The Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, as Colson Whitehead won the fiction prize for his much celebrated novel The Underground Railroad, which also won the National Book Award and was clearly the consensus “book of the year.” Similarly, Matthew Desmond, a winner of National Book Critics Circle Award this year, took the general nonfiction award for his widely praised Evicted; while Heather Ann Thompson’s Blood in the Water, an NBA nominee, won for history. The complete winners and finalists across all of the book categories are: Fiction Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad (Doubleday) Finalists Adam Haslett, Imagine Me Gone (Little, Brown) C. E. Morgan, The Sport of Kings (FSG) History […]
Archives for April 2017
People, Etc.: Atria Closes Nashville Office of Howard Books
Atria president and publisher Judith Curr announced on Friday that the company is closing the Nashville, TN office of Howard Books. A number of staff members are leaving as a result, including vp and publisher Jonathan Merkh. Other recent departures from Howard included vp and director of publicity and marketing Jennifer Smith and editor Lisa Stilwell. Howard’s publishing office, marketing and publicity support will come from Simon & Schuster’s New York office, though senior editor Philis Boultinghouse remains in Nashville, continuing to work with New York-based Beth Adams, with both reporting to Atria editor-in-chief Peter Borland. A dedicated Howard publicist and editorial assistant will be hired in New […]
People, Etc.
Kim Van Der Zon joined the Barnes & Noble on April 5. She leads the global board practice at Egon Zehnder, a global board advisory, executive search and leadership consulting firm. Hachette Audio has announced a number of new hires and promotions. Tina McIntyre has moved over as senior executive director of content development, reporting to Anthony Goff. Previously, she managed marketing, digital publishing, and strategic planning for Little, Brown Children’s. Megan Fitzpatrick has been promoted to senior director of marketing and publicity, working on both audio and content development initiatives. Melissa Powers has joined as associate project manager of audio and content development, […]
Penguin Random House to Acquire Barcelona-Based Ediciones B
Penguin Random House will add to its sprawling Spanish-language publishing program with a deal to acquire Ediciones B in Barcelona from Grupo Zeta. The company says the acquisition “will reinforce PRHGE’s cultural preeminence and market share in Spain, Latin America, and across the entire Spanish-speaking world.” Ediciones B’s imprints also operate in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The newly expanded PRH Grupo Editorial expects to publish 2,000 titles a year, and general manager of Ediciones B Román de Vicente will work in “support of” Núria Cabutí Brull, who will continue as PRH Grupo Editorial’s ceo. Spain’s El Confidencial says that PRH paid 40 million euros, while […]
People, Etc.
At Penguin Press, William Heyward and Christopher Richards have both been promoted to editor. Laura Crockett has been promoted to associate agent at TriadaUS. At Sourcebooks, Kelly Lawler has being promoted to associate creative director, as Brittany Vibbert moves up to art director. Duquesne University is determined to close its well-regarded press after 90 years of operations, having rejected a budget proposal that would have trimmed the press’s operating deficit by two-thirds. The Association of America University Presses persists in trying to rally support for the press, and joins others in contrasting the low-six-figure deficit at the press with the “unveiling of plans to invest […]
Digital: Kobo Acquires Shelfie, Lost My Name In JV with Roald Dahl Estate
After taking on Shelfie’s customers in February after the service closed, Kobo has now acquired what was left of Shelfie itself — including their technology assets, IP, and the infrastructure on which the ecosystem runs, plus the hiring of Shelfie’s teams. Kobo says that in “the coming months,” it will “work to integrate the Shelfie platform into its Android and iOS apps, enabling readers to add their print libraries to their reading history to generate ever more tailored eBook recommendations, as well as the option to get digital versions of print titles they already own.” Rakuten Kobo ceo Michael Tamblyn says […]