The Center for Fiction will present their 2014 Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction to literary agent Nicole Aragi at their December 9 benefit and awards dinner. Elizabeth Scarboro‘s My Foreign Cities has won the third annual Chautauqua Prize. Liesa Abrams has been promoted to associate editorial director, Aladdin and Simon Pulse. At Putnam, Liz Stein has been promoted to associate editor. Jayme Boucher has been promoted to agent director at the Penguin Speakers Bureau, reporting to Tiffany Tomlin. Both managers Elaine Trevorrow and Erin Simpson will report to Boucher. The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin […]
Archives for May 2014
Authors: John Green’s Fame Intensifies; Foer “Cultivates Thought” at Chipotle; and More
The Wall Street Journal profiles John Green at length a few weeks in advance of the release date for the highly-anticipated film version of THE FAULT OF OUR STARS, which the paper reports has sold more than 9 million copies in print. In trying to “pinpoint when Green went from being famous on the Internet to being just plain famous” the paper says “he avoids making physical contact with strangers and feels unsettled by the massive crowds he has been drawing during a nationwide tour” which included a recent screening for fans at a mall in Miami where “some 5,000 […]
Duggan to Set Up Line At Crown
Longtime HarperCollins executive editor Tim Duggan will move to Crown on June 9 where he will serve as publisher of his own Tim Duggan Books imprint. He will publish 8 to 10 titles a year, “evenly split between nonfiction and fiction,” reporting to Molly Stern. Duggan says: “I’m thrilled to be joining the ultra-talented team at Crown, and I can’t wait to get started on building and shaping a brand new list of books that puts an emphasis on discovering bold new voices and aiming for the highest standard of storytelling across a range of genres.” Stern writes to staff: […]
The Washington Post On Their Owner, and VF On Judge Cote
After being needled for not mentioning the dispute over contract terms between Amazon and Hachette Book Group that has resulted in alterations in how the etailer displays and ships HBG titles, the Washington Post has posted something…equivocal. The paper’s column finds it “understandable” that authors “are irate over the unequal treatment.” On the one hand, Amazon “is by no means unique in employing this tactic.” But “in some ways, Amazon’s decision to choke off Hachette is similar” to the net neutrality showdown, they suggest. “As Amazon gains more and more market share, its power to do so will only increase.” While […]
People: Lynch to Ecco, Penguin Random’s Marketing/Operations Team, Sophie Hicks’ Agency
Megan Lynch will join Ecco as editorial director on May 28, reporting to Daniel Halpern, who says “I can’t imagine anyone more suited to taking over the fiction reins at Ecco.” Ryan Willard will report to Lynch, and Hillary Redmon will continue to report to Halpern. Lynch is currently senior editor at Riverhead, where she spent the previous 11 years. Penguin Random House has created a companywide Consumer Marketing Development and Operations group. SVP, director Amanda Close — who has led the predecessor, Random House’s digital marketing and channel development team — will lead the new group, reporting to US president and coo Madeline McIntosh. […]
Expansions: Alloy Powered By Amazon, and OverDrive’s Network
Just about a year ago Alloy Entertainment paired with Amazon as the first big licensee in the Kindle Worlds fan fiction initiative, and in February Alloy added more licenses to the program. Now, PL has learned via our comprehensive deal reports that Alloy is starting a book imprint as part of the “Powered By Amazon” initiative. That program was first created in late 2010 for Seth Godin’s The Domino Project line. At that time, Amazon described the program as “enabl[ing] authors to use Amazon’s global distribution, multiple format production capabilities, including print, audio and digital, as well as Amazon’s personalized, targeted marketing […]