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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The publishing service provider promotes its former COO, while John R. Ingram will remain chairman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ICM Partners has added nine agents as partners, including literary agent Alexandra Machinist. The agency completed a firm buyout in 2012 that brought control of the company into the hands of its agents and top executives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher has created a new position--v-p of trade sales and marketing--and appointed senior editor Brendan Curry to the post. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First spate of staff changes since October NTVB acquisition gives the brand a new president, publisher, and editorial director with a print redesign set to debut in June. The post TV Guide Names New Leadership Ahead of Redesign appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s, Oxford University Press and JS Group were all honoured at the annual Academic, Professional and Specialist Awards, held at Wotton House in Surrey last night (17th March). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bethany Buck, a veteran of the children's publishing industry, will join Skyhorse Publishing as editorial director of its children’s imprint on March 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a California sweep, both 165-year-old Books Inc., the oldest bookstore in the West, and Lise Solomon with the Karel/Dutton Group took this year’s PW Awards, which will be presented at BookExpo America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alex Andreou has won the inaugural Jane Grigson Trust Award for The Magic Bayleaf (Chatto & Windus). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jackie Kay has been appointed as the National Poet for Scotland, known as the Scottish Makar. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley has reported third quarter revenue of $436m, a 3% decline year-on-year excluding foreign exchange fluctuations (a 6% decline without that exclusion). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Johnston, owner of The Gutter Bookshop, has won The O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award in Ireland for his “immense” commitment to bookselling. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith is launching an exclusive book club with author and YouTube vlogger Zoe Sugg, known as Zoella, this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helena Peacock, legal director for Penguin Random House UK and international, is retiring on 30th June after 23 years of service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literacy nonprofit Worldreader was named by Fast Company magazine as one of the year's most innovative companies for its work using digital books to fight poverty. The post Worldreader Named One of the Most Innovative Nonprofits of 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Umberto Eco, an Italian novelist and intellectual of worldwide renown who imbued his work with humor and scholarship and whose novel “The Name of the Rose” became a global phenomenon, has died, his American publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt confirmed late Friday afternoon. He was 84. Eco was... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has elected Kevin Mowbray president and chief executive officer as part of a succession plan that moves former CEO Mary Junck to executive chairman of the board Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2016-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New digital media companies have to figure out how to scale an audience, but along the way, they face crucial branding decisions. The Huffington Post grew to top 100 million monthly uniques by stretching its mother brand across myriad subject areas, but Bustle and Vox Media say individual brands... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa Lucas, publisher of the nonprofit online magazine Guernica, has been appointed executive director of the National Book Foundation. She will start March 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Meredith Corp. has considered splitting its broadcast and publishing units, perhaps uniting one with a strategic partner, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Lacy said.The idea is one of several possibilities the company is considering after its plan to merge with Media General fell through, Mr.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, published by Macmillan Children's Books, has been crowned the winner of the £30,000 2015 Costa Book of the Year: the first children's book to claim the prize in more than a decade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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