Effective immediately, Midpoint Trade will distribute print and digital editions of Bunker Hill Publishing, which publishes educational books in collaboration with museums and international research organizations. The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize has gone to Frank Cottrell Boyce‘s THE UNFORGOTTEN COAT. Take the Guardian’s headline “Amazon to be stripped of tax advantage on sale of ebooks” with a grain of salt. Just as the European Commission warned France about their lowered VAT rate, the EC has now threatened to take Luxembourg to court over their 3 percent VAT on digital services (well below the 15 percent rate that is supposed to […]
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At Dutton, Jamie McDonald has been promoted to publicity manager. Gryphon House, which publishes resource books for parents and teachers of young children, will be distributed by IPG as of January 1, 2013. The last surviving Price Stern Sloan co-founder Larry Sloan, 89, died on Sunday after a brief illness. After PSS was sold to Penguin in 1993, Sloan and Leonard Stern started Tallfellow Press, a business publisher now run by his daughter, Claudia. Before becoming a publisher “he played chess with Humphrey Bogart and wrangled PR for Mae West. He helped handle one of Elizabeth Taylor’s weddings, and his own was announced […]
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Books-A-Million evp, chief administrative officer and secretary Douglas Markham has left the company and his contract was terminated, effective immediately, according to SEC fillings. Markham joined the company as cfo in 2006 and was promoted to his current position in August 2009. No other details on his departure were available. Richard Milbank will join Head of Zeus as publishing director, non-fiction, on September 24, where he will oversee publication of more than 30 titles annually, focusing on history, biography, science, philosophy and language. He was publishing director at Octopus, a position he held since January. Maria B. Campbell Associates has […]
Ingram Will Distribute Kobo eReaders To ABA Member Stores
Now that the ABA is partnering with Kobo to supply ebooks to independent bookstores, the organization has announced that Ingram will serve as the exclusive distributor of Kobo devices to ABA member stores. For now, Ingram is authorized to wholesale devices only to ABA stores; the company says permitting them to wholesale to other accounts “will be a Kobo decision.” ABA member stores who order Kobo devices from Ingram will also take part in a special launch incentive timed for the holiday season that includes free displays and demo devices, an unspecified cash bonus for participating, rebates for sell-through, and […]
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HarperCollins Christian Publishing, the new division comprising Zondervan and the recently-acquired Thomas Nelson, announced its new organizational structure under president and ceo Mark Schoenwald. Most of the executive team draws from the Thomas Nelson side. Among the announcements: Stuart Bitting has been named svp, chief financial officer, while Annette Bourland and David Moberg will be svp, publisher of Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, respectively. Chip Brown moves up to svp, Bible Publishing, and Paul Engle has been named svp, Church, Academic and Reference Resources; Stan Gundry remains Zondervan editor-in-chief while Eric Shanfelt moves up to svp, eMedia. Tod Shuttleworth is SVP […]
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On Friday, Library Journal abruptly announced the immediate departure of editor-in-chief Francine Fialkoff, after 15 years of running the magazine. Executive editor Michael Kelley has taken over as interim editor-in-chief. “Fialkoff plans to stay in the library world.” At Harlequin, Emily Rodmell has been promoted to editor at the Love Inspired imprint. Ellen Gerstein will join Grand Central as vp, director of marketing, starting September 10 and reporting directly to Jamie Raab. She was the director of marketing in the professional/trade division at Wiley for almost two decades. Alice Rahaeuser has joined Random House Children’s as production associate, reporting to Timothy Terhune. Most […]