Comments on: Doubleday Lays Off 16 People (10% of It’s Workforce)

By: Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:14:08 +0000

Does Doubleday include the Doubleday Bookclub or are those separate entities? Wasn’t some previous big RH honcho let go b/c of steep losses at the bookclub?

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:47:13 +0000

@Emmy – that may have been a monthly sales report which is usually two months (or one month) behind. But my sources say that the orders from retailers are flat (i.e., the number of books being ordered by Borders and Barnes and Noble) and those are done 4-6 months in advance of a release date.

By: Emmy

Emmy — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:40:42 +0000

I’m pretty sure I read another blog post here not too long ago that said that despite the recession, book sales as a whole were up. Maybe publishing is a lagging indicator? When alcohol sales go down, I’ll get seriously terrified.