Kara Watson has been promoted to executive editor at Scribner. John Meils has joined Workman Publishing as senior editor. He was most recently senior editor at Sterling Publishing. Ronnie Kutys has been promoted to manager, sales at Harper Collins. Raven Andrus has been promoted to sales support coordinator. Carol Brightman, 80, author of Writing Dangerously and…
The Bigger Lunchbox
We hope you enjoyed the small anniversary glimpse of what the full, longer Publishers Lunch Deluxe looks like — even though a few days isn’t really sufficient to represent all the additional news and analysis we provide to paid subscribers all the time. But it’s a start, at least. As we noted earlier in the…
Briefs
Legal Audible attorney Emily Reisbaum advised the court on Thursday that they are still in discussions with publishers regarding a potential resolution of the Captions lawsuit. Their next progress report will come on or before December 3. Awards Julia Lovell won the 2019 Cundill History Prize for Maoism (Knopf). Bookselling Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San…
Not a Good Quarter for Cengage
Educational publisher Cengage — hoping to merge soon with McGraw-Hill if the DOJ approves the plan — continues to struggle while waiting, with revenue falling $63.9 million, down to $410.4 million, in the fiscal second quarter, ending September 30. Net income was $11.5 million, down from $34.4 million. After adjusting for currency exchange, income was…
International: Haynes Puts Itself Up for Sale, and Bonnier Launches A Danish Publisher
Haynes Publishing, which is publicly traded in London, has decided to put itself up for sale, with Europa Partners as its financial adviser. Founder John Haynes died a year ago. Executive chairman Eddie Bell said in a statement, “The board now believes our future will be best secured by the whole group becoming part of…
MacLaughlin’s Wake Siren Tops December Indie Next List
The ABA named Wake, Siren by Nina MacLaughlin as its No. 1 pick for December. The list also includes Olaf Olafsson’s The Sacrament and Andie J. Christopher’s Not the Girl You Marry, which are excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2019 and Buzz Books Romance 2019 samplers, respectively. The rest of the…