Baker & Taylor is moving its wholesale club book division, Baker & Taylor Marketing Services, to its distribution center in Indianapolis from the one in Woodland, CA, effective May 15. At Piatkus, Tim Whiting has been appointed publishing director of non-fiction, reporting to Antonia Hodgson. He will still continue his role as publishing director for Little, Brown non-fiction, reporting to Richard Beswick. Bob McLaughlin is retiring from Fujii Associates, effective April 1. Before joining Fujii, he worked at Ward Parkway Bookshop, Wybel Marketing and Heinecken and Associates. Linden Publishing, which primarily publishes in the fields of woodworking and California regional […]
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Seattle P-I Book Critic's Last Column
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer prints its final edition today, and book critic John Marshall reflects on over a decade at the helm with “a farewell list of the extraordinary, the strange, the faves and flops” he remembers, including: Strangest moment: Memoirist Mary Karr (“The Liars’ Club”) packing as I asked questions in her hotel room. No other author folded tiny bikini undies during an interview. Most unforgettable book-launch party: Grove/Atlantic’s poolside soiree at the Playboy Mansion during the 1999 BookExpo in L.A. Yes, Hef wore his pj’s. Seminal figures in Seattle’s reputation as a book town: Rick Simonson of The Elliott […]
Millard Kaufman, 92, Dies
Millard Kaufman,the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of “Bad Day at Black Rock”, co-creator of Mr. Magoo, and author of the novel Bowl of Cherries (2007) died Saturday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles two days before his 92nd birthday. Kaufman’s second novel Misadventure will be published by McSweeney’s Books this fall. LAT obit
Walker and Bloomsbury Join IPG
A week after Bloomsbury joined the Independent Publishers Guild in the UK, Walker has followed suit “with immediate effect.” The signing of both companies comes as a result of incoming chairman Andrew Johnston’s pledge to recruit more mid-sized and high profile companies to the trade association.Bookseller
New Think for Old Publishers? Not According to the Audience
At SXSW, the disconnect between traditional book publishing and the forward-thinking conference attendees was never more apparent than in reaction to yesterday’s “New Think for Old Publishers” panel featuring Clay Shirky (whose recent essay on the newspaper industry has been much discussed over the weekend.) The panel writeup had audience members believing the session was about learning what was wrong and right with publishing. Panel members, which included Penguin marketing director John Fagan, Putnam President Ivan Held and Bloomsbury Publicity Director Peter Miller, and moderator Deborah Schultz, evidently had something else in mind: to invite the audience to tell them […]
Informa Cuts Final Dividend to Reduce Net Debts
The publishing and events group is targeting debts of below £1bn but insisted there was no danger of banking covenants being breached. The final dividend, down at 3.9p from 11.3p, will be paid on 3 July.Telegraph