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Peterson will move sales and distribution of their titles from Simon & Schuster to Hachette Book Group as of June 1. Peterson’s president Stephen Clemente says “we have forged a relationship with an industry leader who shares our vision and is committed to helping our organization expand into new and emerging markets.”
Sam's Club Launches National Book Club
The chain of warehouse stores will kick off their new book club with Beth Hoffman’s debut novel, SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT from Pam Dorman Books, “a spirited Southern tale that explores the indomitable strengths of female relationships as a young girl loses one mother and finds many others in the storybook city of Savannah,” which publishes January 12. The club titles will be “featured prominently at Sam’s Club locations,” which number more than 600 nationwide.
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Loveland, CO-based Interweave Press will move their sales and distribution for the US and Canada from IPG to Perseus Distribution as of July 1. Perseus will also handle distribution only to the world market excluding UK, Australia and Europe. Interweave, will publishes about 45 new titles a year, will continue to distribute themselves directly to the craft store market. Similar to the strategy executed by F+W Media, Interweave manages a network of more than 30 targeted websites featuring content from across their many platforms, which include 17 magazines for art and craft enthusiasts, run consumer trade shows, produce instructional DVDs […]
Costa Awards
Colm Toibin won the Costa Award for best novel for BROOKLYN, which makes him the favorite for the overall Costa prize, to be announced January 26. The other category winners were: Raphael Selbourne, Beauty (first novel)Christopher Reid, A Scattering (poetry)Graham Farmelo, The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom (biography) Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer (children’s)Guardian
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Steve Rosato has been promoted to event director of BEA after serving in various roles for the show since 1998, most recently as director of industry development & strategic accounts. Editorial director of digital publishing for Morrow/Avon/Eos Margot Schupf will move to Sterling as vp, publisher Sterling Innovation starting January 25. Frances Gilbert has been promoted to vp, publisher of Sterling Children’s, which includes the imprints Sterling Children’s Books, Sandy Creek Press, Begin Smart and Flash Kids. And Harold Lee joins the company this week as vp, finance. At Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, agent Stacey Glick has been named […]