Sloane Crosley will join Vanity Fair as a contributing editor, writing the monthly Hot Type column, as Elissa Schappell leaves the magazine after 20 years of writing that column to work on a book project. Crosley’s first column will appear in the October issue. Graydon Carter says in the announcement of Crosley: “Her years in the literary world and her experience as an essayist and a novelist have given her a bird’s eye view of the industry that will no doubt prove invaluable in corralling the best books out there for our readers.” Katie Zanecchia has joined the Ross Yoon Agency, based in New […]
Archives for June 2016
People, Etc.
Meghan Deans will join Ecco on June 13 as marketing director. She has been at Little, Brown, most recently as director of social media. At Clarkson Potter, Kim Tyner has been promoted to assistant production director. Harper Christian reports that longtime employee and vp of custom product development Joseph “Scott” Harvey, 52, died on Friday after a five-month battle to cancer. Harvey joined Thomas Nelson as a national accounts manager in May 2000. SVP of sales Tom Knight says, “Our friendship surpassed just being colleagues, as did most that ever had the opportunity to work with Scott. In addition to Scott’s larger-than-life personality his business acumen […]
Barnes & Noble at NYC’s Citicorp to Close As Building Renovates
Barnes & Noble’s midtown Manhattan store at the Citicorp building will close at the end of the month, as owner Boston Properties undertakes a renovation of the base and has declined to renew the bookseller’s lease. BN’s vice president of development David Deason indicates to Crain’s that they are in discussions about returning to the space after the renovations are completed, though previously Boston Properties president Douglas Linde had indicated “that the real estate company wanted to empty out the six-story retail and commercial base of the building and bring in higher-end food options and outdoor terraces.”
People
Brooke Carey has left the Penguin Group and launched a freelance writing, editing, and book doctoring business, specializing in practical and idea-driven non-fiction. Publishing Trends reports that Maris Kreizman is leaving her position as publishing outreach lead at Kickstarter. At Penguin Publishing Group, Allison Dobson has been promoted to the newly created role of svp, director, strategy and finance. At Clarkson Potter, Emma Brodie has been promoted to associate editor. Sonali Fry has been promoted to publisher of little bee books. Former Samhain Publishing editorial director Latoya Smith, has joined the L. Perkins Agency, representing women’s fiction, romance, erotica, erotic fiction, thriller/suspense and advice/how-to […]
$400 Million In Consumer eBook Settlement Credits Should Flow Later In June
After the Supreme Court declined to hear Apple’s appeal of the 2013 ebook antitrust ruling in March, the big question has been when the $400 million in compensation to consumers (plus $50 million in attorney fees) as stipulated in the previous settlement with the state attorneys general and the consumer class would be disbursed. Because of a potential Supreme Court appeal from a “professional objector” to the settlement, attorneys were “hoping” to see payment to ebook purchasers “by fall of 2016.” Now partner Shana Scarlett at Hagens Berman, the law firm that filed the original class action lawsuit in 2012 and still represents the consumer class, tells PL in response […]
Winters Tops July Indie Next List
Ben Winters’ novel Underground Airlines is the No. 1 pick on the ABA’s July Indie Next List. The rest of the list comprises: Barkskins, by Annie Proulx All Is Not Forgotten, by Wendy Walker Miss Jane, by Brad Watson How to Set a Fire and Why, by Jesse Ball Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett If I Forget You, by Thomas Christopher Greene A Certain Age, by Beatriz Williams Look: Poems, by Solmaz Sharif Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, by Paul Tremblay So Much for That Winter, by Dorthe Nors My Last Continent, by Midge Raymond Soft in the Head, by Marie-Sabine Roger Vinegar Girl, […]