At Trident Media Group, Martha Wydysh and Sulamita Garbuz have both been promoted to associate agents. Nora Rawn joins as foreign rights agent. She was most recently senior editor for Lonely Planet. The late Monika Schoeller, longtime publisher of S. Fischer Verlag and daughter of publisher Georg von Holtzbrinck, was remembered at a service in…
Scribd Raises $58 Million, As Some of Those Unauthorized Snapshots Have Been Removed
Subscription service Scribd announced raising $58 million in equity financing from Spectrum Equity. They say the funds will be used “to continue to operate sustainably and efficiently while accelerating our growth, product innovations, content acquisition and continued investment in our employees.” Despite the raise, Scribd has said that it has been profitable since 2016 —…
10-Digit ISBNs Will Be Gone for Good Next Year
The Book Industry Study Group’s Metadata Committee presented information about Bowker’s plans to introduce new 979 prefix for book ISBNs starting in early 2020, as demand for the existing 978-prefix blocks has diminished the available inventory. But the introduction of a new prefix block means more than just an expansion of available ISBNs: It means…
Briefs
Ailah Ahmed has been promoted to publishing director at Little Brown UK. Picks Way to go, GMA! After announcing their first two Cover to Cover Book Club picks in the middle of the month, the program is on it for December — with an early announcement that Tomi Adeyemi‘s Children of Virtue and Vengeance is…
Former California Barnes & Noble Bookseller Sues for Age Discrimination, Seeking Class Action Status
Longtime Barnes & Noble employee Barbara Tavres, 59, filed suit against the bookseller in the US District Court in Northern California, seeking class action status and alleging age discrimination. After working for B&N in community relations since 2006, most recently at a bookstore in Emeryville, CA — during a career of positive performance reviews that…
People, Etc.
Christine Edwards will join Harper Collins in the newly created role of svp, sales on December 30, reporting to Josh Marwell. She is currently vp, group sales director for Crown Publishing Group as well as vp, group sales director for Penguin Random House Audio. At Harlequin Trade, Jennifer Choi has joined as manager, subsidiary rights;…