Jayme Boucher joins Hachette Book Group on January 20 as director of their speakers bureau. Established in 2009 in partnership with Greater Talent Network, Hachette Speakers Bureau relaunches this year as an in-house venture, under Boucher’s leadership. She was a founding member and senior leader of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Jessica Renheim has…
Events
International Thriller Writers Board Petitioned to Resign Over Handling of Sexual Assault Complaint
More than 100 members of International Thriller Writers are calling for the resignation of the organization’s board in a new petition, “per the ITW bylaws,” following charges that the board failed to take members’ sexual assault complaints seriously. The petition says that, ” If needed, we will submit a quorum of 10 percent of ITW…
Kobo CEO Tamblyn’s Tips for Raising eBook Revenues
It’s only appropriate that a Book Industry Study Group (BISG) annual meeting Friday that opened with predictions of continuing tight markets for book paper and manufacturing concluded with Kobo (“often thought of as ‘Kobo-Who-We-Wish-Were-Bigger-In-the-US’”) ceo Michael Tamblyn running down six ways to sell more digital product — and retain readers’ attention — with better metadata….
PEN Panel on Call-Outs, Correctness, and Culture Wars
PEN America hosted a timely panel on March 5, “Writing Wrongs: Call-Outs, Correctness, and Culture Wars,” falling just days after queer black author Kosoko Jackson responded to Twitter criticism of his YA novel by canceling its publication. Readers faulted the book for using genocide as the backdrop to a love story, among other sensitivity issues—and…
Penguin Random House US CEO Talks Author Earnings at NYPL
The New York Public Library and the Authors Guild co-hosted a panel discussion as part of their “Who Owns the Word?” series on December 10, moderated by novelist and Authors Guild vp Richard Russo. Authors Kurt Andersen, Alexander Chee, and TJ Stiles, along with Madeline McIntosh, the CEO of Penguin Random House US, joined Russo onstage….
A Leading Agent Takes Center Stage with Hello Sunshine + Together Live
William Morris Endeavor’s head of Worldwide Literary, Lectures, and Conferences, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, has another lesser-known, yet in some respects, higher-profile, role. She is the co-founder, along with client and author Glennon Doyle, of Together Live, an annual big-venue touring storytelling event/would-be movement that recently began its third year. Walsh is also its chief curator,…
