Tag Archives: Random House

Anderson News may be forced into bankruptcy by publishers

Four major publishers have filed court papers to force magazine distributor Anderson News into bankruptcy... Read more [...]

Larry Tye sells nonfiction book about Superman

Journalist and non-fiction author Larry Tye sold Superman, whic hlooks at the cultural phenomenon of the character, to Random House... Read more [...]

In Random House reorganization, Scott Shannon is promoted

Scott Shannon has been promoted to Vice President, Publisher for Del Rey and Spectra... Read more [...]

Simon & Schuster, too, makes big changes

Simon & Schuster is cutting 35 positions from all across the company; another victim of bad economic times... Read more [...]

Random House Shake Up

Senior executives Irwyn Applebaum and Steve Rubin are leaving Random House as the publishing groups they headed are being divided and moved under other groups within the colossal publishing house... Read more [...]

Random House: Peter Olson is leaving, Markus Dohle to replace him

Random House CEO Peter Olson is leaving the company at the end of the month. He'll be replaced by Markus Dohle, who is currently the head of parent company Bertelsmann's printing operations... Read more [...]

Random House CEO Peter W. Olson may be on his way out

Rumors say Random House CEO Peter W. Olson may soon be forced into early retirement after ten years at the helm... Read more [...]

Tricia Narwani promoted at Random House

Tricia Narwani, a member of the Del Rey manga team at Random House, has been promoted to editor. Read more [...]

Random House earnings down; Bertelsmann may sell book clubs

Random House gross and net income were down last year, though some of that is due to currency changes, but parent Bertelsmann is considering selling the underperforming book clubs, including... Read more [...]

Saxon Bullock now represented by John Jarrold

Journalist Saxon Bullock's first science fiction novel, The Hypernova Gambit, is being represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency... Read more [...]

SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock Sells First Book

SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock sold his first book, the nonfiction Presidential Book of Lists, to Random House, which is rushing... Read more [...]

Massive personnel changes at Random House’s upper sales levels

Random House's new Senior Vice President of Adult Sales, Jaci Updike, has implemented a major realignment, eliminating some positions, adding others, and promoting several people... Read more [...]

Random House to Publish 4 Iron Man Books

Random House will publish the novelization of and a tie-in to the Iron Man movie next Spring, as well as two original... Read more [...]

George R.R. Martin’s Dreamsongs in paper and audio formats

George R.R. Martin's massive new collection, Dreamsongs, is being published in two volumes by Bantam Spectra, and three CD collections by Random House, but only Audible.com has the entire collection available now... Read more [...]

Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom now in German and CC

Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom has been published in German as Backup and also released... Read more [...]