Kendra Harpster has joined Kevin Anderson & Associates as executive editor, where she will specialize in fiction and memoir titles. She was an executive editor at Penguin Random House. Dana Grimaldi has been promoted to editor at Harlequin, acquiring for Harlequin Heartwarming and the Worldwide Mystery and Suspense program. Carly Kellerman has been promoted to…
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Commercial Fiction
We continue to present extracts from our big Buzz Books 2021: Fall/Winter overview, today highlighting commercial fiction. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from Netgalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. And don’t forget to register for our much anticipated virtual Buzz Books Editors Panel, convening next Wednesday, May…
Gendell Agrees to Foundry Receiver, Asks Court to Allow Sale of Agency
Former Foundry partner Yfat Reiss Gendell told the New York Supreme Court that she agrees to and joins in former partner Peter McGuigan’s request for a temporary receiver to manage the agency’s affairs. The two continue to disagree on how to oversee Foundry’s business, with each blaming the other for the obstruction. Gendell’s new filing…
Hachette Book Group Releases 2020 Diversity Update
Hachette Book Group released its annual diversity update for 2020. The company increased staff diversity at every level, “with the largest gain in the senior managers category (director & above), which rose 31 percent” — though that echelon remains 79.5 percent white. Only 3.1 percent of that management category is Black, and 3.9 percent of…
Buzz Books Fall/Winter Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Earlier this week we launched our Buzz Books 2021 Fall/Winter sampler, with excerpts from an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction. Did you download your copy yet? The “trade edition” is available now from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions all linked at our main Buzz Books website. As usual, we begin our free…
People, Etc.
Karen Ma has joined the Indigo sales team at Penguin Random House Canada as sales manager. Previously, she was in sales at Harper Canada. Jessica Reid has been promoted to online & digital sales representative, focusing on Amazon sales. Hatty Stiles has been named associate rights director at Amazon Publishing. Awards The Publishing Triangle Awards,…