The Best Thing to Appear in TBR In Weeks, By Far In case you didn’t catch Donald Trump’s letter to the editor. NYT Personnel News Jaci Updike has been promoted to director of Random House adult sales, reporting to Don Weisberg, and taking over from Madeline McIntosh, who became publisher of the Random House Audio […]
Lunch for Friday, September 9
AMS Adds UK Children’s Distributor AMS announced its acquisition as of September 1 of the assets of UK children’s book distributor Ragged Bears Limited. Distributed lines (which include Chronicle’s Children’s) will be put under the PGW Worldwide banner, with Ragged Bears become the company’s UK children’s division. AMS International president Mike Kidd comments: “It is […]
Lunch for Thursday, September 8
Booker Shortlist Julian Barnes’ ARTHUR AND GEORGE, Zadie Smith’s ON BEAUTY, Sebastian Barry’s A LONG LONG WAY, Ali Smith’s THE ACCIDENTAL, John Banville’s THE SEA and Kazuo Ishiguro’s NEVER LET ME GO comprise the Booker Prize shortlist, announced earlier today. London bookmakers have made Julian Barnes (twice nominated, often praised, never crowned) the 5-4 favorite. […]
Lunch for Wednesday, September 7
Profits Rise at Random Bertelsmann reported results for the first half of the year, with Random House registering sales of 799 million euros ($994 million) and “operating EBIT” of 48 million euros. The company says the decline in sales versus 818 million euros a year ago is due to the weak dollar, though dollar softness […]
Lunch for Tuesday, September 6
Helping Hands John Grisham is donating $5 million to create the Rebuild the Coast Fund Organization to help uninsured people from Mississippi (where he has a home, in Oxford) rebuild homes and businesses. He commented: “We don’t normally publicize gifts. It’s something we keep extremely private. But in these very, very rare circumstances — this […]
Lunch for Friday, September 2
In Katrina’s Wake The ABA has set up a fund to help booksellers and their families following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Checks payable to ABA/Bookseller Relief Fund can be sent to the organization’s office at 200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. They ask that you write “Bookseller Relief” on the outside of the […]