enable discovery and the ease of purchase that DRM-free provides.” New visitors to the site will be eligible for a […]