At Puffin Books, Jennifer Bonnell has been promoted to executive editor. She has been with the imprint for 10 years. At Media Source, Library Journal and School and Library Journal publisher Ron Shank has been named publisher of The Horn Book as well. Ian Singer has joined the company as vp, content and business development. Most recently he was vp, data services for Bowker. Andrew Thorne was named vp, marketing. Among the winners of the Nebula Awards presented by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, was Paolo Bacigalupi for best novel, THE WINDUP GIRL (Night Shade Books).List In […]
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Bookselling: ABA and ABC Formalize Process of Considering Merger
The ABA and the ABC (Association of Booksellers for Children) have agreed on a process “to generate a formal plan for how ABC will be integrated into ABA should a merger vote be approved.” They hope to put a proposal to a vote of ABC membership in September and, if approved, expect a merger would be implemented at the beginning of 2011.BTW
Bookselling: ABA and ABC Formalize Process of Considering Merger
The ABA and the ABC (Association of Booksellers for Children) have agreed on a process “to generate a formal plan for how ABC will be integrated into ABA should a merger vote be approved.” They hope to put a proposal to a vote of ABC membership in September and, if approved, expect a merger would be implemented at the beginning of 2011.BTW
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In the Vintage/Anchor Books publicity department, Sloane Crosley has been promoted to deputy director of publicity, and Kate Runde moves up to associate director. Additionally, Dan Ozzi will join the department on May 17 as a senior publicist. Most recently he was a publicist at Public Affairs, and previously worked at Oxford University Press. Elsewhere, Kate Lloyd has joined Scribner as publicity manager. She was a senior publicist at the Penguin Group. Barnes & Noble disclosed to the SEC that Len Riggio, who has served as chairman of the board without a contract, has signed an employment agreement (which includes […]
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Irish author Bree O’Mara was among 103 people who died in the crash of an Afriqiyah Airlines plane that missed the runway in Libya yesterday. She was heading to London to sign a deal for her second novel NIGEL WATSON SUPERHERO, which the Guardian says “would have been her most significant career break.” She was supposed to seal the deal during the London Book Fair but couldn’t fly in due to the ash cloud. Her first novel HOME AFFAIRS “was well received in South Africa” (where she was born).Guardian There will be a memorial service for Nina Bourne, longtime advertising […]
Publishing Veterans Bring Books & Books to Westhampton
Former Perseus ceo Jack McKeown and Verso Advertising president Denise Berthiaume will start a 2,000-square-foot bookstore, Books & Books Westhampton Beach, scheduled for a July 4-opening. In an unusual initiative, store owners McKeown and Berthiaume have created a marketing and branding affiliation with Mitch Kaplan’s renowned group of four Books & Books bookstores. They’ll use the layout and design of Kaplan’s stores on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach and in the Bal Harbour Shops mall. As an “event-intensive” venture the Westhampton store will work with Books & Books’ Florida staff to schedule author events, and they expect to share web, […]