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People Roundup, Mid-October 2013

October 15, 2013

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PEOPLE Carmela Iaria has been named Executive Director of Educational and Library Marketing, Penguin Young Readers Group; she was previously VP, Marketing and Merchandising, Book Clubs at Scholastic. Folio Literary Management announced that Ruth Pomerance has recently joined the agency as Literary and Dramatic rights Agent. She held positions at Hyperion Books, and before that…Continue Reading

Posted in Book View • Tagged 129th MLA Annual Convention, 13th Annual Dust or Magic Institute on the Design of Children’s Interactive Media, Abrams, Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ALA Midwinter Conference, Albert Whitman, Alfred A. Knopf, Alisha Petro, Alyson Day, American Museum of Natural History, Anne Marie Tallberg, ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting, Atria, Bangkok International Book Fair, Belgrade Book Fair, Bill LeBlond, Bloomsbury Spark, Blue Rider Press, Book World Prague, Brand Licensing Europe, Cairo International Book Fair, Carmela Iaria, CBA Next 2014, Chronicle Books, College Art Association 102nd Annual Conference, Counterpoint Press, Dan Smetanka, Digital Book World Conference & Expo, Digital Minds Conference, Dublin Book Festival, Dutton, Egmont, FIPP 7th Digital Innovators' Summit, Flatiron Books, Frank Fochetta, Geneva International Book Fair, Goddard Riverside New York Book Fair Gala, Griffin, Guadalajara International Book Fair, HarperCollins Children’s, Heyday Books, International Home and Housewares Show, International Reading Association Annual Convention, Jaipur Literature Festival, Jason Booher, Karrie Witkin, Kate Lloyd, Katherine Tegen Books, Kelly Booth, Ken Rhodes, Key West Literary Seminar: Chapter One, Key West Literary Seminar: Final Chapter, Key West Literary Seminar: Writers’ Workshop Program, LA Festival of Books, Laetitia Rutherford, Lindley Boegehold, Liza Cassity, Lorraine Rath, Maya Bradford, Melina Gerosa Bellows, Melissa Miller, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miami Book Festival International, Michelle Bayuk, Montreal Salon du Livre, Mulcahy Conway Associates, Museum Store Association Conference and Expo, MVP Books, National Geographic, National Geographic Books, NBN International, New Media Expo, Other Press, Penguin Young Readers Group, Playcon, PSP 2014 Annual Conference, Quayside. Josh Leventhal, Roger Shaw, Ross Harris, Sarah Cantin, SCBWI 15th Annual Winter Conference, Scholastic, Scribner, Shona Burns, Social Media Week, South by Southwest Interactive Festival, St. Martin's Paperbacks, State of Maryland International Reading Council (SoMIRAC) Conference, Steve Tager, Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Sulay Hernandez, Taipei international Book Exhibition, The Chicago International Remainder & Overstock Book Exposition, The Great American Bargain Book Show (GABBS), The London Book Fair, The Place to Bee!, Virginia Festival of the Book, Watson Little Ltd, Weldon Owen, Whitney Frick, Will Lach, Worldwide Media Marketplace 2014, Yoga Journal

Food Writing in 2009

June 4, 2009

PT thanks Judith Weber of Sobel Weber Associates for her reporting. Late in the week at the Symposium for Professional Food Writers, Chronicle editor Bill LeBlond introduced an efficient “information delivery device.” As he demonstrated, it enabled the user to open to a recipe, a block of text, or a beautiful four-color photograph. The device…Continue Reading

Posted in Uncategorized • Tagged Amelia Saltsman, Andrea Nguyen, Andrew Schloss, Ann Taylor Pittman, Antonia Allegra, Bill LeBlond, cookbooks, Cooking Light, David Joachim, Digg, Don Fry, Facebook, food blogs, food writing, Greenbrier, Judith Weber, L.A. Times, Martha Holmberg, Michael Ruhlman, Oregonian, recipes, Russ Parsons, Sobel Weber Associates, Steve Dolinsky, Sydny Miner, Symposium for Professional Food Writers, Twitter, Yahoo Buzz

The Franchise Fix

November 1, 2003

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Lucrative, Licensed Book Lines Are Looking Better All the Time As book publishers search in an ever-widening gyre for “consumer equity,” “points of differentiation,” and authors pre-packaged with their own “platforms,” it may be no shock that the concept of franchise publishing — partnering to publish licensed, branded, or co-branded titles, or even signing up…Continue Reading

Posted in Featured Articles • Tagged Arthur Agatson, Atkins, Bed Bath & Beyond, Better Homes and Gardens, Bill LeBlond, Chic Simple, Chris Lederer, Chronicle Books, DC Comics, Discovery Channel, Disney, Dummies, Helios Consulting Group, HGTV, Home Depot, Hustler, Jeff Stone, Linda Cunningham, Linens 'n Things, Martin Yan, mdash, Meredith Books, Michael Chiarello, Monster Garage, Nickelodeon, Ortho, Paige by Paige, Paige Davis, Petco, Pixar, Playboy: 50 Years, Rodale, Round Mountain Media, Sarah Malarkey, Saveur, Scotts, South Beach Diet, Susan Maruyama, The Art of Finding Nemo, The Food Network, The Food Network Kitchens Cookbook, The Learning Channel, The Photographs, Todd Davis, Trading Spaces, Trading Spaces: Behind the Scenes, Weber, Wiley

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