In McGraw-Hill’s Business editorial group, Donya Dickerson has been promoted to senior editor. She was an editor. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Craig Mandeville has been promoted to Vice President, General Manager for Adult and Children’s Publishing. Frank Totaro has been appointed to the position of Vice President, Deputy Publisher, Novelty and Licensed Publishing, effective immediately, and Alyson Grubard has been named Director of Licensing and Brand Management, reporting to Totaro. HarperFiction UK has promoted deputy publishing director Wayne Brookes to publishing director, reporting to Julia Wisdom, with Voyager’s Sarah Hodgson also moving up to deputy publishing director, reporting to […]
Awards
The Mercantile Library has selected FSG President Jonathan Galassi as the recipient of its 2008 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction The award will be presented at the Mercantile Library’s annual dinner on December 1. The inaugural Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition’s £5,000 first prize was awarded to Kate Miller for her poem, After the Ban. Larry Doyle, Patricia Marx, and Simon Rich are the finalists for this year’s Thurber Prize for American Humor.
Amazon Exclusive on Obama Book Brings Repercussions
Chelsea Green’s plan to offer Robert Kuttner’s OABAMA’S CHALLENGE exclusively through Amazon for the first two weeks of publication, further driven by coupons for a 25-percent discount to be distributed at the Democratic convention, has backfired in a big way. Following expressions of concern and anger from independent booksellers–a group Chelsea Green has cultivated carefully in the past through such programs as their green partner stores–Barnes & Noble has substantially cut their order for the book. BN noted in a statement that “Chelsea Green Publishing has taken an unprecedented action to restrict the availability of Robert Kuttner’s ‘Obama’s Challenge’ by […]
New Woodward Announced
Simon & Schuster has announced the title of Bob Woodward’s new book: THE WAR WITHIN: A Secret White House History 2006-2008–along with the release date of September 8, in what they say will be a 900,000-copy first printing. In a statement editor Alice Mayhew says: “There has not been such an authoritative and intimate account of presidential decision making since the Nixon tapes and the Pentagon Papers. This is the declassification of what went on in secret, behind the scenes.” The Washington Post will excerpt the book on September 7, when the traditional Woodward 60 Minutes episode will air as […]
B&N: "Throw This Stock Away"
Barnes & Noble has been nominated as Motley Fool’s latest “Throw This Stock Away” candidate, saying “it’s hard to picture a superstore chain like B&N being more relevant in the future. The way we consume content is changing dramatically, and one only needs to look at something like the emptying bidding floor for rival Borders to realize that even bookworms aren’t coming around to save this tired niche,” says Rick Aristotle Munarriz. Specific slams include the lack of free wi-fi in stores, a “dud” fiscal first quarter, slow growth in online sales and even slower stock repurchases and the increased […]
Wordsmith Books Close to $25K Goal, Saves Store
After a two week campaign to raise money to save Decatur, GA-area bookstore Wordsmith Books from closing, owner Zachary Steele announced on the store’s blog yesterday that “we have raised enough capital to cover necessary operating expenses and give us a clear sight into the Fall.” In coming close to its $25,000 goal, Steele adds: “there is still much for us yet to do. We have operating expenses caught up and have made some traction into tomorrow, but we will still be working on paying down our debts for the foreseeable future.” He’s also hoping to have investment in the […]