Sorry We had a number of computer problems yesterday, which led to our unusual “resend.” As a result, our Collins story ran in the latter edition only, so it’s repeated below in case you didn’t read it. Whitbread Winners The Whitbread category winners have been named, with the overall prize winner to be declared on January 25. Susan Clarke failed to win an award yet again for JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL, though the UK press still treats it as a “surprise” every time. Bookies have made Orange winner Andrea Levy the favorite for the top prize. It’s the third […]
Lunch for Wednesday, January 5
More Movement Martin P. Levin is returning home to Cowan, Liebovitz & Latman, to co-manage publishing mergers and acquisitions with Robert Halper and serve again as Counsel. Levin had been at Cowan ever since he retired from the Times Mirror Company in 1984, though he spent the last year working at The van Tulleken Company. While at van Tulleken, Levin is credited with being the “prime mover” in the recent sale of Walker & Co. to Bloomsbury. Levin says in a statement, While I enjoyed working in the international arena, I found that I could be most helpful to clients […]
Lunch for Tuesday, January 4
Personnel News Publishers Weekly has named longtime publishing reporter Sara Nelson as editor-in-chief. According to the press release, former editor Nora Rawlinson “has decided to leave the organization to pursue other interests.” The magazine’s recently-appointed publisher William McGorry tells the NYT, “We felt we were looking for a new perspective.” He says they are trying to make the publication “a more compelling read.” The Times observes, “Publishers Weekly has faced many of the problems confronting general newsweekly magazines, including growing competition from daily electronic publications and Internet sites that cover the same ground.” Vintage Español has named Milena Alberti-Perez to […]
Lunch for Monday, January 3
Boos to Run FBF One little mystery for the year has gotten cleared up nice and early, as the Frankfurt Book Fair announces the naming of Jürgen Boos, 43, as the show’s new director, starting April 1. Boos is currently head of marketing, sales and distribution scientific publisher Wiley-VCH in Germany. Current director Volker Neumann “is to remain in office parallel to Boos until December 31.” A List of Lists Best of 2004 lists have quickly yielded, per tradition, to previews of 2005. The best preface comes from the Boston Globe’s Dave Mehegan, who admits: “Forecasting the big books of […]
Lunch for Monday, December 27
Schedule Considering how quiet it is, we were surprised to find a good selection of interesting pieces to share. Just as we did last week, this issue is a combo regular Lunch and Lunch Weekly. Our schedule is still uncertain, but look for one or two more dispatches later this week. Timing Shines on Canseco’s Book Jose Canseco has followed an ever-changing path ever since he first started shopping his book about his baseball days two-and-a-half years ago, but with steroids and sports making front page news, the timing suddenly looks just right. Originally scheduled for release in late April […]
Lunch for Friday, December 17
Schedule Notes Theoretically this note is meant to explain our publication schedule for the next two weeks, but I haven’t really made any decisions yet. Some Lunch will be served through next Thursday, though probably not every day. We will, however, have at least a couple of year-end extras on the way. I imagine dispatches will be very light the following week, but more on that later. Deals will be dispatched as usual, both daily and weekly. Personnel News Tracy Behar is moving to Little, Brown as executive editor. She was editorial director at Atria and Washington Square Press. Publisher […]