Digital Publishing Goes Mainstream. PT Attempts To Make a Meal Out of the Proverbial ePie This month we decided to tackle the Sisyphean task of coming up with eNumbers – stats for the digital side of the biz. For the Book Publishing industry, eBooks are the most literal digital translation – books, in every sense…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon Pages, Audio Publishers Association, Book Tech, Chapter Feeds, Holtzbrinck, International Digital Publishing Forum, Jim Lichtenberg, Lightspeed, MBS, Meg Fisher, Nick Bogaty, Oxford University Press, Random House, Sony Reader, Sparknotes, Vincent Janoski
Publishers and Booksellers Re-Assess Their Backlists, Stocking Deeper, While Printing Less, Plus: Looking Beyond the Shelf Backlist has always been a cash cow for those willing to milk it. Publishers have long tried enticing booksellers with annual promotions, Buy-Now-Pay-Later deals, Just In Time Inventory and the like – all with the hope of boosting their…Continue Reading
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PEOPLE Jean Feiwel, Senior VP and Publisher is leaving Scholastic at the end of October after 22 years with the company. Trade Sales Director Jack Perry, who came to Scholastic from Sourcebooks last year, is also leaving. Ann Marie Resnick has been hired for the new position of VP, Marketing and Promotion in the book…Continue Reading
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Tagged ACT!, Aladdin, Algonquin, Amy Scheiber, Andy Borowitz, Anne Marie Resnick, Berkley Publishing Group, Bill Strachan, BJ Gabriel, Boston Globe, Brenda Bowen, Brenda Copeland, Brown Reference, Carlo De Vito, Chamberlain Brothers, Chronicle, Church Publishing Incorporated, Citadel Press, Columbia House, Continuum, Counterpoint, Craig Burke, Daniel Slager, David Highfill, David Kelly, David Steinberg, David Wilk, Diana Baroni, Director of The Bronx Writers' Center, Disney, Don Weisberg, Donna Bray, Elizabeth Viscott Sullivan, Emily Swartzlander, Federal Street, Firoozeh Dumas, Garrett White, Gene Brissie, Grand Street, Harcourt, HarperCollins, Hilary Reeves, Housing Works Used Book Cafe, HP Books, Hyperion, Ileene Smith, IMG Literary, Inc., Jaci Updike, Jack Jensen, Jack Perry, Jane Friedman, Jean Feiwel, Jennifer Schuessler, Joanna Cotler Books, Jon Stewart, Judith Ehrlich Literary Management, Karin Paprocki, Kensington, Leslie Shipman, Ligature Partners, Lisa Gallagher, Lisa Herling, Lisa Holton, Little Simon, Living the Good News, Liz Perl, Los Angeles Museum of Art, Mara Anastas, Marjorie Mueller, Marta Schooler, Martha Reddington, Mary Ellen O'Neill, Mary McAveney, Merriam Webster, Milkweed Editions, Morehouse Publishing, Morrow, NAL, Oxford University Press, Patrick Nolan, Pearson, Penguin, Perigee, Perseus, Perseus Books Group, Random House, Resolution, Rick Pascocello, Rick Richter, Riverhead, Rodale, Roe Hollander, Rubin Pfeffer, S&S, Sara Nelson, Scholastic, Simon Spotlight, Sophia Seidner, Sourcebooks, Tami Booth Corwin, The American Book Producers Association, The Cheyenne Group, The Collins McCormick Literary Agency, The Free Press, The Lyons Press, The National Book Awards, The National Book Foundation, Thurber House, Thurber Prize, Tom Willshire, Valerie Garfield, Warner Books, Wendy Lefkon, Wendy Leftkon, Whitney Musesum of American Art, Willa Perlman, Yale University Press
