US TRADE NEWS FROM GALLEYCAT THIS MORNING

Simon & Schuster Publisher Reorganizes

In a series of memos today, Simon & Schuster publisher Jonathan Karp announced some changes at the trade imprint--dividing publicity and marketing responsibilities among "fluid" and "less centralized" teams of publishing professionals. Along with this new strategy, executive director of publicity, Victoria Meyer, will be leaving the company. Karp explained: "it became clear that we could not maintain the role... read more>>

Bowker Introduces Manuscript Submissions Service

 For a $99 fee, the bibliographic company Bowker will submit your manuscript to publishers through the new Bowker Manuscript Submissions feature. Unagented authors can upload their manuscripts onto Bowker's online database. From there, agents and editors looking to acquire can quickly scan the available submissions and focus on the manuscripts that pique their interest. Bowker specializes in bibliographic tools like... read more>>