Bergstrom Named Gallery Publisher

January 9, 2013

Bergstrom Named Publisher of Gallery Jennifer Bergstrom has been tapped to head Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books imprint. Bergstrom, whose new title is v-p and publisher, is being promoted from her current position as editor-in-chief of the imprint. She will be reporting to president and publisher of the Gallery Publishing Group, Louise Burke. more » Reading Rainbow Adds Digital Titles from National Geographic Kids Reading Rainbow, the longtime PBS reading show now relaunched as RRKidz, an interactive digital book app, is partnering with National Geographic Kids to offer a line of branded digital picture books and easy readers. RRKidz will debut the National Geographic Kids' digital content beginning in March 2013 with 30 titles. more » Richard Ben Cramer's What It Takes Cracks Top 10 Hours after his death from lung cancer at the age of 62, Richard Ben Cramer's chronicle of the 1988 presidential race, What It Takes, jumped to #9 from #856 on Amazon's bestseller list. The Kindle edition jumped to #55 from #2,237. Here's an extended PW feature on Cramer and his work. more » S&S Brings Nixon's Complete Works to E Simon & Schuster has brought Richard Nixon to digital. The publisher will be releasing the complete works of the 37th president on January 9, in honor of Nixon's 100th birthday. The deal for the 10 titles being released was brokered between S&S's Jonathan Karp and agent Robert C. Odle, Jr. of Weil, Gotshal & Manges (who was working on behalf of The Richard Nixon Foundation). The e-books will be the first digital copies of the president's work made available. more » Today's Job Grey House Publishing is seeking a Book Production Assistant. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. Literati Bookstore Scheduled to Open in Ann Arbor Downtown Ann Arbor, Mich., which lost Shaman Drum in 2009 and Borders Books' flagship store in 2011, will once again boast a general bookstore, when former S&S sales rep Hilary Lowe and her fiancé, Michael Gustafson, open Literati Bookstore this spring. more » » Dzanc Books Launches New Imprint Dzanc Books, a seven-year-old literary nonprofit publisher headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., is starting off the new year by launching DISQUIET. The new imprint will be the publisher's primary imprint for publishing contemporary literature from around the world that has been translated into English. Two DISQUIET titles are scheduled for release in 2013. more » » Call for Nominations: 2013's PW Bookstore and PW Rep of the Year Publishers Weekly is readying its annual awards for PW Bookstore and PW Sales Rep of the Year, launched two decades ago. The deadline for 2013 nominations is March 1. The awards will be presented this spring at BookExpo America in New York City, and the award winners will be profiled in the pre-BEA print issue of Publishers Weekly magazine. Submit nominations to PWawards@publishersweekly.com, or fax to 904.261.6742. more » » Publishers Climb Aboard for Sandy Hook Donation It took a single e-mail request and less than 24 hours for Candlewick, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster to swing into action to get books and promotional materials to the Connecticut Parents Union for the children in Newtown, Ct., where the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting had taken place on December 14. more » » Gale Has New Addition to National Geographic Virtual Library Gale officials say its just launched National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World, includes a range of multimedia offerings, including full-text books on travel, science & technology, history, the environment and animals; videos covering such topics as the Islamic world, alternative energy and even the lifestyle of beluga whales; more than 650 maps; 600 downloadable National Geographic images; and the National Geographic Traveler magazine from 2010 – present. more » » Job Moves: January 9, 2013 John Cusick and Julia Churchill will join The Greenhouse Literary Agency. Andrea Rogoff joined Picador as a publicist on January 8. She was most recently an associate publicist at Simon & Schuster. Diana Capriola will serve as manager of children and teen programming at the AJC Decatur Book Festival. more » » THE ROUNDUP Amazon Takes Lead in Japan: Amazon's Kindle Store is dominating domestic rivals in Japan just months after its launch in October, according to a survey by a local research firm. What's the Meanest Book Review of 2012?: The nominees: Lionel Asbo, Vagina, and Joseph Anton. Rules for Memoir Writing: Including: The writer should turn her fierce critical eye on herself. McDonald's Offers £1 Deal on 15m Books: McDonald's U.K. has launched a two-year children's books campaign, committing to "hand out more than 15 million books by the end of 2014" through a £1 book offer on its Happy Meal boxes. Wisconsin Book Festival in Jeopardy: Madison Public Library director Greg Mickells expects that by the end of the week the library's foundation will decide whether it can supply the funds to take over the city's long-running book festival, formerly run by the Wisconsin Humanities Council. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air January 9, 2013: Maureen Hancock Maureen Hancock, author of The Medium Next Door (HCI, 978-0757315640), will be on The Ricki Lake Show. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Peter Brantley Digital Lending, In Agreement At last, a straightforward and civil agreement between publishers and libraries. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey WW Ladies/Men Book Club I'm sitting in the sunshine, sipping an iced drink with an umbrella in it. Somehow, the book is even better. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt They Grew Up So Well Life-long shoppers of the bookstore come to the store and talk about getting into college. more » Genreville Rose Fox Books I Loved in 2012 Fun, deep, tasty SF/F and YA published in 2012. more » ListenUp Adam Boretz Language Expert Expands Collins Audio Offerings to U.S. Parlez-vous français? These audiobooks can make it happen. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Ian K. Smith in NYC Audience members who received copies of Ian K. Smith's new book Shred (St. Martin's) waited as he signed copies outside the studios of Anderson Live in New York on January 8th.	Of Note Mary Anne Thompson Adds Three Clients Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been named North American scout for three new international publishers. The agency will now be scouting for Morning Star Group in Taiwan, covering the adult market; Bloomoon in Germany, covering the YA/children's market; and Libri Kiado in Hungary, covering the adult and YA/children's markets. more »

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