At Hachette Book Group, Tom Maciag, executive v-p and chief financial officer, and Gerry Cummings, senior v-p for distribution, will be retiring in the coming months. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning in January, the Hachette Book Group will take over U.S. sales and distribution for Hachette UK as part of the effort by HUK to have all its English-language sales handled within the Hachette family. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jean-Luc Morel, sales manager for Penguin in France, is to retire from the company after 25 years. Morel’s last day will be 22nd September. In the coming weeks he will hand his work over to existing members of the Penguin Random House international sales team: Pauline Konink, sales manager for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A decline in Hachette's 2015 half year sales reflect continuing challenges from a slowdown in ebook sales stemming from its 2014 battle with Amazon over sales terms. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The long-time executive director of one of the country's largest regional trade associations will retire prior to the Fall Discovery Show in mid-October. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith Corp. said Gayle Butler, who helped expand the magazine’s digital reach, would be replaced by Stephen Orr, the executive editor at Conde Nast Traveler. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group in the US and Hesperus Press have begun arbitration proceedings to resolve the dispute involving royalties for Hesperus' English-language edition of Jonas Jonasson's The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared. The two parties are understood to be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bantam Press publishing director Sally Gaminara is to retire this year. Gaminara’s publishing career has spanned nearly 40 years, and she joined Transworld’s Corgi imprint in 1987 from Penguin Books. She moved to the Doubleday team in 1989, where she published Prince Charles' book, A Vision of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The retirement of David Young and an expansion of the role of David Shelley are among a number of significant moves announced today by Hachette UK. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First quarter sales at Hachette Book Group USA fell 12.3% compared to the first first period of 2014. A decline in ebook sales was a major reason for the drop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dominic Knight, Palgrave chairman and executive director of change programmes at Macmillan Science and Education, is to retire at the end of 2015 after 38 years with the company. The news has emerged hard on the heels of completion of the merger between the bulk of Macmillan Science and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Smith will be retiring, due to medical reasons, as of June 1. The company's board has elected current executive v-p and COO Mark Allin as his successor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Linda Evans, senior editorial director at Transworld, is to retire in April after 23 years with the company. Transworld publisher, Bill Scott-Kerr, paid tribute to her in a message to the company in which he called her “wonderful” and “redoubtable”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After 50 years in book publishing, Ted Heinecken, who started his career in 1963 as a Midwest sales rep for Oxford University Press, will retire from Fuji Associates on February 28. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A stronger publishing lineup in 2013 and problems caused by the standoff with Amazon over sales terms resulted in a 4.8% decline in sales for the year at Hachette Book Group USA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dave Epstein has been promoted to v-p of retail sales, and will oversee sales of both adult and children's books to all traditional retail accounts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Louise Fisher is to retire from the scouting business she founded just over 30 years ago. Catherine Eccles, who has worked alongside Fisher at Anne Louise Fisher Associates for the past nine years, will take over the company with immediate effect. The firm, set up in April 1983, will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble’s retail c.e.o Mitchell Klipper is to retire from the role in May after 28 years at the company. Klipper will step down as the chief executive of the Retail Group at the end of Barnes & Noble’s fiscal year, but will act as a special advisor on real estate and other... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mitchell Klipper, who during his 28-year career at Barnes & Noble oversaw many of the company’s store initiatives, including its launch of superstores, will retire May 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its annual environmental progress report, Hachette Book Group detailed the gains it has made in 2013 and 2014 in terms of its various initiatives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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