He will oversee operations in sales (analytics, retail promotion, retailer services, e-book platforms services, metadata optimization, business modeling and key author liaison) as well as online retailer and jobber accounts. He was formerly global v-p of business development and publisher, Oxford Academic Dictionaries, at Oxford University Press. David Bowers has joined the company as senior v-p of sales strategy and operations, a new group within the sales department. The company said that it will "not be reducing headcount as part of the realignment." Chris Murphy has been promoted to senior v-p of the newly created retail sales department, which will consist of five sub-departments: national accounts, CBA, clients and Nashville, young reader sales and national field force. "We are changing our current structure to enable HBG to meet the needs and challenges of our ever-shifting world, where digital has made a deep and lasting impression on the way HBG sells and the customers we sell to, the platforms we advertise on, and the manner and type of content we publish." The change, which has similarities to changes made at HarperCollins in June, includes the following appointments and promotions. The Hachette Book Group is realigning its sales force to "bring the sales and marketing functions in line with the changing book market-unifying print and digital sales, and integrating research and analytics into HBG's overall sales strategy," as executive v-p and chief marketing and sales officer Evan Schnittman put it. The two current stores in Winnipeg and Saskatoon have always been profitable. The company expanded and opened in Toronto in 2008, but closed that store and another in late 2009 and went through a short period of bankruptcy. McNally Robinson Booksellers was founded in 1981 and bills itself as "Canada's largest independent bookstore." Its stores have more than 20,000 square feet of space, full-service restaurants and host many author and cultural events. He added that he and his wife, who is 63, "really shouldn't be doing this for too, too much longer." McNally Jackson Books, which is owned by the McNallys' daughter Sarah, is not included in the deal. "The whole idea is to make it a seamless transition to people who are insiders in the business," said Paul McNally, who is 64.
The sale will take place over the next three to four years, and the McNallys are helping in the transition. The new owners will be Chris Hall, senior inventory manager who's been with the bookseller for 16 years, and Lori Baker, controller for the past six years. Paul and Holly McNally, founders of McNally Robinson Booksellers, which has stores in Winnipeg and Saskatoon and is affiliated with McNally Jackson Books in New York City, are selling the two Canadian stores to two longtime staffers, the Winnipeg Free Press reported.
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