Director of the University of Chicago Press for more than 30 years and author Morris Philipson, 85, died at home yesterday of congestive heart failure. When Philipson retired in 2000, he had helped the press grow from $4 million in sales to $40 million. The Chicago Tribune says a public memorial service is being planned, likely for January. Tribune Barbara Grier, 78, a founder of Tallahassee-based Naiad Press, died of cancer yesterday. Author Katherine Forrest tells the AP, “It would be hard to imagine a more significant figure in the growth and development of lesbian publishing in the 20th century […]
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S&S Shifts Sales & Marketing Focus To Digital, Cuts Sales Positions
Simon & Schuster is creating a dedicated digital sales team as well as a new retail sales force comprised of national accounts, field sales and telemarketing. The company is also pursuing what ceo Carolyn Reidy calls an “even greater focus on marketing, at both the imprint and the corporate level.” New marketing staff will be added to each of the company’s imprints, and the children’s marketing team will move back to the children’s division. Liz Perl will now report directly to Reidy, and the company’s digital group under Ellie Hirschhorn will add “responsibility for our corporate social media efforts, and […]
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At Random House, Jeff Weber has been promoted to vp, director, online and digital sales. Also at Random House Digital, Susan Livingston has been promoted to vp, strategic business planning and Randi Rosenkranz has been promoted to vp, digital development. Executive vp and managing director of Egmont USA Douglas Pocock is leaving the company to return to England for family reasons. Cally Poplak, managing director of Egmont Press, has taken over management of the U.S. business from London. Andrew Savikas has been named ceo of Safari Books online. He spent the past five years as program chair for O’Reilly’s Tools […]
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Katie Henderson Adams has joined Liveright & Company as editor, where she will acquire literary fiction and non-fiction. Previously she was an editor at Other Press. Daniela Petracco has been named editorial director of Europa Editions UK, which will launch in January with eight titles. Working out of their newly established London office, she will manage publicity operations, marketing and sales, working to build Europa Editions’ market and relationship with booksellers in the UK and Ireland. Petracco spent the past ten years as an agent with Andrew Nurnberg Associates. Multiple sources indicate that Bookish quietly laid off as many as […]
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At Harvard Business Review Press, Sarah McConville has been promoted to publisher, responsible for leading all commercial aspects of the press including strategic partnerships, marketing and publicity, foreign rights, and global and domestic sales. She will also spearhead product development efforts. In addition, Tim Sullivan moves up to editorial director. At Random House, Frank Steinert has been promoted to evp, chief human resources officer. He is head of HR for the US division and for the company worldwide. Alyson Sinclair has been named publicity director at McSweeney’s, effective November 21st. She was most recently marketing and publicity manager at City […]
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David Goehring has joined Wiley as director of digital publishing for the professional/trade group. He was most recently director of Harvard Business Press, and before that held executive positions at Perseus and Pearson. Susan Fensten is leaving Oxford University Press, where she was a senior publicist, to launch Fensten PR, a small, independent book publicity firm with a focus on political titles. Director of Belge Publishing House and advocate for free expression Ragip Zarakolu was detained on October 28 by the Turkish government under the country’s anti-terrorism laws. He has run afoul of the government on several occasions since founding […]