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Changes at Scholastic; Cecka Promoted; PW Goes Free to Booksellers Under New Publisher, and More Personnel News Scholastic’s svp, trade publishing and deputy publisher Ellie Berger is being promoted to publisher. Publisher, hardcover and early childhood Andrea Davis Pinkney will now serve as an editor-at-large to focus on working directly with authors — still reporting directly to president for book fairs and trade Lisa Holton — and recently-hired vp, business development Corinne Helman will “expand her role in the division, overseeing all business operations, planning and financial analysis.” Units reporting to Berger include Klutz, Chicken House, Scholastic Press, Orchard Books, […]

Musharraf Stumps for Book Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s book releases today, after numerous teases from the leader — including a plug at a press conference with President Bush on Friday, when Musharraf responded to a question by saying: “I am launching my book on the 25th, and I am honor-bound to Simon & Schuster not to comment on the book before that day.” (Bush added, “In other words, buy the book, is what he’s saying.”) He made the most newsworthy charge — that when Richard Armitage was deputy Secretary of State in 2001, he threatened that if Pakistan did not […]

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Personnel News Colin Fox is going to the Simon & Schuster imprint as a senior editor, reporting to Alice Mayhew. He has been at Warner for the past seven years. Former Harvill publisher Christopher MacLehose is joining the growing team at Quercus in the UK. He’s forming the McLehose Press imprint, aiming to publish six to ten books a year, focused on literature in translation, beginning in fall 2007. At Random House, Jillian Quint has been promoted to assistant editor. Among her projects, she and Matt Kellogg conceived of and edited the anthology Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers. At Harper, […]

Scholastic and the Half-Bloodless Quarter Scholastic’s first quarter report suffers mightily from comparison to last year’s Harry Potter-fueled period, and is historically the company’s weakest reporting period anyway. Sales of $335 million were down $163 million from a year ago, and losses more than doubled, to $47 million. The children’s book publishing and distribution segment was down $112 million from a year ago, registering $275 million in sales, while the operating loss more than tripled, to $67 million. Given that the drop in HP sales was $180 million, other segments of the business picked up considerably, due both to new […]

Nelson Adds Integrity Thomas Nelson will purchase Integrity Publishers, founded in 2001 and among “the fastest growing companies in the Christian publishing sector,” from parent company Integrity Media. Founder and CEO of the publishing unit Bryan Williamson says in the announcement: “We see many opportunities for continued growth, but these will require significant capital investment. Once Mike Coleman, Integrity Media’s Chief Executive Officer, and I decided to seek outside investment, we carefully considered our options. Thomas Nelson quickly became the logical choice. With its ability to publish our authors in multiple formats, a dedicated sales force in every channel, a […]