Nielsen Book has launched PubTrack Digital UK, an ebook sales tracking service based on the same model that they use in the US. A set of unspecified publishers contribute their own ebook sales data, on a monthly basis, with a three-month delay. Nielsen says “we are not currently releasing the names of participating publishers. However, we can say that we have a significant share of the estimated e-book market.” The top-selling ebook in the UK for 2015 through August was Girl On the Train (566,000 units) and the No. 10 title, How I Lost You by Jenny Blackhurst, moved approximately […]
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Random House announced a number of recent promotions in its publicity department. Maria Braeckel and Jennifer Garza have been promoted to associate director of publicity; Greg Kubie moves up to assistant director of publicity; Christine Mykityshyn has been promoted to senior publicist; Dhara Parikh and Catherine Mikula both move up to associate publicist; and Danielle Siess has been promoted to associate publicist, social media and special events. At Portfolio/Sentinel, Bria Sanford has been promoted to editor, while Margot Stamas moves up to publicity manager. Michael Giarratano has joined Da Capo Press and Da Capo Lifelong Books as publicity manager, working […]
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At Random House, Andrea Walker and Noah Eaker have both been promoted to executive editor; Caitlin McKenna and Kaela Myers have both been promoted to editor; and Mika Kasuga and Molly Turpin have both been promoted to associate editor. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Sarah Murphy and Anne Speyer have both been promoted to associate editor, and Julia Maguire has been promoted to assistant editor. Gwyneth Stansfield joins Blue Rider Press/Plume as publicity manager on February 8. She was most recently publicity manager at Regan Arts and prior to that worked at Scribner. In addition, Molly Pieper has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Carolyn Pittis has rejoined Welman Digital, a management consulting firm working […]
Another Decline in Sales and Profits for Harper in Second Quarter
HarperCollins reported sales for their fiscal second quarter, ending December 31. Total revenues declined $23 million, or 5 percent to $446 million for the quarter, while EBITDA dropped 26 percent to $57 million (compared to $77 million a year ago). The company blamed “lower e-book sales, negative foreign currency fluctuations and lower revenues from the Divergent series” for the declines. Digital sales comprised 16 percent of consumer revenues for the quarter, compared to 17 percent at this time a year ago. Harper said that the release of Ree Drummond’s THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS: DINNERTIME did boost general books sales, but this marks their fifth straight […]
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At Ingram Content Group, chief information officer Pep Carrera will change roles and become chief operating officer at their VitalSource Technologies unit, relocating to Raleigh, NC. In turn, VitalSource coo Kent Freeman will take on the newly-created role of chief strategy and development officer, “supporting Ingram’s continued transformation and leading the delivery, management and incubation of Ingram’s future successful strategic partnerships and products.” At Penguin Young Readers’ sales department, Cristi Navarro has been promoted to director of national accounts. Kevin Cotter has joined Anonymous Content as director of literary affairs. Previously he worked in a similar role at Floren Shieh Productions. […]
Joshilyn Jackson’s The Opposite of Everyone Tops March Indie Next List; iBooks’ February Picks
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson is booksellers’ number one pick on the ABA’s March Indie Next list. The rest of the list features: The Passenger, by Lisa Lutz What Is Not Yours is Not Yours, by Helen Oyeyemi The Widow, by Fiona Barton Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens, by Steve Olson All the Winters After, by Seré Prince Halverson Margaret the First, by Danielle Dutton Two If by Sea, by Jacquelyn Mitchard Blackass, by A. Igoni Barrett Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli A Doubter’s Almanac, by Ethan Canin Under the Influence, by […]