Before you get overwhelmed by the holidays, consider putting our bigger-than-ever fifth annual Digital Book World conference on your calendar while some early pricing is still available. Running January 13 through 15, the world’s biggest trade conference on digital change adds special tracks on realistic ways to look at start-ups; organizational change management strategies and practice; an in-depth look at Amazon; higher education; technology; children’s publishing and more, on top of that traditional focus on trade publishing. That’s on top of looking at new business models; digital marketing at scale; using data to drive actual decision-making; the future of bookstores […]
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At Vintage/Anchor, Russell Perreault has been promoted to vp, executive director of publicity & social media, continuing to report to Anne Messitte. In a statement she said Perreault “has always had a keen instinct for partnership in the greater media landscape. Working closely with film and television companies, he has built the imprints’ movie tiein program to one of the largest in the industry. And, in the social media space, Russell has been strategically expanding consumer reach both for our publishing program and for our authors.” In addition, Kate Runde has been promoted to director of publicity. At Nicholas Brearley […]
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At Crown, Sarah Pekdemir has been named senior marketing manager, Crown Trade. At Behrman House, Dena Neusner has been promoted to executive editor. The New York Public Library will pay $2.15 million — funded in large part by a private donation — to purchase 190 boxes of Tom Wolfe‘s papers, “including drafts, outlines and research materials for his four novels and 12 other books as well as his uncollected journalism.” As previewed earlier in the week, World Book Night US has addred three YA titles to the list of books to be given away on April 22, 2014: Zora and […]
Briefs: New Divisions for Macmillan Children’s UK; Charlotte Zolotow Dies; and More
Macmillan Children’s UK announced the creation of two audience-focused publishing divisions, Macmillan Under 6s, to be overseen by publisher Stephanie Barton, and Macmillan Over 6s, led by Venetia Gosling. Both Barton and Gosling will report to Belinda Rasmussen, with Gosling also working with Pan Macmillan publisher Jeremy Trevethan on crossover projects. Each new division also announced additional promotions: At Under 6s, Suzanne Carnell becomes publishing director, Picture Books & Pre-School, and Jackie McCann moves up to editorial director, Campbell and nursery. At Over 6s, Gaby Morgan has been promoted to editorial director, adding backlist strategy to her existing remit of […]
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Bloomberg News is cutting approximately 50 jobs from their newsroom, reportedly focused on cutbacks in their coverage of the arts, entertainment and sports. Books editor Laurie Muchnick indicated on Twitter that her job is among those that were eliminated. In addition to his Zink Inc imprint at the Random House Publishing Group, the Galvanized Books line that Random House is distributing, and his own exercise, diet and nutrition books as an author, David Zinczenko will consult with Bonnier on expanding their book lines, AdWeek reports. The magazine says he has a five-year management consulting agreement with Bonnier. CEO Dave Freygang “said the […]
Awards: Business, NBAs and More
The FT/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award was presented in London to Brad Stone for THE EVERYTHING STORE. Goldman ceo Lloyd Blankfein commented:”Amazon is a remarkable force that has revolutionized the retail world since Jeff Bezos founded the company almost two decades ago. Brad Stone offers a provocative take on how Jeff Bezos and Amazon have transformed industries as varied as publishing, consumer electronics, and cloud computing.” It’s National Book Awards week in New York, and many of the events will be streamed or broadcast this year. Tonight the finalists in all four categories read from their works […]