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July 2010 Roundup

July 6, 2010

PEOPLE Jonathan Karp is now settled in as EVP and Publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint. Karp, who succeeds David Rosenthal, came from Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group that he founded in 2005. A new Publisher for Twelve is actively being recruited. Isabel Swift, who was Editor Emeritus at Harlequin,…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Abrams, Adams Media, Adrienne Schulz, AKS Marketing & Media, Alessandra Aliquo, Allison Korleski, Andrea Glickson, Anna Bliss, Author Solutions, Barnes & Noble, Beth Weber, Borders, Brian Murphy, Broadway, Camilla Sanderson, Carrie Swetonic, Cartwheel, Catherine Forrest Getzie, Catherine Onder, Cecily Kaiser, Center Street, Christina Amini, Christine Gillespie, Chronicle, Clarkson Potter, Continuum, Crown, Crown Archetype, Crown Business, Dan Ruffino, David Rosenthal, Denise Cronin, Denise McGann, Disney Publishing Worldwide, DK, Donna Passannante, Dutton, Ellie Berger, FaithWords, Frank Nunez, Globe Pequot, Hachette Book Group, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Heidi Graynor, Helen Boomer, Holly Halverson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Howard Books, Hyperion, Interweave, Isabel Swift, Jacob Bronstein, James Jayo, Jay Sones, Jeanne Mosure, Joe D'Onofrio, John Makinson, John Wicker, Jon Ackerman, Jonathan Karp, Judi Powers, Judith McCarthy, Kaplan, Kate Hartson, Ken Rhodes, Klopotek, Knopf, Krista Marino, Lauren Wohl, Lauri Hornik, Lisa Turner, Little Brown, Little Scholastic, Liz Kessler, Liz Van Hoose, Lyons Press, Macmillan, Macromark, Mark Bierley, Markus Wilhelm, Matt Schwartz, McClelland & Stewart, McGraw-Hill, Megan Wilson, Meredith McGinnis, Miriam Farbey, Monacelli Press, N. S. Bienstock Talent Agency, Nancy Conescu, NBN, Neil DeYoung, Niki Papadopoulos, Octopus Books USA, Other Press, Overlook, Pantheon, Patty Berg, Paul Fedorko, Penguin, Penguin Group Worldwide, Peternelle van Arsdale, Philip Patrick, Portfolio, Potter Craft, Potter Style, Public Affairs, Putnam, pva books, Random House, Random House Publishing Group, Roaring Brook Press, Rodale, Rolf Zettersten, Sarah Reidy, Schocken, Scholastic, Shelf Awareness, Sheryl Stebbins, Simon & Schuster, Sobol Weber Associates, Sterling, Susan Renouf, Suzanne Murphy, Swift Global Media, Tata Consultancy Services, Thomas Willshire, Three Rivers Press, Toby Ernst, Trident, Twelve, Viking Penguin, Watson-Guptill, Yorkville Press

Take a New Book Publishing Survey

June 14, 2010

If you’re a book publishing professional, you can take the Gilbane Group’s new survey: http://gilbane.com/blog/2010/04/now_live_the_gilbane_groups_web-based_blueprint_survey_for_book_publishing_professionals.html The survey “seeks to gain detailed information about what is really happening among the full spectrum of book publishers related to ebook and digital publishing efforts, and will identify the “pain points” and barriers encountered by book publishers when it…Continue Reading

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Now in Hardcover: The Series in 2010

