Melville House Books

After its restructuring announcement two weeks ago (see the earlier MobyLives report), rumors have been flying throughout the New York book scene that Random House would follow-up with layoffs after the holidays. It didn’t take that long: Michael Cader at Publisher’s Lunch (not available as a free link) is reporting that “additional positions have been eliminated at the Doubleday and Broadway imprints. We were told by one person of at least 6 job cuts, including four people from the art department and one from marketing.” A report from Matthew Flamm at Crain’s confirms it: “Embattled publisher Random House Inc. continued to shrink on Wednesday as 22 positions were eliminated from the former Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, according to industry sources.”

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.