Rebecca Sears has joined Oxford University Pressas editor for the Grove Art/Oxford Art Online program. She was formerly at Art on Paper magazine, and the Yossi Milo Gallery in New York. Macmillan president Brian Napack has joined the board of LibreDigital. Canadian book publishing pioneer Georges Laberge passed away on Saturday, 78, after a long battle with cancer. He developed the Garneau bookstores, a network of French language bookstores in Canada, created the first National Book Week, and acquired the distribution company that became Diffulivre, which then founded the publishing house Ãditions du Trécarré. Laberge obit Amazing People Club, available […]
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A Google Tablet?, BN Powers a New T-Mobile Smartphone, and More
Credit Suisse is the latest analyst group to throw out some unsubstantiated guesses about the ebook market, eliciting coverage today. The news in the report is their contention that “Google is also reportedly working with HTC (maker of Google’s Nexus One phone) on a tablet device. While few details on this device are public, images of the Chrome OS on a new tablet device appeared on Google’s Chromium website, sparking the speculation that the Google tablet is closer to launch than most expect.” Statistically, their big forecast is that within five years Amazon’s ebook market share will decline as they […]
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Disney Book Group publisher Jonathan Yaged is leaving the company for the plum job of chief operating officer of HouseParty.com, a company that organizes modern-day Tupperware parties, PW reports. Aly Mostel has joined Rodale Books as associate director of communications. She was publicity manager at Time magazine for the past two years. Houghon Mifflin Harcourt’s 2010 Best American writing series will feature guest editors including Richard Russo (short stories), Neil Gaiman (comics); Lee Child (mystery stories); and Bill Buford (travel writing).EW Simon & Schuster is working with GetGlue to offer their authors an easy-to-create widget that display’s their entire backlist […]
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At Yale University Press, Chris Rogers has been named editorial director, effective immediately. He joined Yale University Press in 2005 as executive editor for history and current affairs, after serving as publisher of the higher education group at Oxford University Press. At HarperCollins, Kyran Cassidy has been promoted to vp, associate general counsel, reporting to Chris Goff. He has been with the company for 10 years, and “continues to play an essential role assisting in the implementation of the company’s digital publishing strategies.” Reported over the weekend, author Dick Francis died at his home on Grand Cayman at 89. “Buckingham […]
Burien Books for Sale
This Seattle bookstore is on the market, following the recent death of owner Virginia Pearce, who ran the store for over 50 years. Her nephew Joe Wisen says, “We are actively trying to sell it and if it doesn’t sell quickly we will have to close it down.” Highline Times
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Kelly Bowen will join Algonquin as senior publicist on February 24. She has bee a publicist at Simon and Schuster. YA author and agent Mandy Hubbard has joined the D4EO Literary Agency where she will concentrate on YA and middle-grade fiction. on. Simon & Schuster has relaunched their trade web site, www.simonandschuster.biz. It includes a blog for booksellers from their marketing staff and tools for authors to enter customized information about themselves and blog posts that appear on their consumer web site. It also provides handy access to company’s own digital catalog–where we spotted former Bear Stearns ceo Ace Greenberg’s […]