Baron Adds a Second Job; Borders UK Gets a New Chief In addition to her current role as publishing director at Bookspan, Carole Baron will now acquire and edit books for Knopf, too. Prior to joining Bookspan last year, Baron had been president at Putnam and Dutton. In the topsy-turvy world of British chain bookselling, Borders UK has appointed David Roche as CEO of the unit. Roche had been product director at competitor Waterstone’s until last year. (He left, ostensibly in order to become ceo of Ottakar’s, which never happened after the proposed management buyout failed.) The company’s previous top […]
