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Book View, May 2003

May 1, 2003

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PEOPLE Between the Random/Ballantine merger and the “Voluntary Retirement” package, insiders say that the total number of exiting employees is cresting thirty, including Howard Weill (Hweill@optonline.net), Mike Moran (mmoran123@aol.com), Ivan Held (IvanHeld@yahoo.com), Dan Rembert (Drem3ert@earthlink.net), Kathleen Spinelli (kspinelli@ mac.com), Susan Gilmer (susan@gilmer.com), Barbara Greenberg, Erica Muncy, and editors Tracy Brown (Tracy_Brown03@msn.com) and Dan Smetanka. The…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged Advanced Marketing Services, Andrea Pappenheimer, Andrea Rosen, AOL Time Warner, Assouline, Barbara Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, Barron's, BEA, Bert Davis, Bill Strachan, Carole Baron, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Clarkson Potter, Columbia, Columbia University School of Journalism, Crown, Dan Rembert, Dan Smetanka, David Sweeney, Dream Works, Eamon Dolan, Eloise Flood, Erica Muncy, Evan Schnittman, Garrett White, George Rubich, Grove, HarperCollins, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Howard Weill, Hugh Shiebler, Ivan Held, J. Anthony Lukas Prize, James Madison Book Award, Jeremy Katz, Jim Wiatt, Johns Hopkins University Press, Jon Anderson, Jonathan Bing, Josh Marwell, Kathleen Spinelli, Katy Workman, Ken Berger, Laura Dobbins, Lauren Shakely, Laurie Bernstein, LSU, Marie Hergenroeder, Mark Landau, Mark Lynton, MaryKatherine Callaway, Megan Mayo, Mike Moran, MIT, Nicholas Lemann, Oxford University Press, Penguin, Penguin Young Readers Group, Peter Bart, Phyllis Henrici, Price Stern Sloan, Putnam, Random, Random House, Random/Ballantine, Robert Harms, Rodale, Rosemary Ngo, Roy Finamore, S&S Children's, Samantha Power, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Small Press Center, Stacey Ashton, Susan Gilmer, Suzannah Lessard, The Whitney, Tracy Brown, University of California, Walt Zifkin, Watson-Guptill, William Morris, Workman, Yale

Book View, April 2003

April 1, 2003

PEOPLE Random House has offered a “Voluntary Retirement Window of Opportunity” to “most” employees who have been with the company at least five years, and are 50 years old or older. The email offer was made on March 19 and employees must notify HR by mid-May. Many people clicked the Delete button before reading the…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged AAP, Abrams/STC, Ad Age, AMS, Andre Schiffrin, Avalon, Ballantine, Barbara Tolley, Barnes & Noble, Barney, Bill Inman, Bill Wolfsthal, Bloomberg Personal Finance, Bloomberg Press, Bloomsbury, Book Magazine, Book Page, Book Street USA, Books-A-Million, Booksense, Brad Parliman, Brown, Carol Fass, Carol Jenkins, Cathy Fox, Centre Georges Pompidou, Christine Miles, City Lore, Crown, Daniel Levitas, Dominique Goust, Eleen Faran, Entertainment Marketers of the Year, Fass Speakers Bureau, Feminist Press, Friedman/Fairfax, FSB, Gary Fitzgerald, George W. Bush, Greer Hendricks, Hachette, Harcourt, Heather Fain, Henry Hirschberg, Horace Whyte, Houghton, Hungry Minds, Hyperion, Jared Kieling, Jean-Louis Lisimachio, Jen Bergstrom, Jim Patterson, John Crutcher, John Harris, Jow Reynolds, Julie McGee, Kathleen Peterson, Katie Hall, L. Spencer Humphrey, Larry Ashmead, Lee Thompson, Leigh Anne Brodsky, Leigh Butler, Leigh Haber, Little, Livre de poche, Lynn Bond, Lynn Goldberg, Mary Beth Thomas, McGraw-Hill, Melody Guy, Michael B. Oren, Michael Friedman, MIT Press, Myles Thompson, Nancy Pelosi, Neal Goff, New Anti-Semitism, New Press, Newmarket Press, Nickelodeon, NYU Center for Publishing, Overlook, Pages, Pat Schroeder, Penguin, Phyllis Chesler, Poets House, ProQuest, Putnam, Random House, Rebecca Mancini, Robin Corey, Ron Palmer, S&S, Sabrina Farber, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Six Days of War, spongebob squarepants, Texere, The Academy of American Poets, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Lovely Bones, The Terrorist Next Door, Tillie Olsen, USA Today, Villard, William Oldsey, Women and Madness, Yulia Borodyanskaya

