Random House svp operations & technology Andrew Weber has decided to leave the company at the end of the year after 16 years there, “to find a new set of challenges outside our doors.” His team will now report to president, sales operations and digital Madeline McIntosh. She writes: “Andrew is the gold standard for operational leadership in our industry. Most of the operational building blocks on which we run the company today were designed and put in place by him when he successfully led the integration of Random House with Bantam Doubleday Dell and the creation of Random House […]
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People, Distribution, Etc.: Riggio to Address AAP Meeting, and More
The AAP announced that Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio will deliver a speech at their annual meeting, which returns to New York, scheduled for March 9, 2011. In personnel news, Alexis Washam has joined Crown Trade Paperbacks as a senior editor, reporting to Tina Pohlman. She was an editor at Penguin. Washam will oversee paperback conversions for Broadway Paperbacks, Three Rivers Press, Crown Business, and Crown Forum, acquire select outside reprints, and acquire and edit trade paperback originals. At Knopf Children’s, Nancy Siscoe has been promoted to senior executive editor, relinquishing her associate publishing director responsibilities and focusing on […]
People, Etc.: Schneider to Retire from Random, and Distribution News
Random House Publishing Group executive director of publicity & public relations Carol Schneider will retire from the company at the end of November. President and publisher Gina Centrello writes that “her decision will bring to a close one of the most remarkable and accomplished careers, as a publicist, publicity director, and corporate spokeswoman, in our company, as well as in our industry. In 32 years, from typewriters to tweets, Carol has been a publicity trailblazer for the Random House Group imprints.” Barnes & Noble evp for digital education Tracey Weber, who started in April, is leaving the bookseller to run […]
People, Etc.
Nicole Dewey will join Little, Brown as executive director of publicity, starting November 15 and reporting to vp, marketing director Heather Fain. She has been executive director of publicity at Henry Holt. Director of the University of Texas Press since 1992 Joanna Hitchcock announced that she will retire at the end of February. She said, “I’ve been at the helm for almost a third of the Press’s 60-year existence and it is time for new leadership.” Erzsi Deà k is now scouting for both children’s imprints of La Martinière Groupe in France: Le Seuil Jeunesse and La Martinière Jeunesse. She works […]
People, Distribution, Awards, A Party, Etc.
At F+W Media, Kate Rados has been promoted to group marketing director, and both Rados and Kathleen Blackwelder are joining the company’s executive committee. Merriam-Webster has hired Caryl Schivley as vp, chief financial officer/chief administrative officer. She was previously vp, finance for Atlas Copco Construction Tools. The new Danish Hans Christian Andersen literature prize, worth almost $100,000, has gone to JK Rowling. Given to “a writer whose work can be compared to that of Andersen,” it should not be confused with the established Hans Christian Andersen medal, which is often pitched as the Nobel for children’s books.Guardian The AAP’s Young […]
Ingram’s Comprehensive “New Distribution Services Model” with Springer Includes Taking Over Printing
Following quickly on their partnership with Macmillan on “long tail” backlist, Ingram has announced a broader new initiative with Springer in which the wholesaler will take over Springer’s entire US supply chain. Ingram will manage warehousing and fulfillment for Springer and will transition manufacturing to a model that focuses on print-on-demand. Initially Ingram will hold all of Springer’s physical inventory in their warehouses; as that inventory sells down, Ingram will move replenishment from offset to print-on-demand “when it makes the most economic sense.” The program begins in the first quarter of 2011. Springer evp of customer service, fulfillment and logistics […]