More on the changes at Globe Pequot/Lyons, where some 25 people were let go on Monday, a move came less than two months after Rowman & Littlefield bought Globe Pequot from Morris Communications.
Noting the Globe Pequot has had "its own warehouse in Tennessee and its own sales force, including many in-house sales reps, accounting and royalty departments, etc.," Rowman & Littlefield president and CEO Jed Lyons said that most of the positions eliminated were "in these departments" as well as overlapping positions in departments like convention management, rights and permissions and some management jobs. Rowman & Littlefield did, however, hire four of the in-house sales reps, increasing its sales representation.
"Falcon and Pequot were unaffected except for the departure of two managers," Lyons continued. The company promoted Katie Benoit to editorial director of Falcon and Amy Lyons to editorial director of Globe Pequot. The two cartographers who make maps for both imprints were retained. Four Lyons Press editors and a manager have left. Keith Wallman was promoted to editorial director of Lyons; he will hire editors to help in "rebuilding the Lyons program in its traditional areas of strength. These include fishing, outdoors, nature, history and biography." Lyons said that the imprint had "lost its way and was no longer focused on what it has always done best."
Lyons said that 42 employees remain and no more changes are planned other than hiring Lyons Press editors. He added that the imprints will publish more titles and remain in Guilford, Conn., "for the foreseeable future."
