Barnes & Noble vp of stores Carl Hauch, one of three members comprising the office of the chief executive that was formed after Demos Parneros was fired, is leaving the bookseller on January 18. He is taking a position as ceo of “a major retail food group.” Hauch was hired by Parneros in June 2017….
People, Etc.: Mavjee to Macmillan
Former Crown Publishing Group president and publisher Maya Mavjee will join Macmillan on March 1 in the new role of president, publishing strategy, reporting to ceo John Sargent. Mavjee will work closely with Sargent, coo Andrew Weber (formerly of Random House), and president of Macmillan US Don Weisberg (formerly of Random House and Penguin Children’s)…
Michaelides’ The Silent Patient Tops February Library Reads
Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient is the top pick for February’s Library Reads (an excerpt is available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter collection). The rest of the list: The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, by Anissa Gray Daughter of Moloka’i, by Alan Brennert Finding Dorothy, by Elizabeth Letts The Girls at 17…
Ingram Entertainment Buys Baker & Taylor Entertainment
Ingram purchased “certain assets” from Baker & Taylor in a deal that closed January 11 — but the buyer was Ingram Entertainment, the video and home entertainment distributor, not Ingram Content Group, and they acquired B&T’s entertainment products distribution division (including “retail customer agreements for the purchase of video and audio music products”). Reportedly, the Federal…
Donegan Asks For Stay of Discovery, Dismissal of Defamation Suit
“S—-y Media Men” list creator Moira Donegan’s legal team filed a letter with Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, arguing for motions to dismiss Stephen Elliott’s defamation lawsuit and to stay discovery until the judge rules on the motion, citing “the extraordinary weakness of [Elliott’s] allegations.” In a four-page letter, counsel Roberta A. Kaplan argues that Elliott’s…
People, Etc.
Theresa Park and Celeste Fine have joined together to form a new literary agency, Park & Fine Literary and Media, combining the existing Park Literary & Media with Fine’s roster of clients and a number of her colleagues from Sterling Lord. They will jointly run the agency as co-founders and partners. Coming over with Fine,…