Audible Braces as MediaBay and Amazon Enter, Growth Continues Across the Board Talking to audio publishers is like walking into a small town where everyone knows everyone else and all of the competition is friendly — at this point everybody is so excited by the potential growth of the industry that they seem willing to…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Anthony Goff, APA, Audible, Audio Book Club, Audio Renaissance, BBC, Harlequin, Harper Audio, HarperCollins, Holtzbrinck, Hyperion, Jeff Dittus, Jill Sansone, Mary Beth Roche, MediaBay, OverDrive, Penguin Group, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Time Warner, Zondervan
PEOPLE Two editors whose last names are singular enough to identify them immediately, made major moves this month. Moments after leaving Random House, where he was Editor in Chief of Little Random, Jon Karp has gone to Warner to start his own imprint, Warner Twelve. And Peter Osnos announced that he will step aside as…Continue Reading
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Tagged Abrams, Alan Smagler, Allison Heiny, Alloy, Amanda Fernandez, Avalon, Bantam Dell Group, Barbara Tolley Associates, Berkley Books, BJ Berti, Calvin Reid, Carroll & Graf, Charlotte Abbott, Christopher Hudson, Chuck Lang, Claiborne Hancock, Claire McKinney, Crafter's Choice Book Club, Creative Publishing International, Dorling Kindersley, Elizabeth Shreve, Gary June, Getty Publications, Gina Maolucci, Golden Books, Grove/Atlantic, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Jackie Cantor, Jackie Merri Meyer, Jim Milliot, John Lively, John Sterling, Jon Karp, Jon Miller, Judy Hottensen, Karen Wojtyla, Kate Hamill, Kelliher Samets Volk, Langenscheidt Publishing Group, Magazine Group Publisher, Marcela Valdes, Margaret K. McElderry, Michael Scharf, Miramax Books, MoMA, Overlook, Oxford, Pearson, Penguin, Peter Osnos, Platinum Design, Public Affairs, Random House, Rob Weisbach, Ronni Stolzenburg, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's, Sterling, Steve Zeitchik, Sue Roman, Taunton Press, The Cheyenne Group, Tim Bartlett, Tim Rahr, Tracy Van Straaten, Warner, Willa Perlman
Distributors Reshuffle the Deck – Signing Up Clients As Publishers Proliferate, Ingram Jumps In As Baker & Taylor Gets Out Bowker reports that 2004 saw the birth of 11,000 new ISBNs in the US, bringing the grand total to a whopping 81,000 publishers. From the largest to the smallest, everyone’s looking to get to market,…Continue Reading
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Tagged Baker & Taylor, Banta, Bowker, CDS, Dave Shanke, Ingram Publisher Services, Neil Levin, Octopus Group, Perseus, Phil Ollila, Random House, Workman
The 60th Annual Stationery Show At this year’s 60th annual Stationery Show, held at the Javit’s Center from May 15-18, it seemed as if style was returning to its source, with retro-chic 1940’s and 50’s designs – and an emphasis on vintage Paris – flooding the floor. An especially slow year, Sunday kicked off to…Continue Reading
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Tagged Abrams, Anne Taintor, Chronicle, HarperCollins, Javits Center, Marvel Comics, Random House, S&S, Sourcebooks, Stationery Show, Yoshitomo Nara
PEOPLE As we move into summer, some job changes include geographic movement, along with the usual hopping across town: Close to home Laurie Rippon, Publisher of CollinsDesign, is leaving HarperCollins effective July 31. She may be contacted through the company until then. Meanwhile, Steve Wasserman, fresh from his LA Times gig, is once again a…Continue Reading
