THIS WEEK The bosses
Stephen Barr Kumsal Bayazit Catherine Bell & Steve Thompson
Monty Bhatia Jamie Byng Annie Callanan Ian Chapman Kevin Duffy John Fallon David Fickling Anthony Forbes Watson Oliver Gadsby Ruth Gill Ian Hudson Helen Kogan C K Lau Marcus Leaver Juliet Mabey & Novin Doostdar
Perminder Mann Nigel Newton Stephen Page Peter Phillips Cally Poplak Nigel Portwood Charlie Redmayne Jane Ross Michael Schmidt Asi Sharabi David Shelley Peter Usborne & Nicola Usborne
Tom Weldon Vicky Williams Kate Wilson
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Stephen Barr SAGE International president & head of global sales
Barr steered his portion of the SAGE empire to a record year, with the UK-based part of the academic power- house having sales a smidgeon under £150m in its last set of resuts, driven in particular by rising digital sales and solid growth in the journals business. This year has seen the launch of SAGE vantage, a digital course platform. A new partner- ship with the Leading Routes initiative, aimed at boosting black representation in academia, underscores SAGE’s commitment to diversity.
Catherine Bell & Steve Tompson Scholastic Co-managing directors
A strong year for Scholastic saw TCM sales rise 21% year on year, led by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley’s The Wonky Donkey, still riding the wave of last year’s viral video of unlikely YouTube star “the Scottish Granny” reading the picture book. Another Scottish Granny-approved title, Dawn McMillan and Ross Kinnaird’s I Need a New Bum!, performed well, as did new releases by old hands Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Liz Pichon and Dav Pilkey. Diversity has been a focus, including the Voices series about BAME figures from British history.
Monty Bhatia Little Tiger Managing director
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It was a year of change for the 30-year-old children’s indie Little Tiger, as it was acquired by PRH US. Co-founder and
c.e.o. Bhatia continues to run the busi- ness as a standalone company, reporting to Random House Children’s Books US’ Barbara Marcus. When the deal was announced, Bhatia said it would enable the indie to “elevate our business to the next level, both in the US and interna- tionally”. There are strong foundations to build on: TCM sales are up a robust 13% for the year to date.
Annie Callanan Taylor & Francis Chief executive officer
Higher Education giant Taylor & Francis continues to perform well under Callanan in her second year at the helm. Its flex- ible and strategic approach delivered steady growth, underpinned by robust subscription revenues and a burgeon- ing Open Access programme. New innovations introduced in 2019 include a Researcher app, and its Sustainable Development Goals Online platform, featuring an online library of over 12,000 articles and chapters. This year Callanan was also elected vice-president and treasurer of the Publishers Association.
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Ian Chapman Simon & Schuster Chief executive officer/publisher
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Chapman’s S&S may have dipped 11% through the TCM in 2019—in line with its US parent’s worldwide drop—but
it had plenty of hits, including its “biggest ever” campaign for Philippa Gregory’s Tidelands, which resulted in takings of almost £500,000 through BookScan. Key appointments this year included Orion’s Clare Hey returning to become publishing director of fiction, while HarperCollins’ Rachel Denwood succeeded Alexandra Maramenides as m.d. of the children’s division.
Jamie Byng Canongate Chief executive officer
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Canongate’s TCM sales have slipped 3.4% year on year, but it was coming off a robust 2018. Matt Haig was again the
star, responsible for six of its 10 top-sell- ing books. Other hits included Samin Nosrat’s Netflix-boosted cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, crime duo Ambrose Parry’s The Way of All Flesh, and the memoir of this year’s PEN Pinter Prize winner, Lemn Sissay. The indie also part- nered with the Nan Shepherd Estate and the University of Aberdeen to launch the Nan Shepherd Prize for Nature Writing.
Kumsal Bayazit Elsevier Chief executive officer
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When she took over from Ron Mobed in February, Bayazit became the first woman to lead Elsevier in its 140-year
history. She inherited a ship in good nick—steady sales growth of 2% to £2.5bn, and a whopping £942m operat- ing profit. Open Access and a sometime rocky relationship with the academy remain the crucial issues; key deals this autumn with institutions which had let journals subscriptions lapse, after OA disputes, suggest Elsevier might be winning back hearts and minds.
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