Miller Leaving Workman

March 25, 2013

Miller Leaving Workman Publishing Bob Miller, who took over as group publisher of Workman Publishing in March 2010, will leave the company April 5. In addition, Carolan Workman said in a memo that company founder Peter Workman's health "will not allow him to return to Workman in any significant capacity." For the immediate future, the memo said, Susan Bolotin will serve as acting publisher of the Workman imprint. more » Abrams Announces Wimpy Kid #8 At the Bologna Children's Book Fair on Monday, Abrams announced the November publication of the (as-yet-untitled) eighth book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.The book will be published by Abrams's Amulet Books imprint in the U.S. in November, with near-simultaneous publication taking place in seven additional countries. more » Fodor's Committed to Print In light of last week's news that Google has pulled the plug on print editions of Frommer's guidebooks, Amanda D'Acierno, senior v-p and publisher of Fodor's Travel, made a few comments about her company's commitment to print guidebooks, pointing to a "robust" print schedule. more » IDPF Debuts Readium Foundation and ePub 3 SDK Readium.org, an open source initiative supporting ePub 3 launched by the International Digital Publishers Forum, has been organized into the Readium Foundation, a formal membership organization, that will debut at the Paris Book Fair and launch with about two dozen members. The goal of the organization is to significantly expand the EPUB ecosystem. more » B&N, S&S Term Dispute Continues On Friday, the Wall Street Journal, followed by the New York Times, provided an update on the standoff between Simon & Schuster and Barnes & Noble that has resulted in the chain cutting the number of titles it is carrying from the house and the amount of promotion support the books are getting. The dispute, over terms, first broke out in late January, when PW first reported that B&N was reducing orders over a perceived lack of financial support from S&S. more » Marketplace Fairness Act Gets Closer With Friday's Senate vote of 75 to 24 in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act amendment to the FY 2014 budget resolution, bricks-and-mortar retailers were heartened that e-fairness could become a reality this year. Although it was a procedural move to test support for the act, ABA CEO Oren Teicher called it "a big step forward in our campaign for sales tax fairness. Importantly, this victory may now open the door to the passage of federal e-fairness legislation." more » Today's Job Better World Books is seeking a Market Planning Director - Wholesale. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. TOC Bologna 2013: Brand Strategy, Empowered Consumers, and an "Ecosystem of Storytelling" Books and authors as brands, being smart about entering the app race, and the empowerment of consumers – especially kids – were major themes at the third annual Tools of Change Bologna conference, held Sunday, March 24, the day before the opening of the Bologna Children's Book Fair. more » » Goodall Book Postponed Due to Plagiarism Claims Grand Central has delayed publication of Jane Goodall's Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of Plants after it was found that multiple passages in the book were borrowed without attribution from Web sites including Wikipedia. Grand Central said it will publish the book at a unspecified later date. more » » Sale of McGraw-Hill Education Completed McGraw-Hill Education has been officially separated from its former parent company as McGraw-Hill Cos announced Friday afternoon that it has completed the sale of MHE to Apollo Global Management LLC for $2.4 billion in cash. more » » Melville House U.K. Announced Dennis Johnson and Valerie Merians, founders of U.S. independent publishing house Melville House, have announced they're opening a British publishing company, Melville House UK, to be headquartered in London. They expect to be acquiring new titles for the line by the end of the year. more » » Job Moves: March 25, 2013 Nirmal Sandhu has been promoted to head of rights at Hachette Children's Books. He joined the company as rights manager at Orchard Books in 2006. more » » THE ROUNDUP Lit Agents Talk Publishing: "Things are actually very healthy in terms of readers and in terms of authors. What's sick is the business model of publishing and that's what I'm finding is so depressing." Why Kids Aren't Reading Digital Comics: And what might make them start. First 'jOBS' Reviews: Read what the critics are saying. Cather Didn't Want Her Letters Published: Cather was believed to have destroyed most of her letters and sternly ordered that her surviving correspondence never be published or quoted from--but her letters will be published in April. Swampscott Bookstore Closes: HugoBooks Inc. closed its Spirit of '76 Squared bookstore in Vinnin Square on March 17 after a one-year trial period, according to a notice on the door. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air March 25, 2013: Marshele Waddell, Phil Demuth Marshele Waddell, co-author of Wounded Warrior, Wounded Home: Help and Healing for Families Living with PTSD and TBI (Revell, 978-0800721565), will be a guest on The Diane Rehm Show on March 26. Phil Demuth, author of The Affluent Investor (Barron's, 978-0-7641-6564-1), will be on Fox & Friends, Kilmeade & Friends on Fox News Radio, and The Daily Wrap with Michael Castner on March 26. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash Dumb Poetry Is a Good Tumblr "Baby boy, please come to my party in the sky?" more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Joysann's Interview on CBS Sunday Morning – Afterword CBS Sunday Morning gave a lighthearted look at erotic romance. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt Mood Elevators Bookstores mean a lot to many people, especially cranky ones looking to change their day around. more » Genreville Rose Fox Respectful Submission Putting your best foot forward when writing to editors. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Kushner Cooks for Passover Kim Kushner, author of The Modern Menu (Gefen), was on the Home & Family Show with hosts Christina Ferrare and Mark Steines. The show aired nationally last week on the Hallmark Channel. Kushner cooked a brisket for Passover.	Of Note WSJ, Harper Doing Quickie Pope E-book Harper and The Wall Street Journal are partnering to publish an e-book about the new pope called Pope Francis: From the End of the Earth to Rome. The title, which will be priced at $4.99 and released on April 16, will feature content from the newspaper's journalists. more »

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