News on the people in book business including business, promotions, hirings and firings. en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/community/People/47151.html?nid=3328 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/337409.html Terms of Use. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:08:50 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706059.html?nid=3328 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705494.html?nid=3328 Henry Holt executive editor Gillian Blake has won a hotly contested auction for New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert's new book, The Sixth Extinction. Blake beat out eight other houses for the book, which will be expanded from the author's May 2009 New Yorker piece of the same name. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:13:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705281.html?nid=3328 Third-quarter sales rose 22.5% at Harlequin on a 3.7% sales gain. Earnings were helped by lower costs and foreign exchange. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:31:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705014.html?nid=3328 Marvel Enterainment announced this morning that sales in its publishing segment fell 6% in the third quarter ended September 30, to $48.9 million. Operating income declined 19.7%, to $10.2 million. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:14:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6705002.html?nid=3328 Borders has started a new holiday program under which it will ship for free any item listed on Borders.com that is not in-stock in a store where a customer is shopping. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:41:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704837.html?nid=3328 Madeline McIntosh is returning to Random House in a newly created high level post in which she will report directly to CEO Markus Dohle. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:23:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704709.html?nid=3328 Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Hyperion November 16 as editor-in chief, replacing Will Balliett, who left earlier this fall to head Thames and Hudson. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:32:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704695.html?nid=3328 Amazon has named Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin as its best book of 2009. Published by Random House, Amazon called Spin “a gorgeous and moving story.” Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:26:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704616.html?nid=3328 In a letter sent to publishers on October 26, Macmillan CEO John Sargent drew what might be one of the first significant lines in the sand in the looming battle over the payout structure for e-books. Sargent announced that Macmillan would be instituting a boilerplate contract across its divisions that would offer a 20% royalty on net proceeds on e-books, a drop from what has become the de facto... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704614.html?nid=3328 Try as it might, Barnes & Noble has had a hard time convincing investors and analysts that, as reading moves more and more to e-books, there is a place for retailers that derive most their revenue—and profits—from the sale of print books. In a 90-minute presentation October 27, B&N's management team did its best to persuade analysts that the company's dominant position in th... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704609.html?nid=3328 Julie Well, Patti Ratchford, Linda Jones, more. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704321.html?nid=3328 Baker & Taylor has joined with reference publisher Gale to distribute the Gale Virtual Reference Library e-book collection. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704298.html?nid=3328 Consortium Book Sales & Distribution and Ingram Publisher Services have both announced new clients. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:32:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704243.html?nid=3328 A new Macmillan contract will change the way the publisher pays for digital sales as well as upping royalties for direct to consumer sales. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704164.html?nid=3328 B&N executives believe the retailer will benefit from store consolidation among its competitors. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:45:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704157.html?nid=3328 The Nook has become the fastest selling single item at Barnes & Noble since the retailer introduced the e-reader October 20. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:30:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704014.html?nid=3328 Sales rose slightly, but earnings were off at Canada's largest bookseller. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:41:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703991.html?nid=3328 The country's largest bookseller is well positioned to grow as it plans to leverage its traditional bookstores, online presence and growing digital footprint to boost results, executives said. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:27:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703713.html?nid=3328 Tantor, Book Rights Registry, Doug Grad Literary, more. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703771.html?nid=3328 Sales in McGraw-Hill Education's school segment fell 19.6% in the third quarter, resulting in an 11.6% decline for the entire company. Results were strongest in the college division. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:45:00 EST