Simon & Schuster has provided a list of the new hardcover releases for the first four months of 2010 that will not be published in ebook form until four months after initial print publication. They write: “We believe this publishing sequence will benefit the performance of all the different formats in which these titles are published, and in the long term will contribute to a healthier retail environment for the greater book buying public.” JanuaryYOU: ON A DIET REVISED EDITION by Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. (Free Press) STAR by Peter Biskind (S&S) THE HIGH SCHOOL […]
Cochrane Moves Up at Doubleday Canada
As Maya Mavjee moves to run the Crown group in the US, Kristin Cochrane will become publisher of the Doubleday Canada group, reporting to ceo Brad Martin, as of January 1. He writes: “Kristin has been with Doubleday Canada for just four years, but in that time, and particularly since assuming the position of Deputy Publisher one year ago, she has been directly and vigorously involved in all aspects of the Doubleday Canada publishing program. Her strategic approach and publishing instincts have had a clear and tangible impact on Doubleday Canada and its success.”
Crown Is Split In Two; Frost Leaves, and Mavjee Will Run New Crown
Having turned the Crown Publisher Group into a sprawling empire of lines, Random House ceo Markus Dohle announced today that “we believe that both our overall publishing interests and those of our respective imprints, authors, and our colleagues, will now be best served by splitting off the current Crown Publishing Group into separately structured and distinct groups: one comprised of the Crown trade-publishing imprints; the other with the Random House Audio Group and the Random House Information Group.” Current president and Publisher of the Crown Publishing Group Jenny Frost is “stepping down effective immediately…bringing to a close a distinctive quarter-century […]
Bookselling: Larsson Imports Sell Well, But What About the Law?; Open Book Admits to Co-Op Filing Error; Copperfield's Say Kiosks Boost Sales
Following the WSJ’s story about impatient Americans ordering anticipated fiction that has been released in the UK but not yet published in the US, the NYT files a story about significant business in the US for the British edition from Quercus of Stieg Larsson’s third book The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Knopf currently has that title scheduled for a May 25, 2010 release. While no precise numbers on import sales are reported, the UK version of Hornet’s Nest “tied for No. 5 on the bestseller list of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association in October.” One aspect of the […]
Baker & Taylor Buys Blackwell NA; Sells UK Branch
Baker & Taylor announced yesterday they are buying Blackwell Book Services North America to integrate with YBP and Australia-based James Bennett bookseller (also owned by Blackwell). In turn, they are selling their UK unit Lindsay and Croft to Blackwell UK. Also, “Baker & Taylor’s YBP Library Services and Blackwell U.K. have entered into a strategic sourcing agreement under which YBP Library Services will source all U.K.-published academic material from Blackwell U.K., and Blackwell U.K. will source all U.S.-published academic material from YBP Library Services.”Release
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Dedi Felman will join Times Books as a senior editor as of January 4, acquiring books on current events, politics, science, and economics. She had worked most recently at Simon & Schuster. Crain’s named Hachette Book Group one of the 40 best places to work in 2009, at No. 24 “the happiest book publisher.” They report that HBG will once again give all employees a year-end bonus, as they did last year as well. Crain’s says that 16 percent of the staff was promoted this year, and they claim that the “average salary” is $114,164.Crains