When Publishing Trends published its first App Developer Round-up in February 2011, the publishing world might have just then been reaching the height of app mania. Publishers were still flushed with excitement over the Great Downloading Spree of Christmas 2010; Kirkus had just announced the addition of a book app review section to every issue;…Continue Reading
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Tagged Apple, Audubon, Auryn, Green Mountain Digital, Jesus Calling, Kirkus, One Hundred Robots, PicPocket Books, Publishing Trends, Sarah Young, The New York Times, Thomas Nelson, Zuuka
Our sister site, Publishing Trendsetter, posted this great Book-Jobs Not by the Book interview today with Laura Hazard Owen, former Editorial Manager here at Publishing Trends and current book industry journalist for paidContent. Always honest and accessible, Laura’s interview is just as informative as her articles, which cover everything from the DoJ case to Penelope Trunk. The…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mark Gompertz has joined Hearst Magazines as Creative Director, Content Extensions, reporting to EVP/GM John Loughlin. Gompertz will focus on developing and executing “substantive content” for the company’s print and digital brands. Gompertz was most recently an eBook consultant/project manager and executive producer of enhanced eBooks, and previously EVP Digital Publishing at Simon &…Continue Reading
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PEOPLE Dan Farley, former President and Publisher of Macmillan Children’s, and subsequently EVP Business Development at SwoopThat, announced that the company and its newly launched HubEd, have been acquired by Rafter.com. As a result, it will move to the Bay Area and, says Farley, “I will not be going forward with the new venture.” He…Continue Reading
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Tagged American Jerusalem International Book Fair, Andrea Pappenheimer, Atria, Avon Books, Bass Pro Shops, Beijing International Book Fair 2012, Brian Grogan, Brian Murray, Broadway Books, Bumbershoot, Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference, Claire Kelley, Crown, Dan Farley, Dan Holod, Dan Lubart, Deborah Brodie, Doug Jones, Dustin Kurtz, Frances Soo Ping Chow, Frank Albanese, Free Press, FSG, Gail Kunda, General Books, Greg Jones, HarperCollins, Hogarth Paperbacks, Holtzbrinck USA, HubEd, Ingram Content Group, International Comic-Con (West Coast), Jeanette Zwart, Jeff Rogart, Jennifer Kasius, Jordana Tusman, Josh Marwell, Kathy Smith, Katie Freeman, Ken Berger, Kennedy Space Center, Kerry Moynagh, Kristen Wiewora, Larry Nevins, Lockheed Space Operations, Lyron Bennet, Macmillan, Macmillan Children's, Mark Hillesheim, Mary Beth Thomas, McGraw-Hill Education, McNally Jackson, Meagan Stacey, Melville House, Mike Brennan, Millbrook Press, Molly Stern, Moscow International Book Fair, New York International Gift Fair, NewsCorp, Perseus Books Group, Philip Ruppel, PublicAffairs, Rafter.com, Riverhead, Roaring Brook Press, Roger Cooper, Royal Numico, Running Press, S&S, Shawn Morin, Sheila O'Shea, Sourcebooks, SwoopThat, Tokyo International Book Fair, Tony Schulte, Tribeca, Vanguard Press, Viking Children’s Books, Yale: Leadership Strategies in Book Publishing
PEOPLE Stefan von Holtzbrinck has announced a reorganization of the Georg von Holtzbrinck organization, effective July 2. The group will now be composed of three divisions: Global Trade, Global Science and Education, and Holtzbrinck Media. The global trade division, managed by current Macmillan US CEO John Sargent, will consist of all the consumer book publishing operations…Continue Reading
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Publishers Launch BEA was one of several conferences that kicked off BEA 2012 this year on Monday, June 4, and it focused on helping publishers get their houses in order in a bifurcated world of print and digital — from workflow to discovery, to partnerships with established and newly minted vendors, to sales and marketing…Continue Reading
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At a point when the words “fast-changing landscape” have become so universally true of publishing that one starts looking for alternative phrasings to avoid monotony, surprisingly little change appears between the Publishing Trends Distributor Survey 2011 and the results for this year. We list 25 total companies with no new additions this year: 12 publishers…Continue Reading
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PEOPLE Scholastic has named Jenny Frost as ePublisher and SVP, eBook Strategy. She has been consulting since leaving Crown Publishing Group, where she was President and Publisher, in January 2010. Sara Nelson, book editor for O, The Oprah Magazine, is moving to Amazon where she will be Editorial Director, Amazon.com Books. The press release announces that Nelson “will be leading…Continue Reading
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