A bad year has landed Under Armour’s Kevin Plank on a “Worst CEOs in America” list. Plank joins the heads of IBM, Macy’s, Sears, Twitter, Ford Motor Co. and others on a 20-worst list compiled by financial news website 24/7 Wall St. The online publisher looked at stock price changes, earnings, revenue... Continue reading at 'Baltimore Sun'
[ Baltimore Sun | 2017-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday has snapped up Hallie Rubenhold's new book, Bad Women, which tells the story of the 1910 murder of Belle Elmore, by her husband Dr Crippen, and the extraordinary women caught up in these events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 20:24:32 UTC ]
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Faber will publish James Shapiro's "surprising" new history of the United States as a lead title for spring 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 08:01:40 UTC ]
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If successful, the move for summary judgment would narrow the scope of any future trial, B&N attorneys say, and more importantly knock out a claim for which former CEO Demos Parneros is said to be seeking roughly $70 million in damages. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Ford Motor Co.’s Jim Hackett and Wall Street analysts started this year frustrated with one another. Sure, the automaker had been underperforming, but the chief executive appealed for time to show he was fixing things. He assured them the redesigned Explorer SUV rolling out months later would be... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-21 21:58:49 UTC ]
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Media is dying? Don't tell that to the winners of this year's Publishing Hot List. Whether legacy media outlets or digital upstarts, these publishers are creating groundbreaking work, finding new revenue streams and otherwise nimbly adapting to an unstable landscape. Even as the president... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-10-21 00:00:55 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish Dog's Best Friend: How Humans and Dogs Formed the Strongest Bond in History by Simon Garfield in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-20 21:44:18 UTC ]
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One of them, Jason Reynolds’s middle-grade novel “Look Both Ways,” is a National Book Award finalist. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-18 21:16:26 UTC ]
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W&N has landed the "virtuoso" debut novel from poet Sam Riviere in a multi-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 05:10:37 UTC ]
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More than 50 crime authors and members of the Detection Club, including Ian Rankin, Mick Herron and Val McDermid, will contribute to a HarperCollins-published title about crime writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 00:21:04 UTC ]
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Octopus imprint Endeavour has won the auction for “groundbreaking new smart thinking book” by Sharath Jeevan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 13:44:12 UTC ]
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The founder of Beemgee—a tool to help authors develop their narrative material—explains the benefits to authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 07:20:55 UTC ]
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Greystone Books and Profile Books will publish Seaweed by poet and artist Miek Zwamborn next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 18:30:02 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Saraband will publish Helen Moat’s memoir covering her 2000-mile cycle journey across Europe, in April 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 00:50:09 UTC ]
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Pavilion has scooped the long-awaited second graphic novel from Pam Smy, author and illustrator of Thornhill (David Fickling Books), the first title in a new children’s illustrated fiction list for over sevens. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 09:47:29 UTC ]
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Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch argue that the now-infamous Steele dossier was largely accurate. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-10-14 18:46:29 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children's UK has snapped up a new full-colour gift book, A Dancer’s Dream, by Katherine Woodfine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 14:58:25 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two "magical" middle-grade titles from author Penny Chrimes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 10:18:05 UTC ]
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Europa Editions will publish Cathedral by screenwriter and debut author Ben Hopkins next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 10:30:04 UTC ]
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The president and CEO of Vroman's Bookstore will succeed Oren Teicher as CEO of the American Booksellers Association on March 1 of next year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Extinction Rebellion co-founder Roger Hallam has signed a book deal with Chelsea Green Publishing from his cell at Wormwood Scrubs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 18:30:03 UTC ]
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