PEOPLE Bonnie Ammer has been named to the newly created position of EVP, Publisher at Large, Random House Worldwide, reporting directly to Peter Olson. Her current job as Publisher, Fodor’s Travel Publications, and President, Random House Information Group, will be assumed by David Naggar, who will continue as President, Random House Audio and Diversified Publishing…Continue Reading
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Tagged Alix Reid, Allen O'Shea, AMD, Anna Stein, Avalon, Baker & Taylor, Ballantine, Bill Strachan, Bob Diforio, Bonnie Ammer, Books for Young Readers, Bookspan, Booz Allen, Brigitte Weeks, Carlisle, Christy Fletcher, Cloomsbury, Coleen O'Shea, Collins McCormick, Columbia U. Press, Columbia University Press, Cook's, Crown, Curtis Brown, D4EO, Dalmation Press, David Naggar, Donadio & Olson, Elizabeth Carduff, Elizabeth Law, Emma Parry, Eric Chinski, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Fodor's, Free Press, Gary Gentel, George Lucas, Gray Peterson, HarperCollins, Harvard Business School, Harvey Klinger, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Hyperion, IDT Telecomm-unications, IMG, Jenny Bent, Jon Ackerman, Klutz, Knopf, Lippincott McQuilkin, Longview Productions, Marilyn Allen, Mark Reiter, Mel Parker, Michael Green, Michelle Frey, Nancy Hinkel, Nancy Siscoe, Pat Gauch, Penguin, Perseus, Peter Olson, Peter Robinson, Peters Fraser & Dunlop, PFD, Philomel, PJ Mark, Rachel Klayman, Random House, Richard Miles, Rightscenter.com, Rob McQuilkin, Ruth Pomerance, S&S, Sandee Roston, Scholastic, Scott Matthews, Simon & Schuster, Steven Pace, Tad Floridis, Tracy Brown, Trident Media Group, USAFilms, Viking, Wendy Sherman, Wendy Wolff, Will Lippincott, Wylie Agency
PEOPLE Steve Parr has been named CEO of Abrams, following the departure of Mark Magowan and Alan Rutsky (along with two dozen others) at the end of the year. He was most recently with Emap. . . . After 14 years at Harcourt, Louise Pelan, VP and Publisher of Children’s Books, is taking early retirement…Continue Reading
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Tagged AAP, Abrams, ALA, Alan Rutsky, Amazon, Amy Scheibe, Andre Bernard, Andrea Schulz, Andromeda, Angeli Singh, Audrey Puzzo, Aurum Press, Barney Rosset, Barron's, Bloomsbury, BN.com, Bob Sabbag, Book Publishing Report, Books for a Better Life, Bookspan, BookTech, Canongate, Chris Kerr, Chrysalis Books, Chuck Lang, Coliseum Books, Da Capo, David Carr, DK, Dominick Anfuso, Dorothy Regan, Doubleday, Ellen Sibley, EMAP, eToys.com, Free Press, FSG, Gernert Agency, Glamour, Grove Atlantic, Grove Press, Hachette, Harcourt, HarperCollins, Harry Evans, Jamie Byng, Jane Friedman, Janos Gat, Jim Clark, John Glusman, Jon Galassi, Judsen Sulbreth, Just Group, Kathryn Nanovic Morlet, Kimberly Whalen, Lewis Lapham, Linda Pennell, Little Brown, Lorne Manly, Louise Pelan, Luann Walther, Lucinda Karter, Mark Magowan, Marshall Editions, Mary Anne Thompson, Mediakey, Mondadori, Morgan Entriken, Museum of TV & Radio, NYU, Octopus, Oprah, Orion, Overlook Press, Pam Abrams, Pat Sado, Paul Feldstein, Paulist Press, Pavilion Books, Penguin Putnam, Peter Garlid, Pocket, Powell's, Primedia, Random House, Random House/Transworld, ReadingGroupGuides.com, Rightscenter.com, Robert Welsch, Rotrosen Agency, Sara Nelson, Scholastic, Screenpress Books, Skip Fischer, Steve Brill, Steve Parr, Subrights.com, The Book Reporter, The French Publishers Agency, The New York Times, Therese Burke, Tracy Howell, Trafalgar Square, Trident Media Group, University of California Press, Vintage/Anchor
PEOPLE HarperCollins has announced the long-awaited restructuring of its sales department: Josh Marwell has been named SVP Sales, with specific responsibility for Harper Trade Adult and overall corporate responsibility for special sales and sales operations (Business Manager Jeff Meltzer will report to him). Andrea Pappenheimer, SVP Sales, Children’s Publishing, and George Bick, VP Sales Morrow/Avon,…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amanda Ridout, Andrea Pappenheimer, Anthony Forbes-Watson, AOL, Barefoot Books, Barron's, Berkley, Bill Clegg, Bloomsbury, Bob Bernstein, Bob Sutton, Bonnie Bader, Burnes & Clegg, Candace Finn, Candlewick Press, Christina Harcar, Contentville, Craig Holden, Danny Gurr, David Ford, David Kennedy, David Shanks, Denny Hatch, Don Lamm, Dorling Kindersley, Doubleday, DW Gibson, EPM, Fourth