Book View, March 2003

March 1, 2003

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PEOPLE John Kilcullen, previously CEO of Hungry Minds, has been named President of VNU’s Music and Literary Group and Publisher of Billboard. He will also oversee Bookseller and Kirkus Reviews, Music & Media, and Airplay Monitor. As dissected daily in the NYT, Daniel Menaker was named SVP and Editor-in-Chief of the Random House editorial imprints….Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged ABA, Abrams, Airplay Monitor, Alan Rutsky, Alison M. Lazarus, Amazon, American Booksellers Association, And Now a Few Words From Me, Ava Seave, Avalon, B&N, Ballantine, Barbara Marcus, Barnes & Noble, Bill Strachan, Billboard, Bob Garfield, Book Marketing Works, Bookseller, Brian Jud, Burnes & Clegg, CAA, Cahners, Caldecott, Candlewick Press, Candy & Me: A Love Story, Carl Lennertz, Carol Fass, Carol Schneider, Cathy Lee Gruhn, Charlie Winton, Cindy Cunningham, Cindy Ratzlaff, Columbia University Press, comScore, Daniel Menaker, David Goehring, Dick McCullough, Donna Woolfolk Cross, Elizabeth Carduff, Encyclopedia Britannica, Franklin & Siegal, Free Press, George deKay, George Gibson, GMA, Good Morning America, Gordon Macomber, Greg Brandenburgh, HarperCollins, HarperCollins UK, Hearst Books, Heidi Johnson, Hilary Liftin, Holtzbrinck, Hungry Minds, Ingram, Jacqueline Deval, Jane con Mehren, Jessica Craig, John Kilcullen, Kelley Maier, Kirkus, Kurt Andersen, Leslie Meredith, Lisa Kitei, M. Evans, Macmillan, Maddy Dychtwald, Mark Nichols, Merriam Webster, Michael Cader, Millbrook, MIT Press, Music & Media, nancy Maron, Nicholas Philipson, NPR On The Media, NYU Center for Publishing, NYU Management Forum for Independent Publishers, NYUonline, Patricia Bostelman, Patty Neger, Penguin, Perigee, Perseus, PGW, Poets & Writers, Publicize Your Book: An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book The Attention It Deserves, Publishers Lunch, Putnam, Random House, Randy Charles, Rebecca Schrader, Reckless Appetites, Rizzoli, Roaring Brook, Rodale, S&S, Sara Nelson, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Small Press Center, So Little Time, So Many Books, Sterling Lord, Sterling Lord Literistic, Steve Fischer, Steve Rosenbaum, Stuart Applebaum, Susan Isaacs, Susan Peterson Kennedy, Tammy Johnston, The New York Sun, Thorsons/Element, Times Mirror, Tuttle, University of California Press, Viking, VNU, Walker, Women's National Book Association, Yale Press

Trendspotting: Betting With Your Head

January 1, 2003

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PT’s Savvy Commentators Ponder the Fallout from Another Year in Publishing As we surveyed the smoking turf from another twelve months in the book business, it struck us that this year’s pinnacles and pratfalls were decidedly in the eye of the beholder. We asked a number of savvy publishing personalities to offer their take on…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged AMS, Andrews McMeel, AOL, Avalon Publishing Group, Bertelsmann, BookScan, Borders, Brown, Charlie Winton, Frank Pearl, Glamour, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin, Idea Logical Company, Jack McKeown, Jack Shoemaker, Joe Spieler, Journals, Karen Jenkins Holt, Kurt Cobain, Little, Michael Cader, Michael Crichton, Michael Wolff, Mike Bryan, Mike Shatzkin, New York Observer, Pantheon, Pat Strachan, Perseus Books Group, PGW, Prey, Publishers Lunch, Random House, Reader's Digest, Reiman Publications, Riverhead, Running Press, Sara Nelson, Scholastic, Shoemaker & Hoard, Simon & Schuster, Stephen King, The Spieler Agency, View From A Buick 8, Vivendi

Algorithm, Anyone?

