'Rights departments of publishing houses invariably seem the poor relation of the sales team,' says Richard Charkin. The pandemic is a prompt to reconsider. The post Richard Charkin: Let’s Hear It for Book Rights Sales People Worldwide appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-24 14:43:14 UTC ]
Size matters. At least when it comes to your inactive email list. That’s a message Google and other email providers have made loud in clear to publishers with bloated email lists. Email deliverability is an ongoing concern in publishing as spam filters become more selective, which in turn are... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-02-27 16:59:28 UTC ]
Condé Nast Pulls Investment From FarFetch [caption id="attachment_161701" align="alignright" width="150"] José Neves[/caption] Condé Nast pulled its nearly $300 million investment in the London-based luxury fashion retail marketplace FarFetch, following concerns about the management of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-07-09 18:18:07 UTC ]
Tim Greco has been hired and Holly Ruck and Malati Chavali have been named to new positions at Macmillan, where the sales team has been undergoing an overhaul of late. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
DK is reorganizing its North American leadership structure, according to a letter from Mary Marotta, senior v-p, to staff. Among the changes is the appointment of Carol Stokke as the head of the sales team. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-textbook platform Bibliotech has raised $4.2m in its latest funding round and plans to double the size of its 15-strong software and sales team in London over the next two years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Summersdale’s sales and export director Nicky Douglas will be leaving the company on 29th March after more than 14 years in the role. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unbound is bringing its sales and distribution arms in-house and has strengthened its sales team with two new hires. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins’ group sales director Oliver Wright has left the company with immediate effect. In a short statement issued on Friday (9th February), a spokesperson for the publisher said Wright had departed to “pursue other opportunities”. The sales team will report to HarperCollins c.e.o.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The multimedia medical communications company has expanded to address customer data. The post Frontline Medical Communications Expands Digital Publishing and Sales Team appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has established its own sales team to sell and market its books to independent and high street booksellers across the UK from the beginning of September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing world has long seen programmatic as the realm of cheap, unsold inventory with far less revenue potential than what's sold through direct channels. But times are changing. Bauer Xcel Media, the U.S. arm the European magazine company, has shuttered its direct sales team in favor of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quarto Publishing Group UK has made a series of appointments to its sales team, as part of a restructure. John Stefani, previously business development director at Simon & Schuster will take on the role of sales director, while Geraldine McBride, previously trade sales director at Bonnier... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK has changed the structure of its sales team, merging its adult and children's teams. The sales structure will now be split into two divisions, with one focusing on bookshop, online and digital sales, and the other targeting mass market and special sales. As part of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has made two appointments to its team in Ireland, with Mary Byrne promoted and Ann-Marie Dolan joining the sales team. Byrne, formerly HarperCollins Children's publicity director, will now become PR director, Ireland, taking responsibility for for the publicity strategy for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Phil Carroll, former head of book buying for Sainsbury's, is joining Pedigree Books Ltd as its interim head of sales. Pedigree Books, sister company to Pedigree Dolls & Toys, publishes annuals, yearbooks, learning and seasonal activity formats for children. Carroll will join the company on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the biggest names in sports is letting other publications tap into its digital audience. ESPN and content recommendation platform Outbrain announced Thursday that the two signed a multi-year, global deal. And, because Outbrain is being integrated into ESPN's in-house sales platform, it... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kurt Soller was promoted to editor of Bloomberg Businessweek's Etc. section. He'd been deputy editor of the section previously. Amelia Lester was promoted to executive editor of NewYorker.com. She'd been with the site since 2009. Time has named Meredith Long its publisher. Long had been leading... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following the appointment of Sabrina McCarthy as senior v-p, group sales at Perseus Books, part of CEO David Steinberger's restructuring efforts, the publisher announced further reorganization to its sales division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Between real-time bidding, buying and selling programmatic advertising, publishers have plenty to learn when forging deals in the digital advertising space. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]