PEOPLE The big news of the month-and at BEA-is that Larry Kirshbaum will become VP and Publisher of Amazon Publishing in New York, a new position many had vied for. Kirshbaum has been an agent since he left Time Warner Books as it was merged with Hachette in 2005. Amazon has had a busy month…Continue Reading
Just in time for BEA 2011, Publishing Trends proudly announces Publishing Trendsetter, a blog-based website designed to foster career development, innovation, and intergenerational professional dialogue. Publishing Trendsetter is designed both to bring Publishing Trends’ expert analysis to a new generation of book professionals, and as an interactive medium for hearing ideas and insight from those in…Continue Reading
People Steve Wasserman has joined Yale University Press as Executive Editor-at-Large, General Interest books. He remains with Kneerim & Williams as a literary agent. He was previously Literary Editor of the LA Times and Editorial Director of Times Books. Literary agent David Hale Smith has joined Inkwell Management, bringing his own list with him. He…Continue Reading
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People Philip Patrick has joined Amazon.com, in Seattle, as Senior Leader, Rights & Licensing. He was most recently VP, Digital & Marketing Strategy, Publisher Ebooks at Crown Publishing Group. Margot Schupf has left her position as VP, Publisher, Sterling Innovation. She was previously SVP, Editorial Director, Digital Publishing for the Morrow/Avon/Eos group. Meanwhile, Derry Wilkins,…Continue Reading
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Publishing Trends thanks marketing and content development consultant Rich Kelley for this report. Which webpage headline converts better: “Sign up for a free account” or “Sign up in 60 seconds”? Is there a better way to check backlinks than by using Google? Should you hire an agency to retarget website visitors or can you do…Continue Reading
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In anticipation of January’s Digital Book World, where one panel was entitled “Skills Sets Publishers Don’t Have: How Do We Get Them or Deal with It?”, Publishing Trends sent a survey to a range of publishers, agents and industry insiders, asking them about this increasingly urgent issue.
David Rosenthal, former Publisher of Simon & Schuster and Villard, will launch his general trade imprint at Penguin in January. “You’re starting a new imprint? You mean now?” I keep getting that question, and I can’t blame my skeptical interrogators. Taken together, 2009 and 2010 were the Years of Great Uncertainty in publishing. All of…Continue Reading
Daniel Goldin is the proprietor of Boswell Book Company. He may be reached at daniel [at] boswellbooks dot com. In my twenty-fifth season as a bookseller, and my second as a bookseller-proprietor, I’ve come to believe that the only constant is change. When I started, the local department store still had a book department, and…Continue Reading
