Dr. Seuss, meet Harry Potter. Barbara Marcus, the former president of children's book publishing at Scholastic—the U.S. home of the Hogwarts wizard—has been named president and publisher of Random House Children's Books. The world's largest children's house publishes The Cat in the Hat and every other Dr. Seuss title, along with scores of other brand name books, including the Thomas the Tank Engine series and the Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini. Ms. Marcus's appointment, announced Wednesday by Random House, is effective immediately. She succeeds Chip Gibson, a 30-year veteran of Random House who has headed the children's division for the past decade. Mr. Gibson said he planned to take a break and do "nothing" for a while. A former head of the company's Crown Publishing Group and an adviser to Random House CEO Markus Dohle, he marked his 30th year at Random House in February. Ms. Marcus, who spent 22 years at Scholastic before resigning in 2005, oversaw the U.S. acquisition of J.K. Rowling's series and the publication of six of the seven Potter novels. The executive is credited with growing the company's publishing and distribution revenues to $1.2 billion from $120 million. For the past seven years she has worked as a consultant, most recently for digital publisher Open Road, where she will remain on the advisory board. "I did think I was finished" with running a publishing house, Ms. Marcus said of her departure from Scholastic. "But I have found my consulting... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has appointed Katie Price, former global director of publishing at HIT Entertainment and Mattel, as licensing director. Price will take up the role at the end of August and will report directly to c.e.o. Hilary Murray Hill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Storytelling start-up Lost My Name plans to grow its business globally after raising $9m (￡5.6m) in a funding round led by Google Ventures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.K.-based company, which sells a customizable children's book directly to consumers, has received a new round of funding and plans to add a new book product. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of children’s authors, including this year’s Carnegie winner Tanya Landman, is preparing a letter to the education secretary protesting against the way writing is taught in schools. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors and book reviewers have hit out at national newspapers for shrinking the amount of editorial space given over to children’s books, despite huge growth in the market. In the UK, the children’s sector (including teen and YA titles) is the fastest-growing area of the market: sales grew... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is looking for aspiring writers of children’s films and TV shows for its new writing forum. The competition is part of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum, a long-running initiative which was created to give a platform to undiscovered... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abril Educação has acquired Editora Saraiva in a deal that brings together the two largest publishing operations in Brazil. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble has appointed Ann-Marie Campbell, president, Southern division, The Home Depot; and Paul B. Guenther, former president of PaineWebber Group, Inc., as new independent board directors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired a children’s book by Emma Donoghue, author of adult bestseller Room. The Lotterys Plus One is a middle-grade title about Sumac Lottery, a girl with six siblings, two mums, two dads. The family all live together in a big Victorian house they all call... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Add AOL to the list of publishers that have gone from selling ads to making ads.AOL has created an internal division called Partner Studio that is charged with creating content for advertisers. Both the name and type of work may sound familiar. AOL-owned Huffington Post has its own in-house... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian Faber has signed a book on the history of bird names by nature writer Stephen Moss. Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names will be published in autumn 2017, following a deal for world English rights between Laura Hassan at Guardian Faber and Broo Doherty at DHH Literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A boy leaves Earth to rescue a cat in a short novel from ‘the Shakespeare of science fiction’ which has been unavailable in the UK for more than 20 yearsA boy and his family leave Earth on a “gentle” quest to save his cat, Horace – not the kind of manuscript you might expect from the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors have been thanking Malorie Blackman on her last day as children’s laureate. Blackman’s two year stint in the position ended yesterday (8th June), with the new laureate being announced at noon today (9th June). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mary Glenn, former associate publisher at McGraw-Hill Professional, has been named publisher of Humanix Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The trade has endorsed Chris Riddell's appointment as children's laureate, praising his plans to highlight the work of illustrators and librarians in particular. Former children’s laureates Anthony Browne (2009-2011) and Julia Donaldson (2011-2013) both said they were thrilled with Riddell’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author and illustrator Chris Riddell has been revealed as the new children’s laureate. Riddell was crowned at a ceremony at BAFTA headquarters in London today (9th June) and is the ninth UK children’s laureate. He takes over from Malorie Blackman, who spent two years in the role. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All of the company’s adult imprints will now be published under a new division, Penguin Random House Canada Publishing Group, while the company's children's divisions have been united under Tara Walker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The young writer of a real-life The Fault in Our Stars isn't alive to see her book make the finals of the country's top awards â but her parents could not be prouder. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reynold Levy, former head of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has been elected to the board of the National Book Foundation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karen Thomas has been named to replace Brenda Knight as publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions. Cleis will move from its current California offices to parent company's Start Publishing's Jersey City offices this July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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