December 1, 2002

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Despite being ritually deemed “the bane of the publishing industry” and “one of the costliest aspects of the business,” the problem of book returns remains an estimated $7 billion thorn in the industry’s side. Last year, BISG figures show, the average adult trade hardcover return rate was 37.5%, up 3% from the year before. Publishing’s…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Anant Mahale, Barnes & Noble, BISG, BN.com, Bookmaster, BookScan, Borders, Columbia University Press, i2 Technologies, Idea Logical Company, Manugistics, Mike Shatzkin, Scholastic, TMS

Book View, November 2002

November 1, 2002

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PEOPLE Change is the constant in publishing at the moment: Bookspan cut its staff by about a dozen people, including longtimers Norm Schneider, VP Marketing, and Nancy Whitin, who oversaw the Specialty Clubs, including The Good Cook, History, Crafters, Country Homes, Military, Stage & Screen, Mystery Guild, etc. Natalie Chapman has been named VP, Publisher,…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged Agora Media, Al Silverman, Alan Smagler, Alan Wheey, Ali/Frazier, Andrea David Pinckney, Andreas Brown, Atheneum, Audio Renaissance, Beliefnet.com, Bill Boedeker, Black Dog & Leventhal, Bloomsbury USA, Bookspan, Brown, Business 2.0, Carol Roeder, Chris Knutsen, Christine McNamara, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, Clifton Fadiman Medal for Excellence in Fiction, Columbia Journalism School, comScore, Creative Homeowner Press, Daisy Maryles, David Ford, David Naggar, Don Weisberg, Doubleday Broadway, Ecco Press, Edward Whittemore, Endpapers, FSG, Gary Richardson, Gayle Feldman, Gotham Book Mart, Harcourt, Harper SanFrancisco, HarperCollins, Harriett Barton, Harvard Business Review, Holt, Houghton Mifflin, Hyperion Books for Children, Ileene Smith, Interviews With Great Publishers, It's Not Over Till It's Over, Jennifer Barth, Jenny Frost, Jeroboam Wines, Jerusalem Quartet, Jill Bernstein, Karen Rinaldi, Kate Folkers, Larry Ashmead, Lifetime Magazine, Little, Liza Baker, Maria Modugno, Mark Bryant, Mark Tauber, Marvin Taylor, Mary Beth Roche, McGraw-Hill, Megan Tingley, Men's Journal, Merchantile Library, Meredith, Michael Palgon, Michael Pietsch, Mickey Maudlin, Molly Lyons, Nancy Whitin, Natalie Chapman, National Book Awards, Nick Hornby, Norm Schneider, Old Earth Books, Peter Mayer, Phyllis Fogelman, Quarto Publishing, Quin's Shanghai Circus, Riverhead, Robert Allen, Roxanne Coady, S&S Children's, Scholastic, Scribner, SELF, Small Press Center, St. Martin's, Stephen Hanselman, Steve Kasdin, Susan Katz, Susan Weinberg, Suzy Wetlaufer, Time Inc., Tom McCormack, Tom Stewart, Tom Wallace, Wendy Carlton, Wiley, Will Kiester, Women's Media Group, Zonderkidz

The ONIX Odyssey

October 1, 2002

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Twelve bucks a title. That’s how much Barnes & Noble has suggested it will charge publishers if they don’t beef up their title information feeds to the nation’s largest bookseller. Over the summer, B&N, having announced its data-streamlining partnership with Bowker, marched 40 of its largest suppliers into its offices and delivered the dreaded ultimatum:…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged AAP, Andrew Porter, Barnes & Noble, Book Industry Study Group, Bowker, Fran Toolan, Harcourt, Joseph Gonnella, Leonard Riggio, Neil De Young, NYU, ONIX, Pat Schroeder, Quality Solutions, Scholastic

