At Princeton University Press, Alison Kalett has been promoted to editorial director for the sciences; Eric Crahan moves up to editorial director for the humanities; and Sarah Caro has been promoted to editorial director for the social sciences, with all three reporting to Al Bertrand. In addition, Amanda Peery has been promoted to associate editor, history, and Jessica Yao moves up to associate editor. Sports book publicity firm Press Box Publicity will become a division of Smith Publicity starting March 1. Smith Publicity ceo Dan Smith said, “This represents what I see as the perfect marriage of a top, genre-specific […]
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At Chronicle, Mirabelle Korn has been promoted to associate editor, art. Angela Craft has been promoted to marketing director for Avon and Harper Voyager. The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association has hired board member (and treasurer) Larry Law as their executive director, starting March 1. He was director of e-commerce & marketing at Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, IL. Forthcoming Reportedly, James Comey‘s first television interview ahead of the April 17 publication of A HIGHER LOYALTY will be with George Stephanopoulos at ABC. Awards The Booker Prize Foundation announced a special Golden Man Booker Prize, a one time award given only this year […]
Simon & Schuster Finishes with Strong Fourth Quarter, Record Full Year Profits
CBS reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings on Thursday afternoon, with Simon & Schuster registering strong sales of $235 million in the final quarter, up $26 million from a year ago (helped in part by the addition of Adams Media, acquired in November 2016). Operating income was $44 million, up from $36 million at the end of 2016. For the full year, sales of $830 million were $63 million higher than a year ago, and operating income hit a new record of $132 million, up $13 million from a year ago. S&S had paid approximately $42 million to purchase Adams Media, […]
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The University of New Mexico Press will become a part of the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences starting March 1, as part of a university reorganization. The $7 million debt owed by UNM Press to the university will be disposed of, though the university has not yet determined how. Interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, Richard Wood said, “UNM Press was at risk of closure,” adding of the debt, “we’ll have to absorb it into the budget somehow.” The press doesn’t plan any editorial changes, but distribution will be outsourced to a third party and the south campus […]
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At Scholastic Trade, Julia Romero has been promoted to director of sales for Klutz and Courtney DeVerges has been promoted to sales representative for Klutz. Erika Turner has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s new children’s imprint Versify as editorial project manager. Previously she was managing editor of the Vera Institute of Justice. Emily Bamford has been promoted to publicist at Random House Children’s.
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Allison Cohen will join Running Press Kids as editor starting February 20. Previously, she was literary agent at The Gersh Agency. At Random House Children’s, Andrea Posner-Sanchez has been promoted to senior executive editor and Meika Hashimoto has been promoted to editor. Quarto has eliminated five positions from the foreign rights team in their Brighton, England office, part of a “strategic evolution” in line with their focus “on territories and languages rather than imprint portfolios.” Four people left the company, and one toke another position in their London office, the Bookseller reports.