Bloomsbury USA Promotes Dickerman, Puts Charkin at Top
Following the departure of Karen Rinaldi, Bloomsbury USA has announced
the promotion of editorial director Colin Dickerman to publisher for
adult trade books and he will report to Bloomsbury's executive director
Richard Charkin, who will serve as president for Bloomsbury USA (still
based in the company's London headquarters).
Dickerman joined Bloomsbury USA in 2000, and his acquisitions have
included books by Alan Hollinghurst, David Leavitt, Ben Schott, Chelsea
Handler, Roz Chast, and Sloane Tanen.
Additionally, Sabrina Farber adds the title of associate publisher for
adult trade and Diana Blough adds the title of associate publisher for
children's books. Both remain sales and marketing director in their
respective divisions as well.
More Personnel News
In Germany, Luebbe Verlag owner Stefan Luebbe surprised some with the
announcement that longtime publishing executive Lothar Menne has been
named as his "personal advisor" in a three-year contract.
At Holt's Children's division, Jennifer Abbots has been promoted to
associate director of publicity. She has been there for two years.
At McGraw-Hill Education, Angelle Haney Gullett has been named an
executive editor in the Woodland Hills, California office. She will
oversee the 6-12 Fine Art books published under the Glencoe imprint and
the K-5 Health books published by the company's Macmillan division. She
was the assistant managing editor for Mazer Corporation, a textbook
developer.
Borders Faces Up to More Face Out
At the recent AAP meeting Borders CEO George Jones reported that in the
first few weeks at their new concept store in Ann Arbor, more face-out
and a smaller title selection than a typical superstore were producing
a "dramatic" increase in sales. Now the chain is quickly spreading
those changes throughout their stores. The WSJ says "customers
throughout the country should be able to see the difference in displays
within six weeks. While books shown face-out will still be in the
overall minority, as many as three times the titles as in the past will
be shelved with covers showing."
SVP Anne Kubek tells the paper, "We always had face-out titles on the
shelves and on tables, but they were used as punctuation and tended to
focus on popular titles. Today we're showing the front of books even
when we only have two or three copies."
The Journal says the standard Borders superstore will now stock about
85,000 to 90,000 titles. Despite the reduced count, "Borders says
customers visiting its prototype store said their impression was that
more books were available."
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ANZ Bidder Drops Out
Australia and New Zealand's biggest bookselling chain, the Angus
&
Robertson Whitcoulls Group, "confirmed that negotiations with fellow
bookstore chain Borders Group regarding a potential acquisition of the
Borders Australian and New Zealand assets had ceased. As a result, it
is unlikely that a transaction between the two companies will proceed."
Borders had wanted to "take a substantial share in A&R
Whitcoulls"
as part of the sale, but "the parties were unable to agree terms on a
basis that would have been acceptable to A&R Whitcoulls
shareholders." A&R spokesperson Lauren Thompson tells The Age
"the
complexity of reaching a shareholder agreement meant the deal couldn't
go ahead" adding that
"both sides had a similar sentiment."
A&R Whitcoulls says they are "open to considering a 100 percent
acquisition" but acknowledge that "it seems unlikely that such a deal
will occur." Borders theoretically had interest from a number of other
parties, including A&R competitor Paper Plus. The roughly $100
million valuation for the 23 stores is equal to about 20 percent of
battered Borders entire market capitalization.
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In other international retailing news, bankrupt UK discount bookseller
The Works announced that they will close 85 of their 317 stores next
week as part of their reorganization and layoff 450 workers
Bezos Returns to BEA
Amazon
CEO Jeff Bezos will be interviewed by Wired editor-in-chief Chris
Anderson as part of BEA's "Upfront and Unscripted" seminar
conversations, scheduled for 3 PM on Friday afternoon (May 30).
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