PEOPLE The Ingram Content Group has made two new executive appointments: Kelly Gallagher has been named VP of Content Acquisition. He was VP of Publishing Services at Bowker. He will join Ingram October 8, as will Pep Carrera, who has been named Chief Information Officer. Jessica Schmidt joins Perseus Distribution as Associate Director of Client…Continue Reading
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As dozens of Russian authors, poets, translators, and publishers descend on New York City for BEA’s Global Market Forum and Read Russia 2012 from June 2-7, Publishing Trends set out to explore Russian literature in the US as it exists even when large delegations from Russia aren’t holding readings and workshops around New York City….Continue Reading
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PEOPLE Judy Hottensen is resigning as Publisher of Weinstein Books to return to Grove/Atlantic, where she worked from 1992 to 2005. She will become Associate Publisher, taking over duties from Eric Price (whose departure was announced last month in PT). Elisabeth Schmitz has been promoted to VP, Editorial Director and Deb Seager has been promoted…Continue Reading
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As all aspects of book publishing become digitized, synthesized, and aggregated through metadata systems, it should come as no surprise that galleys are following suit—even the coveted advanced reader’s copies and uncorrected proofs of yore are taking on a new, digital form. Carrying the torch in the e-galley revolution is NetGalley, a company owned by…Continue Reading
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Publishing Trends thanks marketing and content development consultant Rich Kelley for this report. Which webpage headline converts better: “Sign up for a free account” or “Sign up in 60 seconds”? Is there a better way to check backlinks than by using Google? Should you hire an agency to retarget website visitors or can you do…Continue Reading
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This morning, I attended the beginning of BISG‘s BISAC meeting, so that I could see Mike Shatzkin of the Idea Logical Company present selected results from his recent “StartwithXML” Survey. For more info, go here: http://toc.oreilly.com/startwithxml/, or if you’re not sure what XML is, go to Tools of Change’s “XML” explanation. Also, learn more at…Continue Reading