Estate, George Bick, Gerry Howard, Glenn D'Agnes, Globe Pequot, Golden Books, Gotham Scouting Partners, Grosset, Hank Steuver, HarperCollins, Headline, Heather Byer, Hodding Carter, Hugh Shiebler, iVillage, Jeanette Watson, Jeff Hobbs, Jeff Meltzer, Josh Marwell, Kathy Dawson, Larry Chilnick, Laura Matthews, Lenox Hill Bookstore, LiveReads, Liz Perl, Louis Baum, Marjorie Scardino, Marly Rusoff, Martin Dugard, May Wuthrich, McGraw-Hill, Michael Carlisle, Morrow, Newmarket Press, Paul Bresnick, Pearson, Penguin, Peter Hildick-Smith, Putnam Children's, Random House Audio, Rightscenter.com, Riverhead, Skip Fischer, St. Martin's, Tapestry Films, Target Marketing, Terry Guerin, The Bookseller, The Free Press, The Licensing Letter, The Rights Report, Thomas Webster, Thorsons, Time Warner, Time-Life Books, Toby Checchini, Turtle Point Press, USA Films, Victoria Barnsley, Victoria Welles, Viking Children's, Whitaker, Yulia Borodyanskaya, Zagat
As Russia’s book culture rebounds — witness the White Nights International Book Fair, slated for June 27–30 in St. Petersburg — copyright remains a needling concern. Yulia Borodyanskaya of Rightscenter.com reports from a recent conference meant to bolster awareness of the nation’s intellectual property laws. St. Petersburg is slowly but surely emerging as the cultural…Continue Reading
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Tagged Alexander Korzhenevsky Agency, Andrew Nurnberg Agency, Dmitri Nabokov, E. Van Lear Agency, Gallup St. Petersburg Research Company, Permission and Rights Agency, Rightscenter.com, Russian Copyright Monitoring, Soros Foundation, St. Petersburg, US Consulate General, V.V. Nabokov Museum, Yulia Borodyanskaya
This was supposed to have been the year of the e-book, though judging from the hype and early sales, it might be safer to call it the year of the book, period. After scanning the evolving e-publishing landscape, PT’s panel of industry experts has selected the most interesting electronic publishing events of 2000, offered herewith…Continue Reading
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Tagged eBay, EBX, Electronic Book Exchange, Fatbrain, Frankfurt-Whitaker, HarperCollins, Henry Yuen, Holtzbrinck, IDG, Inside.com, Joel Fishman, John Wiley, Kip Parent, Lightning, Microsoft, MightyWords, Open eBook Forum, Oppenheimer Funds, Publisherslunch.com, Questia, Random House, RCA, Rightscenter.com, Sprout, Stanford University Press, Subrights.com, TV Guide, Ziff-Davis
Nick Webb, MD Europe for Rightscenter.com, serves up an author’s-eye view of Frankfurt in this dispatch, which will appear in a longer article in the journal of the Society of Authors. If you’re one of those authors who secretly feels low after nipping into Waterstones and seeing the sheer variety of books jostling for shelf…Continue Reading
Copious amounts of ink flowed in the pages of the trade press and the New York Times on the subject of the most recent Licensing Show, which took place June 13–15 at the Javits Center in New York. Unhappily for exhibitors, however, the lucrative patina around the likes of Eloise and Curious George could do…Continue Reading
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Tagged Arthur Andersen, Barbar, Big Brother, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Cinar, clifford, Coca Cola, Curious George, Dick Bruna, Disney, Dr. Seuss, Dreamworks, Eloise, Franklin the Turtle, Golden, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Harry Potter, Hasbro, Inside.com, Ira Mayer, Iron Chefs, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jean de Brunhoff, John Barbour, Licensing Show, LIMA, Maisy, Mattel, Miffy, Nigel Huddleston, Olympics, pat the bunny, Peter Rabbit, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Rainbow Fish, Rightscenter.com, Risa Kessler, Scholastic, Strawberry Shortcake, Subrights.com, Survivor, The Lord of the Rings, toy fair, Toynetwork.com, Toysrus.com, Universal Studios, Viacom, Warner, WHN, Who Wants to be a Millionaire
PEOPLE Mark Pattis, who had been CEO of Tribune Education, but left in March, right before the division was put on the market (it was just sold to McGraw–Hill), has become an investor. He is a partner in Next Chapter Holdings, a company that invests in a number of areas, including books, magazines, and digital…Continue Reading
