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Wainwright to Crown
Katie Wainwright, formerly of Hyperion, will take up the post of Vice President, Executive Director of Publicity at Crown Publishing Group as of August 1, 2007.
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After 46 Years, FSG On the Move
Farrar, Straus & Giroux is making its first move since 1961, leaving Union Square and heading a few blocks west to new lodgings at 18 West 18th Street. The move is planned for the end of the year, possibly around the Christmas holidays.
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Nasshan Leaving Borders
Borders old guard continues its slow departure with news that head of trade books Bill Nasshan is stepping down.
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Scholastic Trying to Plug Web Leaks
Scholastic has obtained subpoenas to try to prevent Web sites from posting digital copies of the final volume of Harry Potter.
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How Will HM's Harcourt Buy Affect Trade?
The combination of the Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt trade units would create a company with revenue of about $200 million--and a formidable backlist of literary fiction and nonfiction.
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Amazon Buys Brilliance Audio
The e-tailer is increasing its commitment to audiobooks, acquiring publisher Brilliance Audio and expanding its CustomFlix disc on demand service.
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Winton Buys Soft Skull Press
Less than a week after announcing its acquisition of Counterpoint Press, Winton, Shoemaker & Co. LLC has acquired Soft Skull Press. Soft Skull publisher Richard Nash will join the new company as executive editor and will be editorial director of the Soft Skull imprint run from a New York office.
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Interlink: Quietly Hosting Voices
Michel Moushabeck arrived in Brooklyn in the late '70s from war-torn Beirut, bent on making some changes in the world.
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Borders Inks Three New Deals
The retail giant has signed agreements with Above the Treeline, Sterling Commerce and Source Interlink in three separate business ventures.
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Seriously Gay and Lesbian
There’s no shortage of light gay fare from mainstream publishing, but university presses are increasingly doing the heavy lifting.
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Designs on Classics
Hip literary memoirs revived at 1500 Books.
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New Looks for Classic Books: New Directions' Riessue Program
Famed and longstanding indie press New Directions books is in the midst of an ongoing reissue program, repackaging some of its most famous titles with new introductions by contemporary authors.
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Amazon Posts Robust First Quarter
Amazon’s first quarter ended March 31 was one of the strongest in its history.
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Tessitore to Step Down at HarperCollins
Joe Tessitore, president of HarperCollins’ reference group, Collins, will leave the company by the fall.
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Tina Brown's upcoming book called "The Most Savage Attack on Diana Ever"
Set to be serialized in Vanity Fair later this week and unofficially embargoed in the United States, Brown's The Diana Chronicles dispels myths about the late Princess Diana's life, according to the U.K. Daily Mail.
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Knopf to Release Hillary Clinton Bio
The Random House imprint has announced it will go to press for an initial 350,000 copies on this planned June release by Carl Bernstein.
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Maiden Mysteries
Nine first-timers vie for the attention of whodunit fans.
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Women & Children First Saved By Myspace
On the verge of financial collapse, the Chicago independent asked for a little help from its Myspace friends.
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Tattered Cover's Meskis to Head Denver Publishing Program
Joyce Meskis is succeeding Elizabeth Glaser as director of the University of Denver Publishing Institute.
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Poetry Heaven at Poets House
The annual showcase at Poets House puts indie press books up front and face out.
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