• 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.

October 18, 2017
By Erin Somers

Black Dog & Leventhal founder and publisher J.P. Leventhal will leave the company on December 31. The imprint becomes part of Running Press, reporting to vp and publisher Kristin Kiser, effective immediately. Hachette Book Group ceo Michael Pietsch says, “J.P. Leventhal has been a force in publishing, an original, and a splendid collaborator. His genius for bringing visual content into books in new ways has brought joy to millions of readers. It has been a pleasure having him and his team become part of HBG, and we look forward to his DNA living on in the imprint he created.”

At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jim O’Neill, most recently with Achieve3000, has joined as evp and general manager of core curriculum. Matthew Mugo Fields has joined in the new role of evp and general manager of supplemental curriculum. Previously he was with McGraw-Hill Education. Rose Else-Mitchell has been promoted to evp and chief learning officer and Amy Dunkin has been promoted to svp and chief marketing officer. Alejandro Reyes joins from Laureate Education as svp and chief people officer. Trish Torizzo joins as svp and chief information officer. She previously held IT leadership positions at Charles River Laboratories, National Grid and Boston Scientific. Vicki Boyd has been promoted to evp and general manager, Heinemann.

The Pennsylvania State University Press has acquired ancient Near East and biblical studies publisher Eisenbrauns as a new imprint.

At Macmillan Children’s, Melissa Zar has been promoted to senior marketing manager and Johanna Kirby has been promoted to marketing manager.

The Library of Congress is launching a Librarians-in-Residence pilot program to support early career librarians. Up to four applicants will receive six-month paid residencies starting June 2018. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden says, “The Library of Congress will benefit from their energy and creative thinking, and they will benefit from the hands-on experience of working with the scale and variety of the national collections, side-by-side with top innovators on the Library’s staff.”

Distribution
Consortium will distribute Black, Inc., Fitzcarraldo Editions, Oberon Books, and School of Life starting January 1, 2018.

 

Filed Under: Bookstores, Distribution, Free, 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

  • New Contributing Writers to The Washington Post's Book World October 3, 2023 Washington Post
  • How Lester Del Rey "Invented Fantasy Fiction As We Know It" October 2, 2023 Dan Sinykin Excerpt, Slate
  • John Grisham's "Enduring Charm" October 2, 2023 Time
  • Michael Lewis Writes Sam Bankman-Fried "Was Told" Trump Wouid Drop Out of Presidential Race for $5 Billion October 2, 2023 Washington Post
  • If or When Amazon Wants to Identify Books Made By AI, Software Detection Companies Say They Are Ready September 29, 2023 Wired
  • Cundhill History Prize Shortlist Announced September 28, 2023 Prize site
  • Nobel for Literature to be Announced October 5 September 28, 2023 NYT
  • With Sales Down 30% on Book Bans, Levine Querido Authors Raise Over $100,000 In Auction September 27, 2023 PW
  • Taylor & Francis to Make Voluntary Separation Offer; Threatens Layoffs to Follow September 25, 2023 Bookseller
  • Rupert Murdoch to Retire from News Corp and Fox Boards September 21, 2023 NYT
© 2023 Publishers Lunch. All Rights Reserved.