• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Login
  • Register

Publishers Lunch

The Publishing Industry's Daily Essential Read

  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help

People, Etc.

March 2, 2017
By Erin Somers

Maria Campbell Associates is working for Netflix as their exclusive literary scout. Annabelle Saks in New York and Katie McCalmont in London are spearheading the scout’s efforts. Maria Campbell says in the announcement, “Our motto is ‘scouting without borders,’ which perfectly aligns with Netflix’s transformational model to bring stories in every form to people all over the world.” MCA had scouted for 16 years for Warner Bros., New Line and Warner Bros. Television, and that relationship concluded at the end of February.

Allison Lorentzen has been promoted to executive editor at Viking.

Former Running Press publisher Chris Navratil has joined Weldon Owen as associate publisher of their new gift-book business, Blue Streak Books. Focused on popular culture, entertainment, and style subjects the line will launch this spring. They aim to publish approximately 25 illustrated titles for the global market annually, with Simon & Schuster distributing in North America (as they do for other Bonnier lines).

Quercus & Teach Yourself are moving North American sales and distribution of the Michel Thomas and John Murray Languages courses from Oxford University Press to Hachette Book Group, effective July 1.

Finally, and oddly, there is a letter circulating on Twitter this morning — supposedly from Penguin Random House ceo Markus Dohle to a person pretending to be a Penguin editor — that is a complete fake. PRH confirmed the inauthenticity and Tweeted their own alert about it. It appears that the original post was from an artist trying to promote his show.

 

 

Filed Under: Distribution, Free, New Imprints, New Releases/Forthcoming, Personnel

sidebar

Primary Free Sidebar

Login


Forgot password
Quick Pass users click here to log in
Get Full Access
The publishing industry's essential daily read

Each Publishers Lunch Deluxe subscription includes full access to our searchable multi-year archive of industry news, a nightly email reporting 10 to 50 deal transactions, and our database of industry contacts, scripts, and posting privileges.

Learn More

RSS Automat

  • Rushdie: "I’m trying to write a book about the attack on me -- what happened and what it means, not just about the attack, but around it" June 2, 2023 Guardian
  • Hollywood Studios Are Using Force Majeure Clauses to Extend Book Options for Free During Writers' Strike May 30, 2023 WSJ
  • On the Staying Power of Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" May 26, 2023 NYT
  • Another Postponement: Publishers and Internet Archive Still Negotiating Judgement, Will Try Again for June 9 May 26, 2023 PL court document
  • Martin Amis, 73, Dies of Esophogeal Cancer May 21, 2023 BBC
  • Britney Spears Concedes Delay On Her Book: "It may take me a year, maybe longer who knows ... to share my story" May 20, 2023 Instagram
  • Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Announced for Publication September 12 May 18, 2023 Press release
  • Penguin Random House and PEN America Sue a Florida School District, Alleging Removal of Books about Race and LGBTQ+ Identify Violates First Amendment May 17, 2023 AP
  • Thomas Coesfeld to Become CEO of BMG On July 1, Ahead of Previous Schedule May 17, 2023 Press Release
  • Hammesly Posts "Statement on My Departure From New Leaf Literary": "It was not my choice to leave, and I am heartbroken to learn that the publishing journeys of so many of my clients have been disrupted." May 16, 2023 Twitter post
© 2023 Publishers Lunch. All Rights Reserved.