At Gallery, Sydney Morris has been promoted to senior publicist.
Today at Noon: Discuss AMA with children’s editor Stacey Barney
Join publisher and editor Stacey Barney online at this Publishers Marketplace link today at noon Eastern, the latest guest on our Discuss forum, to ask questions about publishing and editing children’s books. A reminder that these are straightforward typed message board conversations. No cameras, no sound, no zooming, no separate apps required. Use the “reply” […]
Bloomsbury Up 28% In First Third
Bloomsbury issued a trading update ahead of today’s annual meeting, reporting sales for the four month period ending June 30, with trade sales of £39.7 million, up 26 percent from £31.5 million last year. Adult trades revenues rose 17 percent and children’s sales were up 32 percent. Company-wide sales of ¢63 million were up 28 […]
Obituary: Lynn Franklin
Literary agent and scout Lynn C. Franklin, 74, died July 19 after a lengthy battle with cancer. After founding her eponymous scouting agency in 1978, she partnered with Todd Siegal to form Franklin & Siegal Associates in 1992. She was also the author of May the Circle Be Unbroken, which looked at adoption from all perspectives […]
More On Scholastic: Lucchese to Inherit Robinson’s Controlling Shares
SEC filings further illuminate the bigger story overlooked yesterday: Scholastic executive Iole Lucchese’s ascent to chair of the company’s board, while continuing to serve as evp, chief strategy officer. In early July, the Surrogate’s Court issued preliminary letters appointing Lucchese as executor of the late Richard Robinson’s estate. Furthermore, she is “also expected to be […]
Distribution
Cheriton Children’s Books will be distributed by Lerner Publisher Services in the US and Canada as of January 1, 2022.