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Sharp Independent at HC Unveils Film Slate
HarperCollins has announced option deals for five titles to be developed by its film unit Sharp Independent at HarperCollins.
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Curbstone Carries On
There was revolution in the air when Judy Doyle and Sandy Taylor met in the 1960s at the University of Connecticut. She was an undergraduate studying English literature, and he was working toward his Ph.D., also in literature, with a special interest in Scandinavian writing. “We were both pretty involved in the antiwar and Civil Rights movement,” Doyle recalled from her office in Wi...
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BN.com Starts New Online Club
BN.com announced a new addition to its online book clubs today. Starting this month, bestselling writers Luanne Rice, Dennis Lehane, Jim Cramer and Deanna Raybourn will participate in online discussions as part of the company’s new Center Stage Book Club.
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HarperCollins; Sharp Independent To Adapt 'Now You See Him'
HarperCollins' in-house film development arm, Sharp Independent at HarperCollins, has named Eli Gottlieb's forthcoming novel, Now You See Him, as its next book-to-film project.
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Collins Assembles Traveling Exhibit
To promote two new books on presidential memorabilia, HarperCollins, parent company News Corp. and sister company Fox News have assembled a traveling exhibition. “The American Presidency” exhibit features 80 objects showcased in Campaigning for President and The President’s Table, both hardcover coffee-table books from Collins.
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Amazon Soared, Borders Plunged in '07
Although losers outnumbered winners in 2007, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index managed to eke out a 1.7% increase last year, thanks largely to Amazon.com. Shares at the e-tailer soared nearly 135% as investors were encouraged by the company's rapid sales growth, even as they still expressed concerns about Amazon's operating margins.
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Eugster Replaces Willis at B&T
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Penguin Canada Tops C$100 Million
After three years of double-digit growth, Penguin Canada cracked the C$100 million level for the first time in 2007, led by a mix of international and domestic hits.
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Farley Leaving Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Marmion, Brown Get Top Spots
Former Harcourt Trade president Dan Farley will leave the company at the end of January as part of the integration of the division into Houghton Mifflin Trade & Reference Publishers.
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‘Seven Habits’ Top Seller at AbeBooks
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People was both the top used book seller at AbeBooks.com last year as well as the bestseller overall. Other hot selling used titles included Eat, Pray, Love, The Purpose Driven Life, The Kite Runner, and The Pillars of the Earth.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Executive Team in Place
With the completion of Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep’s purchase of Harcourt’s U.S. education, reference and trade operations, a new executive team has been put into place to oversee the newly named Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company’s eight operating groups. The presidents of the various units all report to Gerald Hughes, president and COO of HMH, who in turn reports to...
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Amazon Upgrade Tops 100,000 Titles
Approximately 18 months after its launch, Amazon Upgrade boasts more than 100,000 titles, and the company is starting to expand the program beyond the group of professional publishers that have formed the core of its first participants. “We’d love to have more books, and we’re working with publishers to add more titles,” said Laura Porco, director of Upgrade.
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Scholastic Will Exit Home Continuities; Posts Quarterly Gains
Scholastic has decided to sell its unprofitable home continuities business, though it will retain the school side of the business. Company chairman Dick Robinson made the announcement in connection with the release of second quarter results that showed a 1.5% revenue increase and a small gain in profits.
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Melville House Moves to Brooklyn
Indie publishers Melville House is moving from its current headquarters in Hoboken, NJ to a new space in Brooklyn' s DUMBO neighborhood, which will house a bookstore and event space, along with the press's offices.
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Scholastic Signs Riordan for Multiplatform Series
Scholastic has signed Rick Riordan, author of the bestselling Percy Jackson series, for an ambitious multiplatform middle-grade adventure series that debuts next September.
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HM Completes Harcourt Buy
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History Gets a New Look
Emulating the Minnesota Historical Society Press, which seven years ago implemented an ambitious new business model emphasizing personal narratives with universal themes, Kathy Borkowski, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, has taken the 152-year-old press in new directions in the past three years.
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HM Completes Harcourt Purchase
Houghton Mifflin has completed its $4 billion purchase of Harcourt's education, trade and reference divisions. Company executives are promising a speedy integration of the two companies.
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Murphy Named Publisher of Scholastic Trade
Suzanne Murphy will become publisher of Scholastic Trade beginning January 1. Murphy, who has overseen the unit's marketing efforts, is taking over the duties of Ellie Berger who was named division president in October, replacing Lisa Holton.
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Warming to Kindle
As I write this, I have been the obsessive owner of an Amazon Kindle for 36 hours. Nobody could be more surprised by that statement than I am. Because even if trying out the Kindle is part of my job—and even if I did concede just two weeks ago that e-readers may finally be getting some traction—I can’t say I was expecting to becoming a user, let alone a passionate one.
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