Prichard Named CEO of OCLC

May 17, 2013

OCLC Names Skip Prichard President and CEO Online Computer Library Center has announced that Skip Prichard will succeed Jay Jordan as OCLC president and CEO. Jordan, 70, will retire on June 30 after 15 years at the helm of OCLC. Prichard was most recently president and CEO of the Ingram Content Group Inc., and is a former president and CEO of ProQuest Information. He starts at OCLC July 1. more » Sookie Stackhouse, Duck Dynasty Top Bestseller List Charlaine Harris's last Sookie Stackhouse novel, Dead Ever After, took #1 on Nielsen BookScan, selling 85,00 copies in the week ending May 12. The number was more than enough to outpace the #2 bestseller, Phil Robertson's Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life as the Duck Commander, which moved 58,000 copies in its first week. more » Google Glass: No, You Can't Read A Book On It PW gets to play with Google's wearable computing device and finds that while you can't read a book on it, Google Glass is pretty cool. more » Goldstein Joins S&S, Guest Leaves Cary Goldstein, who was relieved of his job as publisher of Twelve in April, is joining his old boss, Jon Karp, at Simon & Schuster. Goldstein has been named v-p, executive director of publicity and senior editor at the flagship imprint, and will start at the publisher on June 3. In his new role Goldstein will be overseeing the publicity department and, S&S said, acquiring "a select number" of titles. more » Community Bookstore to Open (Mostly) Used Bookstore Community Bookstore in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn is closing on a new space today in nearby Windsor Terrace, which had previously been the site of six-year-old Babbo's Books, which specialized in used books. more » Today's Job Barron's Educational Series, Inc. is seeking an Outside Sales Representative. Maybe it's you! For more about this and other jobs, visit PW JobZone. To post a new job, click here. E-Books and Banned Books: Innovations in Reading Winners Now in its fifth year, the Innovations in Reading Prize this year recognized a book bank, a library that puts free books by the side of the road, a portable reading room, a banned book promotion project, and a nonprofit that gets e-books to the developing world. more » » Online Auction for ABFFE Starts Saturday The 19th annual Children's Book Art Silent Auction, which benefits the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression's fight against censorship of books for young readers, will take place at BookExpo America on Wednesday, May 29. But this year for the first time ABFFE and the ABC Children's Group at the ABA, which cosponsor the auction, are also holding an online auction, which is open to the public and will run for a week in the run-up to BEA. more » » GLIBA Announces Annual Award The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association will present the Great Lakes, Great Reads award annually at the Heartland Fall Forum to its members's single favorite frontlist title. more » » Distribution: Bookmasters Signs TGS International Bookmasters has signed an agreement with TGS International to distribute their print books and e-books to major U.S. booksellers for the first time in the United States. TGS International, headquartered in Berlin, Ohio, has been publishing Christian books for almost 30 years. more » » Job Moves: May 17, 2013 Richard V. Hopple will retire as president and CEO of Guideposts, as of August 31. Former president and CEO John F. Temple has been named interim CEO. more » » THE ROUNDUP Amazon Called Before Parliament: Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill. How Do You Write About Life...: When it's lived on computers? Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger: For $1 billion. End of Genre Wars?: How long before Stephen King is regarded as literary alongside writers such as John Le Carré? Kids Summer Indie Next List Preview: Check out this summer's hot books. VIEW ALL » Authors on the Air Authors on the Air May 17, 2013: Pamela Ryckman, George Packer, John R. Erickson Pamela Ryckman will be on Rock Center and the Today show for Stiletto Network: Inside the Women's Power Circles That Are Changing the Face of Business (Amacom, 978-0814432532). On Weekend Edition on May 19, George Packer will talk about PW Pick The Unwinding (FSG, 978-0-374-102418). Author of Hank the Cowdog (Maverick Books, Inc. 978-1591881018) series John R. Erickson will be on the Family Talk radio program. more » » BLOGS PWxyz Blog Gabe Habash 10 Biggest Book Adaptation Flops The worst of the worst. more » Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey Author Sara Humphreys vs Ambercrombie & Fitch I met author Sara Humphreys at my Reader Appreciation luncheon for the first time and was quickly taken in by her wit and charm. Last week, she became my hero. more » ShelfTalker Alison Morris How to Go to Greece and Have Your Own Odyssey A guest post from ShelfTalker's Alison, about a recent bookish adventure in Greece. more » PICTURE OF THE DAY Team Returns to Historic Rickwood Field Larry Colton (third from left), author of Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race, stands with members of the 1964 baseball team profiled in the book at Rickwood Field (the oldest ballpark in America), where the team played. The 1964 team was the first integrated sports team in the state of Alabama, and the team took the field just a few months after the horrific Birmingham church bombing that killed four girls.	Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Of Note Penguin, RH Merger Remains on Track In announcing higher first quarter profits on flat revenue, Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe said the company remains confident that the merger of Random House with Penguin Group will take place in the "early" part of the second half of 2013. more » Author Solutions Gets Extension Judge Denise Cote has granted a request by Author Solutions and Penguin to extend the deadline to respond to the class action lawsuit filed against the two to June 21. more »

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