Gotham Books publisher William Shinker makes his television debut tonight at 10 PM on the MTV reality show Run’s House, starring Reverend Run and his family. Shinker goes to their house to show Run and his wife Justine Simmons the jacket for their book TAKE BACK YOUR FAMILY: A Challenge to America’s Parents (released yesterday), “in a flagrant attempt to get it on the air” as he tells us. But he gets more than he bargained for, arriving as the Simmons’s children are reading excerpts from the book about themselves for the first time, “which they weren’t entirely happy with.” […]
Personnel
Personnel: Another B&T Executive
Baker & Taylor has hired John Lindsay as vp, book merchandising, reporting to Jean Srnecz. Most recently he was vp marketing/merchandising at Levy Home Entertainment with overall responsibilities for all areas of book buying, category management, marketing, logistics and publisher relations.Release
Personnel: New CFO for B&T
Following the announced departure of James Melton, Baker & Taylor has hired Jeff Leonard as their new cfo and evp, starting later this month. Most recently he was vp, finance and treasurer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, prior to which he spent seven years at Hughes Supply.Release
Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89
His son Stepan Solzhenitsyn told the AP that the Nobel-winning author died late Sunday, “but declined further comment.”AP
Pease's Eye for Talent
The Boston Globe focuses on editor Roland Pease’s consistently sharp judgment in discovering great fiction writers. He edited the US version of Rawi Hage’s DENIRO’S GAME, before Hage won this year’s IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. For 15 years at his own company Zoland Books, and now as an editor for Steerforth Press (which bought Zoland), Pease was the first publisher of Ha Jin; Peter Behrens’ Governor General’s Award-winner THE LAW OF DREAMS; AND MORE. “Four of his past five titles, including Castle Freeman’s Go With Me, were named to Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers series, said Chip Fleischer, […]
Dickerman Leaves Bloomsbury; Gibson Moves Up; Krauss to Rodale, Too
Just promoted to publisher of the Bloomsbury after the departure of Karen Rinaldi for Rodale as general manager and publisher of the books division, Colin Dickerman is now leaving the house to join Rinaldi again and serve as vp, publishing director at Rodale Books, overseeing the narrative non-fiction list, starting September 2. Dickerman was at Bloomsbury for 8 years. Walker & Company publisher George Gibson will take the position of publishing director for all of Bloomsbury USA. President Richard Charkin comments, “George has the experience and publishing skill to build further our author roster and our market position in the […]