Everyone Publishing Trends encountered at this year’s National Stationery Show (Sunday, May 20-Wednesday, May 23, 2012) agreed on one thing: “smaller and quieter.” Without being asked, several exhibitors admitted that, beyond a smaller number of attendees overall, it felt like “the buyers have disappeared.” Said one purveyor of animal-shaped desk accessories: “Sure, plenty of people…Continue Reading
PEOPLE ROUNDUP Crown Publishing Group President and Publisher Jenny Frost announced the appointment of Diane Salvatore, who was most recently Editor-in-Chief of Ladies’ Home Journal, as VP, Publisher of Broadway Books, a new position following the realigning of Broadway and Doubleday within the Random House Group. Margaret Milnes, VP, Licensed Publishing, Nickelodeon, has resigned after…Continue Reading
During summer’s first month, the much debated future of publishing was, well, debated some more at venues across the country. The much-reported O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in San Jose, featured an array of stellar presentations running the gamut from “the book is dead,” to “the book is gloriously alive!” Back east, software producer Klopotek…Continue Reading
