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PW senior writer Andrew Albanese
discusses how the recent coronavirus
outbreak is impacting publishing
conferences on a global scale.
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At DC Entertainment, the Joe Dan
DiDio era has come to an end. This
week, the hosts talk about his tenure
as copublisher of DC and what’s next
for one of comics’ biggest publishers.
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Three Wayne State
University Press employees
who were fi red in mid-
February—editor-in-chief
Annie Martin; editorial,
design, and production editor Kristin Harpster; and marketing and sales
manager Emily Nowak—have been rehired.
Hachette Book Groupprofi ts rose last
year over 2018 despite a 1% decline in
revenue. The earnings increase was attrib-
uted to improved operating effi ciencies in
the year and higher
sales of digital
audiobooks.Lightning Source, in a bid to
uphold the quality of its content
and to protect copyright, sent a
notice to publishers who use
Ingram’s POD service informing
them that, as of April 27, it will
remove content from its catalogue
that falls within
certain prohib-
ited areas.Regina Hayes
has retired from
Viking Children’s
Books, where
she served as
publisher for 30
years and editor-
at-large since
stepping down
from that role in 2012.
Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Books & Media
revenue fell 9.9% and the
division had a net loss of
$8.1 million in 2019,
compared to a net income
of $2.4 million in 2018. A
decline in licensing income
was cited as the main reason
for the drop.Online & On-Air
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