Timothy Mantel has joined Barnes & Noble as chief merchandising officer, reporting to ceo Demos Parneros. He was cmo for GNC, and prior to he was svp, food, household essentials and food service. Mantel fills the position vacated when Mary Amicucci was dismissed in September. Parnernos said of Mantel in the announcement: “His deep knowledge of retail and proven track record are exactly what we need to invigorate our merchandising strategy and grow our business. He will be a great addition to our management team.” Naomi Davis and Amanda Jain have both joined Bookends Literary Agency as agents. Previously both […]
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Courtney Littler has been promoted to editor at Castle Point Books. Cengage has hired Gary Fortier as chief people officer. Most recently he was CEO for Vision Government Solutions. Denise George has joined Thomas Nelson as vice president of marketing for the W Publishing Group. She was previously vice president of content and customer development at Creative Trust. Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is now scouting fiction for C. H. Beck in Germany. Memorials There will be a memorial service for Toby Eady on Monday, April 9 at 4 pm the Royal Over-Seas League in St. James’s, London. Visitors are asked to confirm their attendance by […]
Harper Is Steady In Holiday Quarter, Boosted By Foreign Exchange
News Corp. reported fiscal second quarter results through December 31, with revenues at HarperCollins nudging up by $3 million to 469 million — with all of the gain and then some coming from foreign exchange, which added $8 million in the quarter. EBITDA of $80 million was up $5 million from a year ago, with foreign exchange adding $1 million. Along with the currency boost, the company cited “higher backlist sales at the children’s books” as a contributing factor, calling out Ree Drummond’s The Pioneer Woman Cooks and David Walliams’ Bad Dad as their top frontlist titles. The performance is […]
Lagardere Publishing Finishes Just Above Flat on Acquisitions, As HBG USA Gains in Fourth Quarter
Lagardere Publishing reported fourth quarter and full-year sales results on Thursday (and, in the European tradition, will not report earnings and complete 2017 details until March). Acquisitions lifted the group just above previous results, rebounding from a soft third quarter, with fourth quarter sales of €624 million (up €5 million), and full year sales of €2.289 billion (up €25 million). Acquisitions added €7 million in the fourth quarter, and €33 million in the full year, meaning performance was down slightly without those additions. The company blames that on the weak British pound — and in the year to come the weaker US dollar will […]
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Joy de Menil joins Harvard University Press in the newly created position of executive editor and director of Belknap Publishing, where she “will oversee the rebranding of the prestigious imprint, with an eye to widening awareness of its titles,” working from Washington, DC. She was most recently an executive editor at Viking. At Hachette Books, Paul Whitlatch has been promoted to executive editor. Mary Gaule has been promoted to assistant editor for Harper and Harper Perennial. At Del Rey, Sarah Peed has been promoted to editor. Michele Bidelspach is joining Harlequin as executive editor for Graydon House and HQN, starting February 26. Previously she […]
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Eric Henney will join Basic Books as editor, starting February 20. Most recently he was commissioning editor at Princeton University Press. Pronoy Sarkar has been promoted to associate editor at Picador. Among the St. Martin’s promotions announced yesterday, we overlooked that Anne Marie Tallberg moved up to vp, publishing director of St. Martin’s Paperbacks and Griffin, reporting to Jen Enderlin. At Bonnier’s Igloo Books, Bonnie Hunter has been hired as joint vp for the US business, running that unit along with Jeremy Nurnberg, who is promoted to joint vp. Hunter was director of sales at Parragon Books in the US. Additionally, Darren Witherall […]