Scholastic Buys Leading Kids' Publisher, Klutz NEW YORK, NY/3/4/02—Scholastic Corporation, (NMS:SCHL) the global children's publishing and multimedia company, has agreed to acquire Klutz, an innovative publisher...
Read MoreIn addition to his publishing role at Random House, David Ebershoff is the author of The Danish Girl and The Rose City. The Danish Girl won the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. His latest work, Pasadena, a novel, will be released by Random House in the summer of 2002. David is a visiting lecturer in fiction writing at Princeton, and lives in New York City.
Read MoreMartha Levin joined Simon & Schuster last April to expand the Free Presss serious nonfiction lines to include literary fiction and other works. As publisher, she is responsible for every aspect of the publishing process: what the Free Press buys, publishes, how the house promotes, publicizes, how the books look, and what books get reprinted.
Read MoreMichael Seidman is a veteran New York editor who oversaw Walker & Company’s crime line for more than a decade until January 2002 when Walker closed the line. Michael continues to serve as an editorial consultant for the Company.
Read MoreCrown Group Expanded, Jenny Frost Named Group President NEW YORK, NY/2/28/02-A major realignment and expansion of the Crown Publishing Group and a new President and Publisher for both the Crown and Random House Children's...
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ARTHUR KLEBANOFF is the owner and president of the fifty-year-old Scott Meredith Literary Agency. As co-founder of Morton L. Janklow Associates, Inc. and partner in the law firm Janklow, Traum & Klebanoff, he worked over a ten year period on more than thirty seven-figure book deals, most involving commercial fiction. Klebanoff previously led the publishing division of International Management Group. He is also the CEO of RosettaBooks, the leading independent electronic publisher focused on quality backlist books. The author resides in New York City
Read MoreBarnes & Noble Names Steve Riggio Chief ExecutiveNEW YORK/NY/2/13/02—Steve Riggio, vice chairman of B&N.com and Barnes & Noble, has been named CEO of Barnes & Noble, replacing his brother Len, who will...
Read MoreThe death of digital books has been greatly exaggerated! In related news, a distinguished panel of top representatives from the eBook divisions of Microsoft, Adobe, Palm, Digital Media and MobiPocket were scheduled to discuss emerging eBook technologies at the Seybold Seminars in New York on February 21.
Read MoreTEN COMMON COPYRIGHT PERMISSION MYTHS by Attorney Lloyd J. Jassin "Without written permission, you expose yourself to legal risks." Although the First Amendment may appear unconditional on its face,...
Read MoreWalker Shuts Down Crime Fiction Line NEW YORK, NY/01/29/02—Walker & Company has shut down its crime fiction division, and has laid off veteran mystery editor, Michael Seidman, who edited the line for 11 years....
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