Scholastic and Little Brown UK will publish the script book of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, an adaptation and continuation of JK Rowling’s series, just after midnight on July 31. The play premieres on London’s West End on July 30 and features Potter as a 35-year-old parent, and was based on an original new story by Rowling, Thorne and John Tiffany. Scholastic’s Arthur A. Levine Books imprint will publish the rehearsal script — which the press release positions repeatedly as “the eighth Harry Potter story” — as a hardcover in the US and Canada, while Little Brown UK […]
Archives for February 2016
People: Lucas to Lead NBF
Lisa Lucas, 36, the publisher of arts magazine Guernica, will become executive director of the National Book Foundation, starting March 14. She tells the NYT, “Readers are everything, readers are everyone. It should be about building one big massive audience that’s reflective of where we live.” She adds, “The practice of building readers, is the practice of building a better world.” Taking over from Harold Augenbraum, Lucas will be the third person to lead the NBF. Chairman of the NBF David Steinberger says in the announcement, “Lisa Lucas is a dynamic leader who has served as a passionate advocate for […]
Briefs: PubTrack Digital Launches in UK; Kenyon Sues Clare; Denene Miller Books at Agate; and More
Nielsen Book has launched PubTrack Digital UK, an ebook sales tracking service based on the same model that they use in the US. A set of unspecified publishers contribute their own ebook sales data, on a monthly basis, with a three-month delay. Nielsen says “we are not currently releasing the names of participating publishers. However, we can say that we have a significant share of the estimated e-book market.” The top-selling ebook in the UK for 2015 through August was Girl On the Train (566,000 units) and the No. 10 title, How I Lost You by Jenny Blackhurst, moved approximately […]
People, Etc.
Amelia “Molly” Atlas has been promoted to agent at ICM, where she has worked since 2006. Rachel Bader joins Random House Children’s as director, licensing, charged with building a consumer products licensing business for the division, reporting to Barbara Marcus. She was most recently director of licensing for Prometheus Global Media. At the Independent Book Publishers Association, executive director Angela Bole has been promoted to the newly-created position of ceo. Chris Evans joins Skyhorse as senior editor, acquiring history, military, politics and reference titles, starting February 10. He had been at Stackpole most recently. Lauren Jackson joins the company as a senior publicist on February 16. Previously, […]
Briefs: Harper Pairs with Temple Hill, Final Days for St. Mark’s, and More
Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey’s film production company Temple Hill Entertainment has a new publishing agreement with HarperCollins in which the producers will “generate original ideas and opportunities for books and series,” that Harper will publish under the Temple Hill Publishing banner. Petersen Harris at Temple Hill will serve as their vp, publishing (he ran the Penguin Development Group before joining the production company in 2014, and is the son of Susan Petersen Kennedy and Bruce Harris), and the producers were represented by Writers House in the publishing deal. Temple Hill has produced adaptions of both YA (The Fault in Our Stars; Paper Towns, The […]
People
Random House announced a number of recent promotions in its publicity department. Maria Braeckel and Jennifer Garza have been promoted to associate director of publicity; Greg Kubie moves up to assistant director of publicity; Christine Mykityshyn has been promoted to senior publicist; Dhara Parikh and Catherine Mikula both move up to associate publicist; and Danielle Siess has been promoted to associate publicist, social media and special events. At Portfolio/Sentinel, Bria Sanford has been promoted to editor, while Margot Stamas moves up to publicity manager. Michael Giarratano has joined Da Capo Press and Da Capo Lifelong Books as publicity manager, working […]