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Looking Out for the Little Guy

May 1, 2005

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NYU’s Center for Publishing hosted its third Management Forum for Small and Independent Publishers April 15-16, and got an impressive turnout from around the country. Director Robert Baensch hosted the event. Friday morning was devoted to the Big Picture, and Bruce Harris, who headed sales at Random before going to Workman and now, consulting, gave…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Ann Heron, B&T, BISG, BookScan, Bruce Harris, Dan Reynolds, Don Imus, Grove Atlantic, J. McCrary, Jean Srnecz, Jeff Abraham, Judy Hottensen, Management Forum for Smal and Independent Publishers, Nolo Press, NPR, NYU Center for Publishing, Perseus Books Group, Random, Robert Baensch, Storey Publishing, The Today Show, Workman, yarnharlot.com

Book View, September 2004

September 1, 2004

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People Maureen O’Neal has left Ballantine and can be reached by email at mrnoneal@aol.com. Elizabeth Dyssegaard is also leaving at the end of the summer. Katherine Beitner to HarperCollins as Associate Publishing Director. She was Director of Publicity for Harmony and Shaye Areheart Books. In children’s books there is more movement: Last month Diana Blough…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged AAP, Abrams, Adrian Sington, Alan Kahn, Amazon, American Book Producers Association, American Greetings, Andrew Mandel, B&N, Baker & Taylor, Ballantine, BBC, Bearport, Bill Ostroff, Black Dog and Leventhal, Bloomberg Press, Bloomsbury, Books for a Better Life, Borders, Brenda Segel, Brown, Bulfinch, Candlewick, Celeste Risko, Children's Press, Chris North, Citadel Press, Constance Sayre, Debbie Yost, Debra Shapiro, Deirdre Donahue, Diana Blough, Disney, Elizabeth Dyssegaard, EMI, Erick Goss, Franklin Watts, FSG, Funbrain.com, Gene Brissie, Gene Taft, George Gibson, Harmony, HarperCollins, Holt, Hylas, Jack Morrissey, Jack Perry, Jackie Carter, James Peter, Jason Epstein, Jeff Kinney, Jen Bergstrom, Jennifer O'Donohue, John Crutcher, Joyce Stein, Kate Travers, Katherine Beitner, Kathryn Blough, Kathy Robbins Agency, Kenn Goin, Kensington, Kevin Votel, Kim Wylie, Kingfisher, Knopf, KT Forster, Larry Weissman, Learning Horizons, Lisa Kaufman, Little, Macmillan, Magali Veillon, Manie Baron, Margaret Pai, Marisa Bulzone, Marshall Editions, Mary Hall Mayer, Maureen O'Neal, Melissa Eagan, Motorbooks, MPI, National MS, NPR, Oscar Dystel, Pamela Smith, Pat Rozell, Pat Schroeder, Pearson, Penguin, PGW, Phaidon Press, PublicAffairs, Quarto, Randy Charles, Ray Brash, Reader's Digest, Richard Green, Riverheadd, Rodale, Roger Freet, Roger W. Straus, Ron Longe, Routledge, Sally Wood, Sam Tanenhaus, Sandy Bontemps Hodgman, Scholastic, Scribner, Sean Murray, Sharon Hancock, Sharon Huerta, Shaye Areheart Books, Sourcebooks, Steve Murphy, Stewart Tabori & Chang, Sue Ostfield, The Hall Agency, Todd Doughty, United Media, Viking Penguin, Virgin Books, Walker, William Morris, Woongjin, Workman

O’er the Hudson

February 1, 2004

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Far-Flung Regional Houses Hit the Heartland Bull’s-Eye Just one word: scrapbooking. Yes, scrapbooking is the fastest-growing hobby sector in the United States, with sales of related supplies — presumably including books — quadrupling in the past five years to an estimated $2 billion, as the New York Times recently noted, and projected to grow as…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Alison Einerson, Avalon Group, Bob Kaslik, F+W Publications, Gary Wright, Gibbs Smith, Gwen McKee, Hobby Industry Association, Jane Hamada, Janet Harris, Jo-Ann, Leeza Gibbons, Leisure Arts, Linda Cunningham, Martingale, Memory Makers, Meredith Books, Michael's Stores, Microsoft, Nancy Pearl, NPR, Oxmoor House, PGW, Pottery Barn, Primedia, Quail Ridge Press, QVC, Sasquatch Books, ScrapBook Club, Seal Press, Southern Progress Corp, Storey Publishing, Susan Quinn, Susan Reich, Time Warner, Vanna White, Wal-Mart, Workman

High Fidelity?

February 1, 2003

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MP3 Audio Is the Next Big Thing. Unless It’s Audiobook Suicide. The average Los Angeles motorist now spends 136 hours per year sitting stock-still in traffic, according to the landmark Texas Transportation Institute study, and audiobook publishers are thrilled. Indeed, the apocalyptic fate of our nation’s highway infrastructure is rehearsed by audio industry brass with…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged AT&T Wireless, Audible, Audio Book Club, Audio Passages, Audio Publisher Association, Blackstone Audiobooks, Borders, Bruce Schauer, Carrie Kania, Cleveland Public Library, Columbia House, Consumer Electronics Association, David Naggar, Don Katz, Doubleday Direct, eBrain, Eileen Hutton, Gilles Dana, HarperAudio, HarperCollins, Inc., Jack Welch, Kalamazoo Public Library, King County Library System, MediaBay, MusicNet\, Napster, netLibrary, NPR, Otis, OverDrive, Paul Coughlin, PerfectBound, Pressplay, Random House, Random House Audible, RealNetworks, Rio, Sari Feldman, Saul Amdursky, Simon & Schuster Audio, Stephen King, Texas Transportation Institute, The Talisman

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