Yesterday the Guggenheim named its 180 new fellowships, and Paul Harding makes their list as well. Some of the other authors receiving support also include Adam Begley, Tom Bissell, Ethan Canin, Anthony Doerr, Nell Freudenberger, Philip Gourevitch, Jonathan Harr, Molly Haskell, Colum McCann, Joseph O’Neil, Salvatore Scibona, and Monique Truong.Full fellows
Archives for April 2010
People and More
At Scribner Anna deVries has been promoted to associate editor. Georgia Cool will join Mary Evans Inc. as an agent on April 19. In addition to developing her own list, she will oversee foreign rights for the agency. She has been assistant editor at Farrar, Straus and, prior to that, was at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. John Rudolph‘s position as executive editor at Putnam Children’s was eliminated with the arrival of Jennifer Besser and he was laid off. He can be reached at: jrwr123@yahoo.com. Though some publishers are having trouble reaching Apple to try to make arrangements to sell directly […]
Market News: Wiley Insiders Sell, and BN Speculation
Wiley ceo William Pesce , cfo/coo Ellis Cousens and seven other company “insiders” have been selling options and shares now that the publisher’s stock is on a roll. They’ve sold about $14 million worth of shares in all over the past five months, “more shares than in any comparable period in the last twenty years, according to data from The Washington Service,” the WSJ reports. Pesce exercised options and sold shares for about $5.5 million in proceeds, while Cousens collected about $2.5 million in proceeds. Spokesperson Susan Spilka told the WSJ that “the company does not undertake to explain the […]
Strong Demand Makes Apple Delay International iPad Release
Apple said today they will announce pricing and begin to take pre-orders for international versions of the iPad starting May 10, for delivery at the end of the month, a one-month delay from the original plan. “We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason–the iPad is a runaway success in the US thus far.” The company says that US “demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks.” They […]
People, Etc.
Correcting the rundown of the reporting lines at the new Ballantine Bantam Dell, editorial directors Linda Marrow and Kate Miciak report to publisher Libby McGuire. All other editors will report to new editor-in-chief Jennifer Hershey, who also reports to McGuire. At Shambhala Publications, Sara Bercholz has been promoted to executive vice president and will also become the family owner representative of the independent publisher. In addition, partial ownership will be transferred to Sara and brother Ivan Bercholz. Founder Samuel Bercholz will continue to serve as chairman. She comments: “I’m so pleased to be taking on this position–to continue the tradition […]
Ballantine and Bantam Dell Come Together Under McGuire
Today Random House took the next step set in motion from the companywide reorganization in late 2008, consolidating the Ballantine and Bantam Dell lines into a new Ballantine Bantam Dell group. Libby McGuire will run the merged division as svp, publisher, and Bantam Dell evp, publisher and editor-in-chief Nita Taublib is leaving the company. Random House Publishing Group president Gina Centrello writes to employees “I am saddened that with the organizational changes we are announcing this morning for Ballantine and Bantam Dell” Taublib will “step down.” Calling her a “one-of-a-kind editor and a team-building publisher,” Centrello writes, “she is one […]