Kids’ TV Tie-Ins Go Beyond Bob ‘n Barney

September 1, 2002

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Now that we’ve all got our Bob the Builder lunch boxes stuffed with Bob’s licensed fruit snacks, die-cast play tools, and special-edition Playdoh, it may come as no surprise that this beloved British handyman is now broadcast in 140 countries. Or that Sears has set up Bob boutiques in 850 stores across the US. Or…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Amy Jarashow, Amy Tan, Barney, Betsy Groban, Between the Lions, Bob the Builder, Cheerios, Christopher Cerf, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Denise Perkins-Landry, Dragon Tales, Golden Books, Gretchen Schields, Hit Entertainment, Karen Gruenberg, Larry King, Linda Dowdy, Lyrick Studios, Melissa Etheridge, National Education Association, Nickelodeon, Pearson Education, Playdoh, Reader's Digest, S&S, Sagwa, Scholastic, Sears, Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop, Sigourney Weaver, Simon & Schuster, Sirius Thinking, spongebob squarepants, Tracy Van Straaten, US Department of Education, Valerie Garfield, WGBH Enterprises

Book View, September 2002

September 1, 2002

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PEOPLE After 15 years at Reader’s Digest, most recently as VP Global Director, Global Books & Home Entertainment, Alfredo Santana will be leaving the company. He may be reached via email at siempre@attglobal.net or at (212) 781-0632. Santana tells PT that he will attend Frankfurt this year, his eighteenth. Gerry Helferich, who recently left Wiley,…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged A Wyatt Book, Abbeville, About.com, Abrams, Alfredo Santana, Alison Callahan, Amiri Baraka, Anne Roiphe, Annie Hughes, Anthony F. Janson, Ballantine, Barbara Marcus, Barnes & Noble, Barry Samuels, Bill Strachan, Billy Collins, Bob Wyatt, BOMC, Broadcreek Dixieland Band, Brown, Candlewick Press, Chris McKerrow, Claire Tisne, Coleman Theater, Columbia University Press, Crown, David Allender, Deborah Sloan, Doubleday, Electronic Book Web, Ellen Shapiro, Eric Himmel, Esther Margolis, Gemstar eBookstore, Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, German Book Office, Gerry Helferich, Golden Notebook, Grace Paley, HarperCollins, History of Art, Ingram, James H. Billington, Jane Friedman, Janice King, Jeff Meltzer, Josh Marwell, Kathy Smith, Ken Brooks, Kitt Allan, Knowbetter.com, Laura Bush, Library of Congress, Little, Macmillan, Mariachi Los Amigos, Mary Beth Guimaraes, McGraw-Hill, Mel Parker, Nancy Miller, National Book Festival, New York Is Book Country, Newmarket Press, Open University Press, Palm, Pat Strachan, Pearson Education, Peter Clifton, Pocket, Powells.com, PubEasy, Publishing & Media Group, Publishing Dimensions, Reader's Digest, Riky Stock, Rita Dove, Robert Jones, Scholastic, Squeeze Bayou, St. Martin's, Stan Fisher, Susan Weinberg, Taha Muhammad Ali, Taking Wing: Poems from the Oregon Outback to the Hudson Valley, Ted Hill, Teresa Nicholas, Teri Henry, The Bookseller, The Red Tent, Trafalgar Square, Vista, Warner/ipublish, Wiley, Workman, Zack Schisgal

International Fiction Bestsellers

August 1, 2002

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Women’s Work Poland Gets the Menses, Millás Sizzles Spain, And Hareven Labors for Love in Israel Serotonin levels are plunging this month all over Poland, where the delightfully demented author Janusz Wisniewski comes down with Tense Syndromes (otherwise translated as Premenstrual Syndrome; the original title was Menstruation, but the Warsaw publisher deemed it “too shocking”),…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged A.B. Yehoshua, Adventures of Puffy the Bear, Allison & Busby, Argon, Aschehoug, Bengt Nordin, Bjorn Helleberg, Close to Paradise, Dalia Bilu, De Geus, Espasa, Esthi Kunz, Funny Fanny, Gail Hareven, Garcia Marquez, Gavriela Avigur-Rotem, Gyldendal, Heatwave and Crazy Birds, Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, Janusz Wisniewski, Joanna Chmielewska, Juan Jose Millas, Laffont, Loneliness on the Net, Lord of the Flies, My Dead Husband, My True Love, Nadal Prize, Primavera Prize, Sapir Prize, Scholastic, Suhrkamp, Tadeusz Lewandowski, Tense Syndromes, The Great Diamond, The Liberating Bride, This Was Solitude, Thomas Mann, Thomas Qvortrup, Two Women in Prague, Utopia, William Golding

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