Random House Snags Open Road Executive, Former Scholastic Prez Barbara Marcus...
Photo credit: Ben Asen Random House has hired children’s book publishing veteran Barbara Marcus to replace Chip Gibson as president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books, according to a memo...
View ArticleReorganization at HarperCollins Christian Publishing Leaves Mix of Zondervan...
A month after appointing its CEO, HarperCollins has finalized the leadership team for its newly formed Christian publishing unit, a combination of what had been the two leading Christian publishers in...
View ArticleGoodreads CEO Otis Chandler on the Future of Discoverability and Social Reading
There are more books available now to more people at a lower cost than any time in history, which only makes the following question harder to answer: What should you read next? A raft of book-focused...
View ArticlePresident of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management Jane Dystel: Agents...
One of the hottest new places for agents to find clients and for publishers to find their next best-selling authors is the self-published best-seller list. As opposed to wading through a slush pile or...
View ArticleAtria Publisher Judith Curr: Publishers Need to Experiment With Digital Content
Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, has been among the leaders when it comes to full-service publishing houses acquiring content by self-published authors. In August 2012, the house scored...
View ArticleKobo CEO Mike Serbinis: Doubling Down on E-Readers and International Expansion
Like so many other professionals working in book publishing today, Mike Serbinis could have chosen a career in pretty much any field. He’s played the Silicon Valley game and won, founding one of the...
View ArticleHarperCollins Audience Development Director Jim Hanas: Finding an Audience,...
The barriers to publishing a book and distributing it widely have come down, creating a renaissance in the world of self-publishing. While great for authors and ebook retailers, this sea change has...
View ArticleSimon & Schuster Creates New Global Ebook Strategy Position
Recognizing the global growth of ebooks as well as the significant U.S. ebook market, Simon & Schuster has created a new senior-level position dedicated to developing the publisher’s worldwide...
View ArticleHybrid Author Sylvia Day: ‘The World Cannot survive Without the Publishing...
When it came to getting a book published and distributed to a wide audience, it used to be that publishing houses with editorial, production, marketing and distribution operations were in the driver’s...
View ArticleScholastic’s Hit-Maker David Levithan on Hunger Games, Digital Reading and...
Photo credit: Jake Hamilton By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid For book publishers, companies concerned with revenues and profits, the digital revolution today is...
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