The National Book Critics Circle appointed 15 new board members as planned at a special meeting on July 14, and also received legal advice about facilitating a special membership meeting to remove board member Carlin Romano. Five of the elected board members are former board members who resigned their positions last month and were willing…
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NBCC Sets Special Meeting to “Repopulate” Board, As Romano Objects
The National Book Critics Circle will hold a special board meeting on July 14, focusing on, among other things, repopulating the board which saw 15 resignations in June. Acting president Jane Ciabattari wrote in what was supposed to be a confidential email to the board on July 6 that they also aim to “[approve] amended…
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MJ Franklin will move over from social editor at the NYT to join the NYT Book Review this summer as an assistant preview editor. Franklin will help cover literary fiction, memoir and essays, and he will lead their young adult coverage. Aubrey Poole, former editor at the Jimmy Patterson imprint, has joined subscription box service…
Free Resources: More Updates
We continue to update our sharable, free web pages on resources and measures the publishing community is taking. Keep us up to date with your submissions as you add initiatives and information. In addition to these reference pages, we’ve almost logged a number of updates to our spreadsheet of notable spring pub dates that have…
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At Abrams, Rebecca Kaplan has been promoted to editor-in-chief; Jamison Stoltz to editorial director, Abrams Press; Monica Shah to executive director, special markets & national accounts; Nadine Sferratore to associate director, special sales; Wayne Gurreri to senior manager, special sales; and Shelby Ozer to sales coordinator, special sales. Kay Makanju has joined as trade sales manager specializing in the…
ViacomCBS Hopes For a Big Price for Simon & Schuster
A source helpfully — or hopefully? — tells the WSJ that ViacomCBS “will seek at least $1.2 billion for Simon & Schuster.” LionTree is advising ViacomCBS on the sale. While no one ever tells the press they are shopping a bargain, that would represent a very aggressive multiple. The best available yardstick for a company…