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It is not news to publishers that they have to engage directly with their readers

March 18, 2014 by Mike Shatzkin 40 Comments

Since the merger that has created Penguin Random House, there has been precious little speculation (except by me, as far as I can tell) about what this new behemoth in trade book publishing could do to exploit their scale in new and innovative ways. Their scale advantage is huge. PRH has something in the neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Direct response, General Trade Publishing, Marketing, New Models, Scale, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: 250 Words, Big Five, Book-of-the-Month Club, Bookmarks, Farrar Straus, Hannah Telfer, Holt, Joe Esposito, Literary Guild, Macmillan, Markus Dohle, Osprey, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin's, The Bookseller, Thomas & Mercer, Thomas Dunne Books, Tom Weldon, Tor, Tor.com

Ruth Cavin, great editor and world’s nicest person, gone at 92

January 10, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 58 Comments

The title of “nicest person on the planet” is now open. The longtime incumbent, Ruth Cavin — also a veteran book editor who was known to many as the doyenne of mysteries — died early Sunday morning at the age of 92. She was still holding down a full time position as an editor with […]

Filed Under: Authors, Autobiographical, General Trade Publishing, Publishing History Tagged With: "Dinners for Beginners", "Trolleys", A.J. Shively, Al Silverman, Bram Cavin, Carnegie Tartan, Carnegie Tech, David Sobel, Dolphin Books, Doubleday, Eleanor Oshry, Eleanor Shatzkin, Emily Cavin, Harper, Joan Kahn, Leonard Shatzkin, Nora Cavin, Norman Thomas, Philip Turner, Ruth Brodie, Ruth Cavin, Sally Richardson, St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books, Tom McCormack, Tony Cavin, Two Continents, Walker and Company, World Publishing, YPSLs

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