After presiding over years of asset sales, waves of significant layoffs, and a significant decline in sales, Pearson chief executive John Fallon has decided to retire in 2020 after a successor is selected. By his account, “Over 75% of the company is now growing, as we work our way through a major industry wide disruption in the other 25% of Pearson – US Higher Education Courseware. All of Pearson is now very well placed to meet the need for affordable and effective learning…. We’re now at the stage where it’s time to transition to a new leader, who can bring […]
Awards
January Library Reads
Ann Napolitano’s Dear Edward is the top pick for January Library Reads. Also on the list is Megan Angelo’s Followers, Jeanine Cummins’ American Dirt, Liz Moore’s Long Bright River, Eoin Colfer’s Highfire, and Raymond Fleischmann’s How Quickly She Disappears, all excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter collection. The rest of the list: All the Ways We Said Goodbye, by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White Love Her or Lose Her, by Tessa Bailey When We Were Vikings, Andrew David MacDonald You Were There Too, by Colleen Oakley
People, Etc.
Rebecca Kuss joins Inkyard Press as editor. She was formerly associate editor/director of recruitment & acquisitions at Glasstown Entertainment. Camille Kellogg has joined Imprint as assistant editor. She was editorial assistant at Harper Children’s. Chloe Puton has been promoted to director of publicity for the Workman imprint. In the UK, Lisette Verhagen will join PFD as an agent for international clients on January 6. She has been head of rights at David Godwin Associates. Former ceo of Harper UK Victoria Barnsley has created The Brideshead Festival, marking the 75th anniversary of publication of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, a three-day event to […]
People, Etc.
Michael Signorelli has joined Aevitas Creative Management as agent. Previously he was managing director at Gotham Ghostwriters and an editor at Holt and HarpeCollins. Awards PEN America announced their 2020 literary award longlists. Best of The WSJ picked their top 10 books of the year, as did People magazine. USA Today has moved on to 20 “must read” forthcoming winter picks. Bookselling Employees of McNally Jackson voted yesterday to join the NYC Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which will represent approximately 90 employees who handle sales, events, stocking and information services. In the union’s announcement, Kathryn Harper, who works at the […]
Briefs
Robin Richardson will join Tommy Nelson as senior director of marketing starting December 18. Previously she was vice president of digital for RFD-TV. The Noble Prize site has posted the text of Olga Tokarczuk‘s Nobel Lecture. The Book Industry Study Group released their 2019 update to the BISCAC codes (the detailed genre/subject codes that tell trading partners and their machines how to categorize your books). Penguin Random House ceo Markus Dohle shares his annual year-end letter of thanks to company staff. Among the company’s notable accomplishments in 2019 was a string of acquisitions and investments: “As one major priority, we long […]
Goodreads Choice Winners
Goodreads announced the winners of their Choice Awards based on online voting in 20 categories. Here are the category winners, sorted by vote totals: The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood (Fiction, 98,291 votes) Daisy Jones & The Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Historical Fiction, 82,483 votes) Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston (Romance, 76,688 votes) The Institute, by Stephen King (Horror, 75,717 votes) The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides (Mystery & Thriller, 68,821 votes) Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston (Debut Novel, 60,656 votes) Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo (Fantasy, 53,430 votes) The Wicked King, by Holly Black (YA Fantasy […]