With indoor weather looming for the holiday weekend, our free BUZZ BOOKS 2013: Fall/Winter ebook presents of world of great new possibilities and helps you prepare for BEA at the same time. Below is the complete list of books excerpted — and you can download either our trade edition or use the easy links to get the consumer edition from any major ebookstore: Part One: Fiction Jonathan Lethem, Dissident Gardens (Random House) Peter Gethers, Ask Bob (Henry Holt) Bob Shacochis, The Woman Who Lost Her Soul (Atlantic Monthly Press) Diane Chamberlain, Necessary Lies (St. Martin’s Press) Carla Norton, Edge Of Normal (Minotaur […]
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At the Random House Publishing Group, Andy Ward has been promoted to vp, editorial director, nonfiction, while David Ebershoff moves up to vp, executive editor. At Crown Archetype, Suzanne O’Neill has been promoted to executive editor, while Talia Krohn moves up to senior editor and Stephanie Knapp has been promoted to associate editor. Mary McCue has been promoted to senior publicity manager for Gallery and Threshold. At Inkwell Management, Charlie Olsen has been promoted to agent. He joined Inkwell in 2007 and is interested in commercial fiction; young adult and middle-grade fiction and non-fiction; graphic novels and illustrated works for […]
People: Pearson Realigns Management, International Booker for Davis, and More
Pearson’s new ceo John Fallon has created a new organizational and leadership team under him, “designed to accelerate Pearson’s push into digital learning, education services and emerging markets” — and reflecting the coming disposition of Penguin into the joint venture with Berteslmann. Fallon says, “This is a significant change in the way we run the company that will take time and sustained commitment, but it is one we must make to be able to accelerate the execution of our global education strategy.” (That doesn’t sound like a company that owns FT for the long-term, does it?) The new structure begins […]
Last to Settle Pays the Most: Penguin Agrees to Pay Over $90 Million to Settle eBook Pricing Suits
Penguin’s hard-to-fathom delay in settling the state and class-action lawsuits over ebook pricing (after settling with the Department of Justice in December 2012) was down to the wire, with the company forced to join in the trial starting June 3. But on Wednesday, it was announced that the publisher has agreed to settle those remaining suits — paying a whopping $75 million in restitution to affected consumers. They are paying another $7 million to the states themselves in litigation and investigation costs, and the class action attorneys are finally getting paid as well, collecting $8 million from Penguin, plus additional […]
Jones Is the Latest to Leave in Granta Restructuring, and More
Granta Publications executive publisher Philip Gwyn Jones is the latest employee to be shown the door, leaving Granta this summer according to a company announcement. They now admit that a larger reorganization is underway after the resignations of Granta Magazine editor John Freeman and deputy editor Ellah Allfrey, to result in a leaner company. Proprietor and publisher Sigrid Rausing is taking “full operational and executive control of the company” and the new plan is to have a single editor-in-chief for the books imprints and the magazine. Rausing says in the statement: “The economic realities of small imprint publishing today has […]
People, Etc.: Harper Changes, Young Lions Winner, AEP to Merge With AAP’s School Division, and More
HarperCollins has announced some adjustments in their General Books group, driven by It Books publisher Cal Morgan‘s move to the Harper division as svp, executive editor. (He will continue as editorial director of Harper Perennial and Harper paperbacks as well.) Lynn Grady has been promoted to svp, publisher of It Books, now reporting as part of the Morrow division to publisher Liate Stehlik. Grady continues as deputy publisher of Morrow/Voyager/Avon as well. Newmarket Press will also operate as part of the Morrow division, while Harper Design becomes part of the Harper Division. At Melville House, Kelly Burdick has been promoted to associate publisher. James Phirmam […]