The 20th Amazon Books location opens today in Scottsdale, AZ in a modest 4,000-square-space. It features devices, toys, games, customer favorites and even some books. Though the stores originally did not disclose the discounted prices for Amazon Prime participants, they are now using electronic price tags to display a range of information. As promised, Interabang…
Q3 Sales and Income Down at McGraw-Hill, Despite Digital Growth
McGraw-Hill reported earnings for the period ending September 30, with sales of $542.6 million, down from $552.1 million. Net income also fell slightly, down $2.2 million to $53.4 million. Meanwhile, the company’s preferred, non-GAAP measure of profit, adjusted EBITDA, was up slightly, to $371.7 million from $368.2 million. Higher ed sales of $189 million were…
Barnes & Noble Dismisses Blog Freelancers
Last week Barnes & Noble let go the numerous freelance bloggers who wrote for the Teen and Sci-Fi and Fantasy blogs, as part of the company-wide refocus on booksellers. Dahlia Adler, a writer for BN Teen tweeted that “every single freelancer at B&N” had been let go. She added to PL, “As far as I…
People, Etc.
Amar Deol will join Atria as editor, moving over from Simon & Schuster and reporting to editorial director Lindsay Sagnette. Cara Duckworth joins the AAP as vice president, communications, reporting to John McKay. She has been at the Recording Industry Association of America since 2007, most recently as svp, communications. In the adult books group…
Reid’s Such A Fun Age Tops December Library Reads
Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age is the No. 1 pick for December Library Reads. Also on the list is Good Girls Lie by J.T. Ellison. Both are excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2019 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the picks: Africaville, by Jeffrey Colvin The Dead Girls Club, by Damien…
People: Ward Promoted to Random House Publisher, and Desser Will Move From Knopf as RH Editor-in-Chief
Random House is promoting Andy Ward to succeed the late Susan Kamil, and in the second big change at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group this month, longtime editorial director at Knopf Robin Desser will move over to the Random House imprint as editor-in-chief in January. Newly reporting to Ward in his new role as publisher…