American Booksellers Association ceo since 2009 Oren Teicher announced Monday that he will retire at the end of the year. The ABA board has retained the search firm of Isaacson, Miller and has appointed a search committee, intending to complete the search process by September 30. Teicher said, “To say the least, this was not a…
eNews
People, Etc.
Veronica Park has joined Fuse Literary as an associate agent. She was previously literary agent and marketing specialist at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Alexandra Franklin has been promoted to associate agent at the Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. Maya Baran has joined Viking Penguin as publicity manager, returning to publishing full-time. Most recently she has assisted Broadside PR…
Wattpad Launches Book Line, Radish Commissions Stories
Wattpad is building on their previous book publishing partnerships and experiments to launch their own book publishing line. Debuting in fall 2019 with six young adult titles, Wattpad Books will be distributed by Macmillan in the US and Raincoast Books in Canada. Ashleigh Gardner leads the division, with recently-hired Deanna McFadden managing operations. But the…
A Case Study of Sorts: eBooks at the Free Library of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Inquirer has an interesting look at ebook lending from area library systems, which looks to be on the rise (in contrast to publishers’ dollar sales from ebooks). In 2018, 28 percent of the total circulation of the Free Library of Philadelphia “came from ebooks and other digital content.” The top ebooks were The Woman in…
Once Again, Court Thoroughly Rejects ReDigi’s Scheme for “Used” Digital Goods Marketplace
Just as a District Court unequivocally and thorough called (now bankrupt) start-up ReDigi’s efforts to establish a scheme and marketplace for reselling “used” copies of copyrighted digital files of music (and thus potentially ebooks, as well as video, games and software) copyright infringement in 2013, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ratified that decision…
Swedish Subscription Service Positions Itself for Continuing International Growth
On December 3, Swedish digital audio and ebook subscription service Storytel moved trading of their B shares to the higher-profile Nasdaq First North (a part of the exchange reserved for small and high-growth European companies). As part of move, they provided an extensive company description that shares details about their growth and financials. Building on…