Perseus is launching a new client services division, Perseus Academic, dedicated to university presses and other scholarly publishers, under the direction of Sabrina McCarthy. The service, set to begin in May 2015, has already signed on Princeton University Press and University of California Press as new clients, joining such current Perseus Distribution clients as Columbia University Press, among others, which will move into this new division. Perseus Academic will also offer a menu of other service options including the Constellation digital services platform (which comprises print on demand, short print runs, ebook distribution, and various marketing tools). Princeton and the University […]
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Corporate News: A Food52 Imprint, F+W Rebrands, Time Home Entertainment Sales Go In-House
Food52, the social website for cooks founded by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs, will set up a cookbook imprint at Ten Speed Press called Food52 Works. Hesser and Stubbs will be involved “in shaping the development and direction” of the line, for which Ten Speed associate publisher Hannah Rahill will be general editor. The initiative delivers on the promise the site made a year ago to “expand our publishing platform through an innovative partnership with Random House Inc.,” after Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments was a significant contributor to a $2 million financing round for Food52. The line expects to publish […]
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Former longtime Random House publicity executive Barb Burg died on Tuesday, at 50. Burg rose from a publicity assistant at Bantam Books in 1986 to svp, director of publicity and public relations for the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. In 2011, she took a position as director of global communications for Reuters News. A funeral will be held on Thursday, May 1 at 10 AM at Temple Beth Abraham, 25 Leroy Avenue, Tarrytown, NY. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in memory of Barbara Burg Schieffelin to Camp Ta-KumTa, a summer camp for children afflicted with cancer: PO […]
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Allison Renzulli has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the new position of culinary digital editorial director. She will be working from the New York office with the culinary marketing, editorial, and digital teams to oversee multiple digital initiatives. She was formerly senior marketing manager at Clarkson Potter. Elyse Turr has been named sales and marketing manager at Shire Publications and Old House Books, part of the Osprey Group. She was formerly an assistant marketing manager at Oxford University Press. Mike Salisbury has joined Yates & Yates as associate literary agent. Most recently he was marketing director of trade books at […]
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Deborah Aaronson has joined Phaidon as vp, group publisher, reporting to recently-hired ceo Keith Fox. Aaronson, most recently vp, publisher for the adult trade group at Abrams, where she spent the past 14 years, will work out of the company’s New York office. “I am thrilled that Deb has joined Phaidon,” said Fox in the announcement. “Her extensive publishing experience, intelligence and creativity will continue to drive Phaidon’s growth as the preeminent visual arts publisher in the world.” Aaronson added: “I look forward to building the company’s future publishing strategy while breaking into new categories and aggressively expanding existing ones, […]
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Mara Anastas has been promoted to vp, publisher of Aladdin and Simon Pulse, effective April 7. Previously deputy publisher, she succeeds Bethany Buck, who is leaving the company after more than six years as publisher. President of Simon & Schuster Children’s Jon Anderson said in a statement: “The drive and devotion Mara has shown in all her previous roles make her more than ready and entirely suited to take on this new responsibility. We look forward to Mara and the Aladdin Books and Simon Pulse teams building on their current successes.” He added: “Under Bethany, who has led Aladdin Books […]