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November 9, 2017By Sarah Weinman

People, Etc.

November 9, 2017By Sarah Weinman

Ralf Markmeier will join Harper Germany as managing director and publisher starting January 15. He succeeds Thomas Beckmann, who will retire in February, after 18 years with Harlequin and Harper. Markmeier was previously with Random House Germany, which he joined in 2003. Harper Collins cdo and evp of international publishing Chantal Restivo-Alessi said, “Ralf’s extensive trade publishing knowledge and management skills, gained at the biggest publishing conglomerate in Germany, will help us continue our growth trajectory.” Restivo-Alessi also commended Beckmann’s “outstanding service over the last two decades” and added: “During his career, Thomas consistently demonstrated his deep understanding of book and magazine distribution, and his commitment to the business and to his team.”

At William Morrow, Kaitlin Harri has been promoted to senior marketing director.

Mika Kasuga has been promoted to the new position of publishing manager at the Random House Publishing Group. She will continue to work on backlist initiatives while also serving as a centralized operations manager for Random House, Spiegel & Grau, One World, Lenny and The Dial Press.

Kyla Pigoni has been promoted to marketing manager at Amazon Publishing. In addition, Lucy Silag has joined as publicity lead. Previously she was assistant director of publicity for the Random House Publishing Group.

Awards/Best of
Waterstones announced its Best Books of 2017 shortlist, with the winner to be named on November 30:
Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders
The Book of Dust, by Philip Pullman
Mr. Lear, by Jenny Uglow
A Skinful of Shadows, by Frances Hardinge
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, by Elena Cavilli & Francesca Cavallo
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy, by Yanis Varoufakis
The Lost Words, by Robert MacFarlane & Jackie Morris

The National Book Awards will stream the November 15 ceremony on Facebook Live, switching from the National Book Awards site, where it has streamed in the past. Produced in conjunction with Telescope, the new livestream will feature a fancier three-camera format.

Audio
A Chicago Tribune article discussed some publishers’ experiments with standalone audio products. Hachette Audio, as one example, plans to draw on unpublished content from their authors for audio-only projects, looking for stories their authors, as svp, content development and audio publisher Anthony Goff described, “might find in their desk drawer that they could record in audio.” Similarly, Harper Audio and Macmillan Audio have launched their own straight-to-audio projects.

President and publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio Christopher Lynch said he expects straight-to-audio offerings to be “one, two, or three hours long,” rather than the length of traditional audiobooks, and by authors people will recognize. He also cited as an obstacle “talking to our writers and their agents about doing this without taking them away from their day jobs.” Meanwhile, Audible has been ramping up acquisitions for the Audible Originals line.

Filed Under: Audio, Awards, Best of, Free, Personnel

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