Archives for January 2010

Alicia Condon will leave Dorchester, where she has worked for the past 24 years, to become editorial director of Brava Books, taking over for the late Kate Duffy. She will report to Kensington editor-in-chief John Scognamiglio.   Penguin Books publishing coordinator Tom Roberge has added the title of associate editor, Penguin Books. At Harper Canada, Jim Gifford has been promoted to Executive Editor. At Simon & Schuster’s Children’s, Annette Pollert has been promoted to associate editor at the Pulse imprint. Julie Doebler will add responsibility for production management for Simon Pulse, now joined by Sara Saidlower, who has switched to production […]

Ami Greko is leaving Macmillan and will join AdaptiveBlue on January 18 as director of business development. Chris Kahn will join the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) to manage vendor relations, advertising, sponsorship and media partnership opportunities. He takes over from Andrea Nathan, who leaves the organization at the end of January for “a new career path.” Kahn was formerly western advertising director for Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and School Library Journal. The Taryn Fagerness Agency will now handle subsidiary rights for P.S. Literary Agency. At Viking UK, Will Hammond has been promoted to commissioning editor.