Rebecca Saletan, a highly regarded publisher and editor who quit Houghton Mifflin Harcourt last month, has been named editorial director of Riverhead Books, where authors include Khaled Hosseini and Junot Diaz. "I have long admired this publisher, and in a very challenging time in the industry I am so thrilled ...

More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both its education and general divisions. HarperCollins and Pearson, parent company of Penguin Group (USA), are freezing wages and considering layoffs. "This is the most challenging economic environment that ...

More bad news from the book industry: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is "streamlining" its educational business, and eliminating jobs in both its education and general divisions. The company did not immediately say how many jobs would be cut or who had been fired. Caught in a credit squeeze related to the 2007 merger ...