May 11, 2010

Take a look at BookScan’s bestselling juvenile titles for the week ending April 25: an astounding 73% were titles from one of several series. But these are not your Baby-Sitters’ Club of yesteryear: “Harry Potter turned the whole paperback series notion on its head,” says Megan Tingley, SVP, Publisher, Little Brown Books for Young Readers….Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged 39 Clues, Amy Berkower, Amy Pattee, Angel Island, Artemis Fowl, Baby-Sitters' Club, Barnes & Noble, Berkley, Blue Bloods, BookScan, BSC, Candy Apple, Cape Light, Chaos Walking, children, Choose Your Own Adventure, Dan Weiss, Dear America, Disney-Hyperion Books for Children, goosebumps, Goosebumps HorrorLand, HarperCollins Children's Books, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, James Patterson, John Deere for Kids, juvenile, Karen Marie Moning, Kirby Lane Larson, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Lost, Maximum Ride, Maze Runner, Megan Tingley, Melissa de la Cruz, new adults, Parachute Publishing, Percy Jackson, Poison Apple, Power Rangers, R. L. Stine, Scholastic, series, Simmons College, St. Martin's, Stephanie Lurie, Susan Katz, Susan Knopf, Suzanne Murphy, Sweet Valley High, Target, teens, The Amanda Project, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Fever, The Life of Pi, The Lovely Bones, The Sopranos, The Wire, Thomas Kinkade, trilogy, tweens, Twilight, Uglies, Writers House, YA, YA or STFU, Young Bond

People Roundup, May 2010

May 1, 2010

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Crown Publishing Group President and Publisher Maya Mavjee announces big changes: Diane Salvatore, VP, Publisher of Broadway Books; Senior Editor Lorraine Glennon; and VP, Executive Director, Publicity Katie Wainright are leaving the company. Shaye Areheart steps down as Publisher of her eponymous imprint, Shaye Areheart Books (which will be discontinued), but will stay on as…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Abrams, Abrams Books for Young Readers, Alexandra Kennedy, Alloy, Amulet Books, Amy Bendell, Angela Baggetta Hayes, Arcade Books, Ariel Aberg-Riger, Avalon, Ballantine Bantam Dell, Ben Vershbow, Broadway Books, Cal Barksdale, Candace Finn, Candlewick Press, Carla Gray, Casper Grathwohl, Catherine Rampell, Cevin Bryerman, Colin Fox, Corinna Barsan, Crown Publishing Group, David Drake, Dedi Felman, Del Rey/Spectra, Diane Salvatore, Economix, Edureach International Consulting, Emer Flounders, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, FableVision, Farrar Starus & Giroux, Folio Literary Management, Fourth Story Media, FSG, George Slowik, Gina Wachtel, GMC Consulting, GMC Digital, Goldberg McDuffie Communications, Grace McQuade, Guy Kawasaki, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Howard Reeves, Hyperion, JAB Associates, Jaime De Pablos, Jeanne Emanuel, Jennifer Graham, Jennifer Hershey, Jim Benjamin, Jim Milliot, Jocelyn Schmidt, John Challice, Katie Henderson, Katie Wainwright, Kendra Harpster, Kim Hovey, Knopf, Lia Brown, Libby McGuire, Lisa Holton, Lisa Sharkey, Lorin Stein, Lorraine Glennon, Lottchen Shivers, Lottchen Shivers Communication, Marcy Posner, Mark Tavani, Mary Wowk, Matt Harper, Maya Mavjee, Megan Underwood Beatie, Michael Coffey, Milena Albert, Motoko Rich, Niko Pfund, Nina Bourne, Nina von Moltke, Nita Taublib, NYPL, Open Road Integrated Media, Other Press, Oxford University Press, Pablo Defendini, Paul Kozlowski, Penguin, Perseus Books Group, Peter H. Reynolds, Philip Patrick, Publishers Weekly, Ranjana Wingender, Reed Elsevier, Riverhead, Sandbox Summit, Sara Bercholz, Sarah Knight, Scott Shannon, Sean Horvath, Sean McDonald, Seth Russo, Shambhala, Shaye Areheart, Simon & Schuster, Spiegel & Grau, Sterling, Sterling Lord Literistic, Susan Kamil, Susan Van Metre, Thomas Lueke, Three Rivers Press, Till Wirth, Tim Barton, Times Books, Tina Pohlman, Tina Weiner, Tor.com, Tuttle Publishing, Vintage Espanol, Winnie O'Kelley, Yale Publishing Course, Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup

Who Owns Creativity?

