Suchomel Leaves IPG

March 6, 2013

Suchomel Leaves IPG Mark Suchomel, longtime president of distributor IPG, left the company Monday. IPG owner Curt Matthews sent a "special alert" e-mail to IPG's hundreds of client publishers, informing them that Suchomel was no longer with the company. more » Sales, Earnings Fell at Harlequin in 2012 Slowing growth in digital sales contributed to a 7.2% decline in sales at Harlequin in 2012, to C$426.5 million, while operating earnings fell 11.6%, to C$72.8 million, parent company Torstar reported Wednesday morning. Both figures reflect the negative impact of foreign currency translations. more » News Corp's Amplify Unit Unveils Education Tablet Declaring that "we must use technology to empower teachers and the way students learn," former New York City school chancellor Joel Klein, now CEO of Amplify, News Corporation's education unit, unveiled Amplify's new $300 open-source 10-inch tablet, a device designed and produced specifically for K-12 classrooms. more » Big Blue Marble Books: A Press with a Mission A drive to inspire children to learn more about the Earth motivated Gabriella Francine to found Big Blue Marble Books, based in Newport Beach, Calif. "It's about teaching them to care." more » Lonely Planet Guide Saves Lives of Three Boys Not-for-Parents: How to Be a World Explorer: Your All-Terrain Manual, a children's guide from travel book publisher Lonely Planet, saved the lives of three Australian boys stuck in the Queensland mud flats during a family camping trip in January. "I got out because of the book," nine-year-old Vasco Gonsalves said. more » Today's Job Open Road Integrated Media is seeking a Senior Digital Marketing Manager (Fiction). Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. How To Launch a Social Media Marketing Campaign Goodreads is in, video responses are out--these were some of the points made at the latest in the ABPA's monthly panel series where one panelist observed that the value of promoted tweets is still up in the air. more » » Apple Launches iBookstore in Japan, Highlights Self-Pub In U.K. Apple is making moves with its e-book retailing abroad. The tech giant has launched its iBookstore in Japan, while pushing a campaign highlighting self-published books in Ireland and the U.K. more » » Job Moves: March 6, 2013 Jill Lazer has been promoted to v-p of production for general interest books at HMH and will assume responsibility for the production of the new culinary list and CliffsNotes in addition to her current role of managing the HMH general interest titles. Lazer has been with HMH for 20 years and was previously senior director of production. Paul Thigpen has been named editor at TAN Books, an imprint of Saint Benedict Press. more » » THE ROUNDUP Katniss Poster Portrait: 'Catching Fire' is only eight months away. Man Runs Free Bookstore: For four years running, the Jersey City Free Books store on Griffith Street in the Heights has been Anthony Olszewski's labor of love. Should Wal-Mart Buy B&N?: Wal-Mart has looked into buying Barnes & Noble in the past, but should it look again? Why is Good Sex Writing So Difficult?: Julian Barnes claims that British novelists feel obligated to write love scenes and so make a hash of it, replacing euphemisms with cliches. So what is so tricky about literary sex? Bookstore Cat's Happy Ending: The story of Footnote the cat. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air March 6, 2013: Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson will be on The Daily Show for Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier (W.W. Norton, 978-0393082104). more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Matthew White The 10 Most Memorable Superhero Deaths Robin has died...again. What other superheroes have met memorable demises? more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Anniversary Party Postponed I'm sorry to tell you that the Anniversary Bash has been postponed -- but only for a week. more » ShelfTalker Josie Leavitt Booksellers Out of Context It happens almost weekly in a small town. Kids who shop at the bookstore see me out of the bookstore and wonder how that can be. more » Genreville Rose Fox A Dream Come True An anthology of speculative fiction from the margins of history. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Strength and Books Public librarian Josh Hanagarne, author of The World's Strongest Librarian (May, Gotham) holds a book cart over his head. His publisher will be promoting the book via the hashtag #strengthandbooks.	Of Note PEN's New Officers and Trustees Announced PEN American Center announced yesterday at its Annual Members’ Meeting the newly-elected and reelected officer trustees of the Board, including John Troubh, executive v-p, and Jeri Laber, v-p. Other newly-elected or reelected trustees of PEN’s Board are Jennifer Egan, Nathan Englander, Wendy Gimbel, Erroll McDonald, Elisabeth Sifton, and Andrew Solomon. more »

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