Von Mehren to Boost Random Trade Paper; Ebershoff Becomes Editor-at-Large Jane von Mehren is leaving her post as editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Penguin to take the new position of publisher, trade paperbacks at the Random House publishing group. Starting March 23, she will oversee lines from Ballantine, Modern Library and Random House, and will also acquire hardcovers. Group president Gina Centrello says the hire signals a desire “to expand our share of the trade paperback market.” David Ebershoff, who was publishing director for RH trade paperbacks and the Modern Library, is becoming an editor-at-large, “a position he requested in […]