April 9, 2010

At yesterday’s panel discussion, “Who Owns Creativity? Copyright and Our Culture in a Digital Age,” hosted by CUNY’s Macaulay Honors College, panelists were more united in their opinions than the audience of students, media professionals, and self-proclaimed copyright geeks. (Click here to download a podcast of the discussion.) Bill Goldstein, Book Reviewer for Weekend Today…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Associated Press, Bill Goldstein, Brian Napack, copyright, CUNY, Josh Greenberg, Macmillan, Michael Oreskes, NYPL, Virginia Rutledge

Making Search Convert: Search Engine Strategies 2010

April 5, 2010

Thanks to marketing consultant Rich Kelley for this piece. “Ever-evolving engines” was the theme of this year’s Search Engine Strategies conference in March in New York—but finding the tactic that gets the best results was much more on the minds of the 5,000 attendees. “Traditional direct mail generates conversions of two to three percent,” noted…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Amazon.com, AttentionWizard.com, Avinash Kaushik, Bryan Eisenberg, Business.com, Byron White, ClickTale, ClickZ, Compete, Content Grader, conversion, Crazy Egg, Facebook, Forrester, Google Analytics, Harry and David, ideaLaunch, Keurig, MarketMotive, online retail, Outspoken Media, Page Grader, Patricia Neurav, pay-per-click, Position Tech, PPC, Rae Hoffman, Raven, Return Path, Rich Kelley, Sarah Smith, Schwan's, Search Engine Strategies Conference, SEO, Sephora, SiteTuners.com, SpyFu, Stephanie Miller, Tim Ash, Todd Friesen, UserTesting.com, Website Grader, WiderFunnel, WordVision

March 2010 Roundup

March 1, 2010

PEOPLE Major changes at Random House under Madeline McIntosh, President Sales, Operations, and Digital. Joining her team are Nina von Moltke, VP, Digital Publishing Development; Amanda Close, VP, Digital Sales and Business Development; and Pete McCarthy, VP, Online and Digital Marketing. Andrea Sheehan, formerly VP & Director, Digital Strategy and Business Development at RHPG, will…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Abrams Books for Young Readers, Al Greco, Allyson Pearl, Aly Mostel, Amanda Close, Amanda d'Acierno, Amulet Books, Amy Levenson, Andrea Sheehan, Andrew Stanley, Andrew Weber, Anh Schluep, Anna Carlino, Anna Crowe, Audible, Baker & Taylor, becker&mayer!, Beth Koehler, Beth Wareham, Bill Preston, Books-A-Million, Borders Group, Brendan Deneen, Camille Collette, Candice Chaplin, Carlos Azula, Caroline Hardman, Cathy Calvert, Chelsea Vaughn, Chorion, Chris Demyanovich, Chris Rogers, Christian Waters, Christine McNamara, Christopher Little Literary Agency, Claire Patterson, Clear Channel, Crown Publishing Group, Cynthia Lasky, Cyrus Kheradi, David Patterson, David Thompson, Disney Book Group, Don Fehr, Elena Legeros, Elizabeth Gold, ESPN Consumer Products, Fabrizio Larocca, FinePrint Literary Management, FinePrint Productions, Fodor's, Frankfurt Book Fair, Gail Kump, Gardners Books, Guideposts, Hachette Book Group, Hilary Lowe, Holt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, House Party, Howard Reeves, Ivan Held, Jaci Updike, Jacqui Lebow, James Kimball, Jane Fleming, Janet Cooke, Janice Vanghele, Janklow & Nesbit UK, Jeff Weber, Jen Tolan, Jill Flaxman, Jinny Kwon, Joan DeMayo, John Bohman, Jonathan Yaged, Julie Black, Kaplan, Karen Fink, Karen Hayes, Kelly Fischbach, Kim Shannon, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Kristen Fleming, Lilly Kim, Living Language, Madeline McIntosh, Maria Carvainis Agency, Marsh Agency, Martha Guzman, Mary Ann Naples, Marysue Rucci, Matt Shatz, Men's Health, Michael Campbell, Michael Selleck, Midpoint Trade Books, Nathaniel Marunas, National Book Network, Nihar Malayvia, Nina von Moltke, Nokia, Oneworld Publications, OpenSky, Pam Roman, Penguin Press, Pete McCarthy, Planned Television Arts, Pouya Shahbazian, Prevention, Prima, Putnam, Ralph Munsen, Randi Rosenkranz, Random House, Random House Audio Group, Random House Publishing Services, Richard Callison, Robin Dennis, Rodale, Rodale Books, Roundup, Ruth Liebmann, Scribner, Sheila O'Shea, Simon & Schuster, Skip Dye, Sourcebooks, Sterling, Steve Cipolla, Stuart Smith, Susan Livingston, Sylvan, Tamra Knepfer, The Creative Culture, The Princeton Review, Thomas Dunne Books, Thomas Minkus, Tif Loehnis, Tim Jarrell, Time, Times Books, Trident Media Group, Yale University Press

