Colleen Suljic has joined Princeton University Press in the newly created role of chief digital marketing strategist. She was most recently western region senior manager at McGraw-Hill. Sarah Knight has been promoted to UK adult sales director at Bloomsbury Publishing. Sally Wilks joins as UK children’s sales director. She was previously with HarperCollins Children’s. At…
Crisis reference
Endeavor Looks to Raise More Capital, Judge Pares Screenwriters’ Suit, and More
As Endeavor starts informing roughly a third of its staff about who is fired, furloughed and/or set for working half-time, the company is also looking to raise another $250 million in financing to help it through the pandemic, the NY Post reports. In the meantime, Moody’s joined S&P Global Ratings in downgrading Endeavor’s considerable debt…
People, Etc.
Hannah Allaman has joined Delacorte as associate editor. She was previously assistant editor at Disney-Hyperion. At the University of Texas Press, Robert Devens has been promoted from assistant director to director. Since joining the press in 2013, they say Devens “led the editorial department toward greater successes in its many core areas — from the…
Bloomsbury Announces Capital Raise and Cost-Cutting; Lagardere Continues Fight with Activist Hedge Fund
Bloomsbury announced a series of actions to raise capital and reduce expenses, preparing for a “prudent downside scenario” projecting the impact of the pandemic, which assumes “a 75% decline in print revenues and gradual retailer re-openings, to recovery in January 2021.” The company will raise approximately £8.4 million in cash by selling an additional 3.77…
Free Resources: The Latest Updates
Our set of free reference resources continues to grow and change as the effects of the pandemic and shelter-in-place orders continue. New April 14 book releases See some of the notable new fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books released this week that need attention and support. And check our shops at Bookshop and Aerbook for more new releases…
Briefs
At Canongate, Andrea Joyce has stepped down as rights director after 13 years with the company. Jessica Neale succeeds her as rights and contracts director. Forthcoming Penguin Random House will publish a digital cookbook on May 5 to benefit restaurants and their workers, priced at $5.99, FAMILY MEAL: Recipes from Our Community. It features over…