Our big Digital Book World event is about a week and a half away, this year covering three full days of programming — March 7 through March 9 — with more options than ever before. You can choose one, two or three days of sessions, depending on what fits your needs: One Day The opening “Day Zero” line-up lets you choose among the return of our big full-day Launch Kids; the popular new Mostly Marketing Masterclasses, four deep-dive sessions with Pete McCarthy, Kelly Gallagher, Annie Cushing and Tom Thompson; the new Nielsen half-day series on Beyond Data Basics; and the […]
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The Buzz Books Young Adult Authors
Maggie Stiefvater fans got our new Buzz Books releases off to a roaring start last week when they learned that we featured the opening chapters of the fourth and final installment in The Raven Cycle (which starts with a big surprise) — and this new edition packs in a lot more for young adult fans. Here is the complete roster of the 20 featured books and authors. The underscored authors are also appearing at next week’s Winter Institute in Denver (where booksellers can grab a few rare printed copies of Buzz Books). As noted previously, you can get the full […]
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Miriam Altshuler will join DeFiore and Company on January 1. She has run her own agency for the past 21 years, working with authors including including Robb Forman Dew, Elizabeth Rosner, Maya Lang, Andrew Carroll, Marja Mills, Wednesday Martin, and the late Walter Dean Myers. Also joining DeFiore and Company is Reiko Davis, Altshuler’s associate for the last four years, where she will take on some new duties while continuing to develop her own list of clients. Altshuler said in the announcement: “After running my own agency for many years, I am excited to join a company where I will have […]
Deal Volumes and Dollars Still Lag This Frankfurt Season
Our deal reports have been busy, as they always are around book fairs, but the information flow is big enough and the annual hype from other quarters intense enough that we always like to look to the data. An analysis of PM deal reports clearly shows that, as indicated at the end of September before the longer-than-usual pre-Frankfurt push, overall US dealmaking has lagged last year’s strong numbers. Pre-Frankfurt US Deal Volume, 2009–2015 Total domestic deals are down 11.5 percent over the five weeks or so ahead of the Fair (adjusted for this year’s late […]
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Obituaries Founder of Tarcher Books, Jeremy Tarcher, 83, died on Sunday of complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. Current publisher of the Tarcher Perigee imprint of Penguin Random House Joel Fotinos says in a statement: “Jeremy was one of the most creative and brilliant people I’ve ever met. His boundless curiosity inspired him to go beyond traditional publishing and thought, and led him to discover the most innovative and exciting voices in the field of human potential. This curiosity about the world, our minds, and our capacity to expand our abilities drove him every day, and was reflected in the eponymous, pioneering publishing company he […]
Paulson Will Pull More Money Out of HMH with Secondary Offering and Share Buyback
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s largest shareholder John Paulson and his associated investment funds will be cashing out another couple of pieces of his investment. The recently announced $300 million in stock repurchases announced by the board apparently includes a deal to buy $150 million of stock directly from Paulson’s companies. The price per share for that side agreement is pegged to a secondary offering to the public of additional shares controlled by Paulson. That prospectus, just filed with the SEC, proposes selling up to roughly 12.16 million shares — or about 8.5 percent of shares outstanding. As with the first public offering of […]