Del Mar executive is pleased with feedback on the Breeders' Cup

Over the weekend of the Breeders’ Cup, Joe Harper heard it often. “Why don’t they have the Breeders’ Cup here every year?” That pleased and also raised the hair on the back of the neck of the chief executive and president of Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. Holding the 34th Breeders’ Cup had been the... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Jordan Smith Named Interim NBF Executive Director

National Book Foundation deputy director Jordan Smith has been appointed interim executive director of the Foundation, succeeding current executive director Lisa Lucas, who is leaving to become senior v-p and publisher of Pantheon and Schocken books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Lycett, medical publishing house executive, dies

Sara Lycett, a retired Williams & Wilkins publishing executive, has died at 81. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2020-11-30 22:13:50 UTC ]
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Please don’t give Trump a $100M book deal.

In the last four years, there have been so many Trump books. Many have been massive bestsellers. Many have dominated the headlines, steered the conversation for days. So can you really blame any publishing house for jumping at the chance to publish the outgoing president’s memoir? Well . . .... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-11 14:59:09 UTC ]
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Grove Atlantic Executive Editor Joan Bingham Dies at 85

Joan Bingham, longtime executive editor of Grove Atlantic and a key figure in the merger that created the house, died October 31. She was 85. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Concern over jobs at CUP as press consults on roles

Cambridge University Press has confirmed it is consulting on shedding jobs in two areas of the organisation, in a development that is separate to its recently revealed merger with exams body Cambridge Assessment. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-28 12:22:34 UTC ]
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Jamia Wilson Named Executive Editor at Random House

Wilson, previously executive director and publisher of the Feminist Press, has been named v-p and executive editor at Random House effective January 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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CUP enters Latham's World of Bob Dylan

Cambridge University Press has scored a “unique and fresh” collection of new writing on Bob Dylan, to coincide with the star's 80th birthday in May 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 19:51:48 UTC ]
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HC, S&S Name Company-Wide Diversity Executives

As part of an industry-wide effort to reckon with issues of diversity in trade book publishing, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have each named new high-ranking staffers to address issues of diversity at their companies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Former NRA Executive Turns Crosshairs On Wayne LaPierre In New Book

Joshua Powell, former second in command at the National Rifle Association, said the gun group caters "to the extreme fringe." Continue reading at The Huffington Post

[ The Huffington Post | 2020-09-03 17:27:20 UTC ]
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Del Rey will publish behind the scenes look at web series 'Critical Role'

Del Rey UK, Cornerstone's science fiction and fantasy imprint, will publish The World of Critical Role, a "definitive guide" to the history of the online web series "Critical Role", written by cast of the series and author Liz Marsham. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-27 08:30:55 UTC ]
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CUP launches HE textbook website

Cambridge University Press has brought its higher education textbooks together on a new, tailor-made website. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 15:57:44 UTC ]
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Jake Gyllenhaal will star in an adaptation of writer/editor/Solo cup urinator Dan Mallory’s story.

If you can remember as far back as February 2019, surely you recall Ian Parker’s barn-burner of a New Yorker story about the trail of deception left by book editor turned novelist Dan Mallory, whose authorship of the best-selling thriller The Woman in the Window is by far the least compelling... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-08-20 18:57:57 UTC ]
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Trexler Named Interim CBLDF Executive Director

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has appointed Jeff Trexler its interim director, effective immediately. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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CUP signs Open Access deal with Hindawi

Cambridge University Press has signed an Open Access partnership with Hindawi Limited for five of its journals. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 08:52:07 UTC ]
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Lockdown diaries: the marketing executive

I usually don’t travel back to my hometown in Lancashire unless it's to visit family and friends - and that isn’t often, as I regularly catch up with them on their visits to London. In March 2020, however - after five days in my new role as marketing executive at Icon Books - I left the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 17:57:58 UTC ]
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CUP scores slim revenue rise despite Covid-19 hit

Cambridge University Press saw sales at £336m in the year to end April 2020, a rise of 2.8% (2% at constant currency). However operating profits fell 3.3% to £23.6m, compared to £24.4m in 2019. CUP said it had seen "strong" growth during the first 11 months of the year, before disruption to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 15:46:19 UTC ]
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Lana Del Rey will release her poetry collection as an audiobook set to Jack Antonoff music. (Same.)

Lana Del Rey is releasing her forthcoming poetry collection, Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, on Tuesday, July 28 in digital form. In case you prefer your celebrity poetry spoken aloud, though, she has also recorded an audio version of the book, which will be released on vinyl, CD,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-24 16:04:22 UTC ]
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Lisa Lucas stepping down as executive director of the National Book Foundation

Lisa Lucas is stepping down as executive director of the National Book Foundation to become Senior Vice President & Publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books. According to a press release from the NBF Lucas, who took over the ED role in 2016, …was instrumental in securing a $900,000 grant... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-15 13:10:05 UTC ]
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