New Editor at Five Rivers
We’re pleased to announce Barb Geiger has accepted the position of editor at Five Rivers, promoting her from an editorial intern. You can read more about Barb on Five Rivers’ website. Welcome aboard, Barb!
Spinning the Spud
Available at Indigo and Kobo This morning brings me to the latest McDonald’s commercial I’ve seen, in their attempt to health-up their image. So the commercial features some alleged mommy group visiting the potato farms from which McDonald’s allegedly buys their potatoes, and the women are like, “I like the fact this is all family run.” and “I had no idea raising potatoes was like this” (and I’m thinking you’re a moron!), and then…
Five Rivers Report
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated our followers regarding upcoming titles and happenings here at Five Rivers. That silence is in direct relation to how busy we’ve been around here. By the close of the week galleys for North by 2000+ had been prepared and sent off to H.A. Hargreaves for review. One step closer to release, which is slated for late winter 2012 in both print and eBook. Right on the heels of that…
Why would Indigo sell Kobo?
News today that Indigo has sold off its rising star and dark horse, Kobo, to the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, came as a bit of a surprise to the publishing industry. During the past year-long restructuring at Indigo we’ve seen: the reduction of floor space for books; the decision to carry a title only for 45 days before returning to the publisher (meaning the customer only gets to see best-sellers and new releases); the increase…
Barb Geiger joins Five Rivers
Barb Geiger From our humble beginnings in 2006, we’ve now expanded to 11 authors, with 11 books presently published, 12 books in various stages of editing and revision, and another five in negotiation. You might say we’ve been a bit busy. Robert Runte joined us as Editor in Chief three years ago. Earlier this year Amy Bright joined we happy few as an Editorial Intern. We’re now pleased to have Barb Geiger join us here…