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• Scholastic Names New E-Publisher and E-Book Strategy SVP

  594 readers Publishers Lunch broke this news earlier today. The press release, however, has just come across the transom: PRESS RELEASE: Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book Strategy For Scholastic’s E-Commerce Group NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that Jenny Frost has

• Scholastic Names New E-Publisher and E-Book Strategy SVP

  745 readers Publishers Lunch broke this news earlier today. The press release, however, has just come across the transom: PRESS RELEASE: Scholastic Names Jenny Frost Senior Vice President, E-Publisher And E-Book Strategy For Scholastic’s E-Commerce Group NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, announced today that Jenny Frost has

• Ebrary Adds Two New Collections to Corporate E-Book Subscription Database

  368 readers PRESS RELEASE: ebrary Announces New Corporate Subscription Databases in Employee Development and Human Resources PALO ALTO, Calif., July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — To assist corporate libraries with strategic e-book acquisition, ebrary®, a ProQuest business, now offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources hand-selected by its on-staff librarians. The new databases – and over

• Hachette Poaches Bloomsbury’s Schnittman for Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Role

  925 readers UPDATE: A spokesperson for Hachette gave Digital Book Wire some additional details on the Evan Schnittman appointment. Schnittman will report to Hachette CEO David Young and will have several vice presidents reporting to him: Chris Barba, executive vice president of sales, Martha Otis, senior vice president of advertising and promotion, and Maja Thomas, senior vice president

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  Sourcebooks Appoints Barbara Briel First Chief Operating Officer

  691 readers By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid The c-suite at Sourcebooks just got a little more crowded. For the first time ever, the Naperville, IL-based publisher will have a chief operating officer. Barbara Briel has been promoted to the role of senior vice president and COO from her position as vice president and director of administration

• Scholastic Debuts New Line Of Interactive Apps

  3824 readersScholastic Media has introduced a new line of kids’ book iPad apps called “Touch & Tilt.” The launch of the line includes three apps: I LOVE YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: OCEANS and GO, CLIFFORD, GO! The children’s books ...

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  Google Labs Is Closing

  1958 readersGoogle is closing down its Google Labs project, the department of the company that lets users test drive product prototypes and new services. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “Some Google Labs experiments will end and others will be incorporated into different products, Bill Coughran, senior vice president for research and systems infrastructure, said in a blog

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  Hachette Digital’s Maja Thomas on Digital Revenue, Bookish and the Leaked Manifesto

  1411 readers By Jeremy Greenfield, Editorial Director, Digital Book World, @JDGsaid In 2008, digital revenues at New York-based book publisher Hachette represented about 1% of the total for the company. This year, about 20% of Hachette’s revenue will come from digital. Managing this explosive growth is Maja Thomas, senior vice president of Hachette Digital. Thomas is responsible for Hachette’s

• Former Ingram CEO Prichard Named Pres. of OCLC

  57 readers[Press Release]Skip Prichard named OCLC President and CEODUBLIN, Ohio, May 16, 2013—Skip Prichard, an experienced senior executive in the information services market, has been named the next OCLC President and CEO.Mr. Prichard has led multi-national organizations that serve libraries across the full spectrum of library services and content needs. Most recently, he was President and

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  Lulu.com Hires New Leadership Team

  677 readersSelf-publishing platform Lulu.com has a new executive team in place and has revealed plans to release new products and services in the coming months. Brian Matthews will serve as executive vice president of strategy and marketing. Gary Feder will serve as general counsel. Shawn Barber is the new VP of product management. Arik Abel is the new director of online marketing. Dan Dillon is serving as the new director of