TOC Pass: The Winner

February 5, 2010

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Peter Garlid of LibriSource Inc. is the winner of the full conference pass to the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference. Congratulations, Peter! Please e-mail me back ASAP. I’ve e-mailed Peter to let him know he’s the winner and will call later today. If I haven’t heard back by 6 PM on Monday, 2/8/2010,…Continue Reading

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Book View, February 2010

February 4, 2010

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People Roundup Lots of movement at Barnes & Noble: Liz Scheier has joined Barnes & Noble.com as Editorial Director, working with publishers to create “unique, exclusive content digital opportunities throughout our digital distribution platforms, including in store programs” and reporting to Theresa Horner, VP Digital Products. She was most recently Director of Publishing Relations at…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged A&P, Air America, Alan Katz, Amazon, Angie Lee, audiobooks, Avon, BAM, Bantam Dell, Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble.com, Beau Friedlander, Begin Smart, BibleGateway, BISG, Blink, Bob Miller, Book Business Publishing Conference & Expo, Book Industry Study Group, BookExpo America, Books for a Better Life Awards, Borders, Brent Howard, Camille Dewing-Vallejo, Carolyn Pittis, Christine Boyd, Claudia Boutote, Colm Tóibín, Cory McCloud, Counterpoint, Crown, DailyLit, Dan Angus, Dan Brown, David Gitow, Deborah Fine, Dexter Hawk, Direct Brands, e-book checkouts, East/West Literary Agency, Eat Drink & Be Literary, Elizabeth Eno, Elizabeth Evans, Encyclopedia Britannica, Eos, Erika Heilman, Flash Kids, Forbes Media, Frances Gilbert, GiantChair, Gideon Weil, Globe Pequot, Greg Mucci, Guitar Center, HarperCollins, HarperCollins Digital, HarperStudio, Harvard Business Press, Harvard Business School Publishing, Jaime Leifer, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Jill Friedlander, Joe Esposito, Joe Park, John Groton, Joshua Ferris, Kaplan, Karen Hansgen, Kathleen McAuliffe, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, Lance Fensterman, Larry Nevins, Laura Dawson, Leslie Hulse, library business, Library of America, Liz Scheier, LJNDawson, Lynn Nottage, Malcolm Gladwell, Margot Schupf, Mary Dolan, Michael Edwards, Mick McGuire, Mike McGinniss, Morrow, NAL, National Academy Press, National MS Society, Newsstand Inc., Nicholas Brealey, Nicole Reardon, OverDrive, Penguin, Perseus, PublicAffairs, Randall Klein, Random House, Random House Publishing Group, Reece Halsey Agency, Reed Exhibitions, Robin Roberts, Ron Marshall, Rubin Pfeffer, Sam Lipsyte, Sandy Creek Press, Scott Lubeck, ScrollMotion, Sharon Graham, Shoemaker & Hoard, Simon & Schuster, Sterling Children's, Sterling Innovation, Steve Forbes, Steven Rosato, Susan Danziger, Sydny Miner, The Lost Symbol, The New Yorker, Theresa Horner, Time Inc. Home Entertainment, Tom Roberge, Trish Hoard, Whitney Peeling, Wolters Kluwer Health, Zondervan

The 2010 Contact Sheet Is Here!

January 15, 2010

Our invaluable annual contact sheet provides phone numbers and e-mail templates for publishers, direct mail and book clubs, accounts (wholesale/retail/online), associations, trade shows, and trade resources. Download it for free: [download id=”4″].

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