UK police are looking into the theft of a printed copy of EL James’s new novel GREY, which will be published June 18 by Vintage in the US and Arrow in the UK. “We can confirm that the Kent police are investigating the theft of a finished copy of EL James’s new book Grey,” a spokesperson for Penguin Random House UK told the Bookseller, adding there would be no further comment on the matter. A Kent police spokesperson told the publication the department was “making enquiries” into the purported theft. The finished copy was apparently discovered missing on Monday, June 8, with […]
Unified Structure for Penguin Random House Canada’s Adult and Children’s Publishing Groups
President and ceo of Penguin Random House Canada Brad Martin announced Tuesday that all of the company’s adult imprints, including Penguin Canada, McClelland & Stewart, and Random House of Canada, will be united under a single division, the Penguin Random House Canada Publishing Group, led by president and publisher Kristin Cochrane. In addition, all of the company’s children’s imprints, including Doubleday Children’s, Razorbill, and Tundra Books, will go forward under a single division, Penguin Random House Canada Children’s Publishing Group, led by publisher Tara Walker. Martin said in the announcement that the new structure will “retain and strengthen the unique […]
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BEA reported attendance data for the recent show in New York, and the numbers were consistent with the last couple of years. Professional attendance was down 1.2 percent, at 10,832 people (down by 133); with exhibitors included, overall attendance was up 5.2 percent, with 20,895 people. Will Heyward has joined Penguin Press as associate editor. Previously he was an assistant editor at Knopf. Michael Connole will join Quarto on September 1 as Chief Financial Officer. He is currently CFO of Global Radio Group. Stephanie Graham has joined Sourcebooks as marketing coordinator. Previously she was communications assistant at Marquette University’s Office of International Education. In addition, […]
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Hut Landon is retiring as executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association at the end of the year after more than 15 years in the role. In a note to NCIBA members Landon said his decision was “fueled by nothing more than a desire to have a bit more time to enjoy life outside of work.” NCIBA has formed a search committee to find a new executive director and hopes to have someone in place before the end of October. Reynold Levy has joined the National Book Foundation‘s board of directors. Levy has written four books, including They Told Me […]
Buck’s Oregon Trail Leads July Indie Next List
The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck is the ABA’s No. 1 Indie Next pick for July. The rest of the list includes two books, The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler and The Hand That Feeds You by A.J. Rich, featured in our Spring/Summer Buzz Books 2015 ebook, and also includes the following: The Little Paris Bookshop, by Nina George The Truth and Other Lies, by Sascha Arango The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins Bull Mountain, by Brian Panowich Language Arts, by Stephanie Kallos My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry, by Fredrik Backman Love May Fail, by […]
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Karen Thomas will take over as publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions, following the resignation of Brenda Knight and other staff last month. Editorial and production offices will move to the Jersey City office of parent firm Start Publishing in July. Thomas was most recently executive editor at Grand Central Publishing and was the founding editor of Dafina Books. For clarity, Springer Nature has underscored that both Palgrave Macmillan academic imprint and the Palgrave higher ed line continue unchanged. As reported earlier this week, it’s the Palgrave trade imprint that was incorporated into St. Martin’s in 2014 that is retiring the Palgrave name.