May Wuthrich will join Rob Weisbach Creative Management as a senior associate, developing her own clients as well as contributing to the company’s efforts for their other clients. Wuthrich has worked in film development, scouting, and electronic business initiatives. Barbara Marcus, whose one-year consulting arrangement with Penguin Children’s was already extended for six months longer than planned, will move on at the end of this month. Judy Pray is now a senior editor at Workman’s Artison Books. She was at Clarkson Potter. Michael McKenzie has been promoted to senior publicity director at Ecco. At F+W Media, Tim Langlitz has moved […]
Distribution
Random House Publisher Services Repeats as Amazon's Distributor of the Year
For the second year in a row, Amazon has honored RH Publisher Services, the company’s third-party distribution service, “for its exemplary work in helping Amazon.com build a world-class customer experience through operational excellence.” The selection criteria listed include “short and consistent receive lead times to make tens of thousands of books available to ship within 24 hours; increasing the percentage of books available in digital format to Amazon Kindle customers; leveraging print-on-demand technology; and providing high-quality and authoritative ONIX data.”Release
Distribution News
Peterson will move sales and distribution of their titles from Simon & Schuster to Hachette Book Group as of June 1. Peterson’s president Stephen Clemente says “we have forged a relationship with an industry leader who shares our vision and is committed to helping our organization expand into new and emerging markets.”
Distribution News
Loveland, CO-based Interweave Press will move their sales and distribution for the US and Canada from IPG to Perseus Distribution as of July 1. Perseus will also handle distribution only to the world market excluding UK, Australia and Europe. Interweave, will publishes about 45 new titles a year, will continue to distribute themselves directly to the craft store market. Similar to the strategy executed by F+W Media, Interweave manages a network of more than 30 targeted websites featuring content from across their many platforms, which include 17 magazines for art and craft enthusiasts, run consumer trade shows, produce instructional DVDs […]
People
Dan Angus started today as Borders new vp, customer loyalty, reporting to svp of marketing Bill Dandy. Angus is in charge of loyalty marketing programs and initiatives, “including directing the development of customer relationship marketing strategies as well as enhancing and growing the Borders Rewards loyalty program. Most recently, he was vp, customer relationship marketing for Guitar Center. Elsewhere in Borders, the company will eliminate approximately 100 jobs from their LaVergne, TN distribution center in March, when the plan to relocate their returns center to Pennsylvania.Local news station Retiring managing director of Penguin UK Helen Fraser was among those on […]
Baker & Taylor Buys Blackwell NA; Sells UK Branch
Baker & Taylor announced yesterday they are buying Blackwell Book Services North America to integrate with YBP and Australia-based James Bennett bookseller (also owned by Blackwell). In turn, they are selling their UK unit Lindsay and Croft to Blackwell UK. Also, “Baker & Taylor’s YBP Library Services and Blackwell U.K. have entered into a strategic sourcing agreement under which YBP Library Services will source all U.K.-published academic material from Blackwell U.K., and Blackwell U.K. will source all U.S.-published academic material from YBP Library Services.”Release