Sanj Kharbanda has been promoted to svp, digital markets at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In his expanded role “he will be responsible for driving digital market strategy across all consumer facing touchpoints in the corporation,” looking beyond trade to include their K-12 and consumer markets. Grand Central Publishing announced a number of recent promotions. In editorial, Emily Griffin, Michele Bidelspach, and Alex Logan have been promoted to senior editor. Megha Parekh has been promoted to associate editor, while Libby Burton and Lindsey Rose move up to assistant editor. Sonya Cheuse has been promoted to deputy director of publicity, while Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski […]
Archives for March 2014
Amazon’s March Picks, and Kindle First Tops their List Again
Amazon’s March books of the month were posted over the weekend, with Phil Klay’s Redeployment as their Spotlight pick, and Nickolas Butler’s Shotgun Lovesons as the featured debut. Their selections include Atavist Books launch title, the digital-only novella by Karen Russell, Sleep Donation (it releases towards the end of the month, on March 25). The rest of the March picks: Boy, Snow, Bird, Helen Oyeyemi Blood Will Out, Walter Kirn Savage Harvest, Carl Hoffman Bark: Stories, Lorrie Moore Sleep Donation, Karen Russell All Our Names, Dinaw Mengestu The Naked Future, Patrick Tucker The Cairo Affair, Olen Steinhauer The Enchanted, Rene Denfeld Speaking of Amazon, before you read another spate […]