At Crown, Arielle Pearl has been promoted to senior designer. Megan Westbrook has been promoted to project manager.
Author David Goggins Sues Amazon Over Counterfeit Copies
Author and former Navy Seal David Goggins is suing Amazon for selling counterfeit copies of his 2018 self-published book Can’t Hurt Me on its third party marketplace. In a suit filed on February 23 in the US District Court for the Western District of Seattle, Goggins alleges that the retailer knowingly sold bootleg copies of the book, as well as summaries that included Goggins’ images, and other products based on the book, despite Goggins’ repeated efforts to get the materials removed. According to the suit, Can’t Hurt Me has sold seven million copies to date. (Circana Bookscan has recorded US […]
Imprints: Primero Sueño Press
Atria is launching a new imprint called Primero Sueño Press that will publish Latinx/Latine/Hispanic authors in English and Spanish. Michelle Herrera Mulligan, who has been promoted to vice president and associate publisher at Atria, will lead the imprint. The publisher writes in a release, “Named after iconic feminist Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s landmark poem celebrating the soul’s search for absolute knowledge, Primero Sueño Press will serve English and Spanish speakers seeking identity, culture, inspiration, entertainment, wellness, and personal development. The imprint will publish fiction and nonfiction with universal appeal that honors and plays with genre.” Yezanira Venecia has […]
Lagardere Has An “Offensive Strategy” To Cut Costs
Further to yesterday’s full-year earnings report, in a call with investors, executives at Lagardere explained that the company plans to cut costs in the publishing division, including halting its ambitious distribution revamp in France and rethinking title count, and hopes to grow through acquisitions, organic growth, and price increases. The company has decided to abandon its Polaris distribution and logistics program, which it began developing in 2021 for distribution in France, because “after two to three years of design and maturing the project we realized that it was probably too big and too expensive for what we needed,” Hachette Livre […]
Barnes & Noble National Book Club Pick
Barnes & Noble chose After Annie by Anna Quindlen as their March National Book Club Selection.
Lakeside to Close Menasha Plant, Lay Off All 339 Employees, Will Close Two More Plants By Year-End
Lakeside Book Company indicated in a WARN notice to the state of Wisconsin that it will “permanently close its print production facility” in Menasha, WI, “due to changing market conditions.” As a result they will terminate all 339 employees at the plant, starting June 7 and ending June 21, when it will close. “Each employee impacted will receive a written 60-day notice of position elimination and will be paid all earned wages and agreed upon benefits at the time of their termination.” That work force was already reduced in 2023 through both voluntary and mandatory layoffs. General counsel and chief […]