Rachel Ekstrom is joining the Irene Goodman Literary Agency as an agent, representing women’s fiction, YA, thrillers, mysteries, romance, and historical fiction. She was most recently publicity manager at St. Martin’s Press. At Tarcher/Penguin, Kevin Howell has been promoted to marketing manager, and Molly Brouillette moves up to senior publicist. At Chronicle Books, Deirdre Merrill has been promoted to Contracts Director. In the UK, Joe Pickering will join Random House imprints Jonathan Cape and The Bodley Head as publicity director on May 8. He was most recently publicity manager for Penguin and replaces Chloe Johnson-Hill, who is moving to a […]
Archives for March 2012
Books of the BEA Buzz Panels
BEA organizers have announced selections for three “buzz” book panels for adult, young adult, and middle grade books for this year’s convention, with one panel each day starting on Monday, June 4. Here are the lists: Adult Buzz Shani Boianjiu, THE PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID (Hogarth, September) John Brandon, A MILLION HEAVENS (McSweeney’s, July) Rachel Joyce, THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (Random House, July) Vaddey Ratner, IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN (Simon & Schuster, August) Susannah Calahan, BRAIN ON FIRE (Free Press, December) Antoine Wilson, PANORAMA CITY (HMH, September) YA Buzz Gennifer Albin, CREWEL (FSG Young […]
Harry Potter eBooks Finally For Sale, With Major Retailers – Including Amazon – Acting As Third Party Services Distributors
After many delays and unexpected hiccups, digital editions of JK Rowling’s entire Harry Potter series are available for sale from Pottermore. The first three books in the series are priced at $7.99 (£4.99 in the UK) and the final four books are $9.99 (or £6.99.) Digital audiobooks are also available, narrated by Stephen Fry (in the UK) and Jim Dale (in the US), priced at $29.99 (or £17.99) for the first three and £17.99 (or £32.99). The ebook editions are available in ePub format to load on a wide range of compatible devices, and so far Pottermore has partnered with […]
People, Etc.
The Crown Publishing Group announced a number of promotions. Rachel Klayman has been promoted to vp, executive editor for the Crown imprint, while Rachel Rokicki moves up to assistant publicity director, Crown and Hogarth. At Crown Archetype, Ellen Folan has been promoted to publicity manager and Caroline Sill moves up to publicist. At Chronicle Books, Alexis Watts has joined as marketing assistant. She was most recently an interim junior account executive at Colman Getty. Julie Otsuka has won the PEN/Faulkner Prize for THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC (Vintage). She will receive the prize at a ceremony to be held in […]
Briefs: Tattered Cover Plans Denver Airport Expansion; Ex-Goldman Sachs Op-Ed Writer Shops Book Deal; And More
Tattered Cover Bookstore is in negotiations to open several additional outlets in Denver International Airport. “Yes, we’re hoping to,” owner and founder Joyce Meskis told CBS4. “It’s in the hands of the city at this point.” She added that Tattered Cover would work with Hudson News and take over various airport store locations, which would then be re-branded under Tattered Cover’s name. Greg Smith, the onetime Goldman Sachs executive who resigned in spectacular fashion with a New York Times op-ed last week, is reported by the paper to be shopping for a book deal. Smith, who is being represented by […]
People, Etc.
Kate Lee will leave ICM on April 30 after nearly ten years with the agency. She is also stepping back from book agenting to pursue new opportunities; her clients, who include Jeff Jarvis, Brian Stelter, Charles Finch, and Adam Penenberg, will remain with ICM. Perseus has finally announced, after we reported it in early February, that Writers House has signed on with its Argo Navis author services program, which the agency will offer to its authors looking to distribute their works digitally. “After reviewing many of the digital publishing options available, we concluded that the service provided by Argo Navis […]