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Tagged Alan Smagler, Amy Metsch, Ann Patty, Auerbach, AuthorsOnline.com, Bantam, Bill Wright, BookTech, Borders, Carlisle & Co., Carol Publishing, Citadel, Consciously Female, Daisy Maryles, Dan Weiss, David Denby, David Kuo, Doe Coover, Dot.Bomb, Dr. Tracy Gaudet, Drenka Willen, Eileen Goudge, Elisabeth Kerr, Emily Heckman, Franklin & Siegal, Gay Bryant, George Bick, Glen Hartley, Goldman Sachs, Hachette, Harcourt, HarperCollins, Hearst, Heidi Freund, Hyperion, Jane Isay, Jennifer Landers, Kathy Robbins, Ken Wright, Kensington, Konemann, Larry Chilnick, Linda C. Howey, Little Brown, Lucinda Karter, Marilyn Slankard, Mark Pattis, Marly Rusoff, McGraw-Hill, Merrill Lynch, Meryl Earl, Michael Barson, Michael Jacobs, Michael Pietsch, Molly Stern, Morrow, Morrow/Avon, netLibrary, Next Chapter Holdings, Norton, One Last Dance, Phil Ollila, Pocket, Putnam, Questia Media, QVC, Ralf Daab, Reciprocal, Rick Richter, Rightscenter.com, Routledge, S&S, Sarah Crichton, Scholastic, Second Silence, Susan Ginsburg, te Neues, The Free Press, The Recipe Hall of Fame Cookbook, Tribune, ValueAmerica, Viking, Walter Walker, Wrtier's House, Xlibris
PEOPLE Reader’s Digest announces that Harold Clarke, most recently President of Random’s Children’s Publishing Division, has been named VP Publisher New Market Development, for RD’s Global Books and Home Entertainment Division, reporting to SVP and President John Bohane. Speaking of exurban, Janet Harris has left Workman, where she has overseen all sales, to become Associate…Continue Reading
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Tagged Alice van Straalen, AMG, Anchor Books, Ballantine, Bill Phillips, BoardRoom, Bookspan, Broadway, Celia O'Connell, Center for Literary Presses, Craig Herman, David Gale, Debby Tobias, Deborah Baker, Dino Battista, Doubleday Direct, Elizabeth Bogner, Harold Clarke, HarperCollins, iPublish, Janet Harris, Jennifer Josephy, John Bohane, Karen Daly, Keith Goldsmith, Kodansha, Library of America, Little Brown, Lucinda Karter, Lyda Shuster, Marcia Burch, Michael Morrison, Mike Winton, Morrow/Avon, Norton, Owl/Holt, Penguin Putnam, Pocket Books, Publishers Group West, Random House, Reader's Digest, Rightscenter.com, Roger Cooper, S&S, Storey, Time Warner, Tracy Brown, USA Films, Vintage, Warner, Will Lippincott, Workman, Zagat, Zagat Survey
PEOPLE A month into the naughts, let’s recap some recent moves: Greg Tobin leaves Ballantine after seven months as VP, Editor in Chief, to try his hand as a full time author. He has a two-book contract with St. Martin’s/Tor Books’ Tom Doherty. . . . Alun Davies, longtime head of BDD’s international division, moves…Continue Reading
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Tagged A. M. Homes, Algonquin, Alun Davies, An Imperfect God, Ariel Kaminer, Art Winslow, Avon, Ballantine, Barbara O'Dair, Barron's, BDD, Bethany Harris, BOMC, Bookforum, BookScan, Borders.com, Broadway, Business Week, Cathy Lobel, Charlesbridge Publishing, Chris Willcon, Craig Offman, Dell, Donadio & Olson, Doubleday, Doubleday/Broadway, Dummies Series, Edith Berelson, Elaine Markson, Elisabeth Sifton, Elizabeth Sheinkman, Ellen Levine, FSG, Geoff Kloske, Grace Freedson, Greg Tobin, Harold Underdown, Harper's Bazaar, HarperCollins, Harriet Bell, Harriet Rubin, Henry Dunow, Henry Holt, Henry Wiencek, Howard Morhaim, ICM, Ira Silverberg, iVillage, Jack Romanos, Jennifer Carlson, Jessica Lichtenstein, Jim King, Joelle Delbourgo, John Leonard, Jonathan Levin, Joy Press, Justin Schwartz, Kate Hartzen, Kathryn Court, Knopf, Laura Miller, Laurie Muchnick, Libby Jordan, Lisa Marks, Lisa Rasmussen, Little Brown, Louise Quayle, Lynn Nesbit, Manil Suril, Michael Cunningham, Michael MacCambridge, Morrow, Motley Fool, New York Review of Books, New York Times Magazine, Newsday, NFL, Nick Webb, Nicole Aragi, Norton, Out Magazine, Pam Honig, Paul Gediman, PEN American Center, Penguin, Peter Franklin, Pocket Books, Prentice Hall, Publications International, Random Value, Reader's Digest, Richard Price, Rightscenter.com, Robert Frump, Robin Desser, S&S, Salon, Salon.com, Sarah Burnes, Scott Moyers, Shawn Coyne, Sloan Harris, Sonny Mehta, St. Martin's, Stacey D'Erasmo, Sterling Lord, Susan Friedland, Suze Orman, The American Academy in Rome, The Death of Vishnu, The Hairstons, The Nation, Time Life, Tom Beer, Tom Doherty, Tor Books, Tracy Behar, Until The Sea Shall Free Them, Vanity Fair, VLS, VNU, Watkins Loomis, Wayne Lawson, Wendy Sherman, William Morris