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Tagged Allison McCabe, AMS, Amy Baker, Angela Baggetta Hayes, Anne Larsen, Arnold Robert Bolka, B&N, Ballantine, Basic, Berkley, Bill Corsa, Bill Thomas, Bloomsbury, Book Creation, BookExpo, Brettne Bloom, Christina Noriega, Chronicle, Cliff Becker, CollinsDesign, Constance Sayre, Crown, David Goddy, David Rosenthal, Debbie Matsumoto, DK, Dow Jones, E-Scholastic, Ecco, Eileen Pagan, Elaine Szewczyk, Elisabeth Weed, Ellis Levine, Eric Liebetrau, Eric Yang, Eric Yang Agency, Eye Quarto, Frog Ltd., Goldberg McDuffie, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HM, Hope Innelli, Houghton, Jason Kincade, Jason Mitchell, javits, Jennifer Hart, John Illingworth, John Kelly, Josh Wood, Joyce Stein, Kate Travers, Kirkus Reviews, Kneerim & Williams, Kris Puopolo, Krystyna Skalski, Larry Kirshbaum, Laura Howard, Laurie Rippon, Levenger, Marian Brown, Mariner, Mark Ouimet, Maureen O'Neal, Michael Carlisle, Michelle Howry, MPI, Murdoch Books, National Book Foundation, National Book Network, National Endowment for the Arts, National Geographic, NBN, North Atlantic Books, Osprey, Overstock.com, Patricia Kelly, Penguin, Perigee, Pete McCarthy, Peter Molinari, PGW, Philip Revzin, Quirk, Raab Associates, Random House, Regan Media, S&S, Sandy McCarron, Scholastic, Seth Radwell, Specialty Book Marketing, St. Martin's, Stephen Morrison, Steve Sheppard, Steve Wasserman, Susan Canavan, Taschen, The Academy of American Poets, The Ingram Book Group, Thunder Bay, Time Warner, Tom Jourdane, Tree Swenson, Walker, Will Kiester, Y.S. Chi
PEOPLE April began with the front page NYT story about Judith Regan’s move to LA – a story whose significance is still somewhat unclear. Then real news came of Scholastic‘s Barbara Marcus leaving in June and being succeeded by Disney‘s Lisa Holton. Changes at Rodale include the just announced resignation of Amy Rhodes, Publisher of…Continue Reading
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Tagged Alison Rich, Allyn Johnston, Amy Rhodes, Artisan, Atria, B&N Publishing, Baker & Taylor, Ballantine, Barbara Marcus, Berkley, Bloomsbury USA, Borders, Brenda Bowen, Candlewick, Carlo DeVito, Catherine Daly, Cathy Lee Gruhn, Chris Min Park, Chris Pavone, Clarkson Potter, Cleveland Clinic Press, Creative Culture, Curtis Brown, David Brown, David Drake, David Roth-Ey, Debra Goldstein, Disney, Doubleday, Ecco, Elisabeth Dyssegaard, Elizabeth Van Doren, Ellen Geiger, Ellen Stamper, Emi Battaglia, Emily Brenner, Emily Takoudes, Flying Point Press, Frances Goldin Literary Agency, FSG, Gail Fortune, Greenburger, Harcourt, Harper Festival, HarperCollins, InStyle, Jane Comins, Jeanette Lawson, Jeanne Mosure, Jennifer DeFilippi, Jennifer Gonzalez, Jennifer Romanello, Jeremy Katz, Jim Conlin, John Glusman, John Talbot, John Whalen, Jon Anderson, Jonathan Burnham, Judith Regan, Kate Medina, Kathryn Court, Kathy Dawson, Kathy Schneider, Katie Wainwright, Larry D. Chilnick, Laura Nolan, Lee Boudreaux, Levy Home, Lisa Holton, Louisa Ermelino, Louise Braverman, Louise Rice, Lynn Waggoner, Margot Schupf, Mariska Van Aalst, Mark Maxwell, Mary Ann Naples, Mary Ellen Curley, Melnick and Myer Books, Michael Sullivan, Miramax, Morrow/Avon, Natural History magazine, NBNKids, Paint Chip, Patricia Kelly, Penguin, Peter McCarthy, Plume, Random House, Rodale, Roundtable Press, Rugged Land, Running Press, S&S, Sally Wood, Scholastic, Smithsonian Books, Stephen Morrison, Steve Pace, Susan Berg, Suzanne Herz, T.J. Kellerher, The Talbot Fortune Agency, Triangle Awards, Viking, Walter Foster, Washington Square Press, Workman
