Pat Eisemann has been promoted to executive director of publicity at Holt. Emma Joss has been promoted to associate publicist for Doubleday. At Workman Publishing, Jodi Weiss has been promoted to executive director, gift and mass merchant sales; Liz Hunter is taking on the role of associate director, field sales; Caitlin Kleinschmidt will be taking on the additional responsibility of managing Workman’s relationship with Baker and Taylor in addition to her other duties as national account manager; Angela Campbell moves up to director of sales operations; and JT Green has been promoted to sales analyst. Terri Ruffino will join the company’s art department as director, […]
Archives for April 2018
London Book Fair Deal Trends: Market Swings Hard to Nonfiction
It’s that time again. We leave behind the luminous, rapturous accounts of heated snapping up of a few projects in advance of an upbeat rights fair to give you a look at the actual data on the marketplace for new book projects over the past five weeks, starting March 5. As usual, today we provide a preliminary look at the breakdowns — from which the trends are already quite clear — and we will follow up Tuesday morning, when the London Book Fair formally opens, with the final totals. Coming off a year in which some of the biggest names […]
Paris Review Names Emily Nemens Editor
The Paris Review announced on Thursday that Emily Nemens, 34, will be the new editor starting June 1. Nemens lives in Baton Rouge, where she has co-edited the Southern Review since 2013. A graduate of Brown University, she has worked in editorial roles at the Center fo Architecture and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she has published writing in n+1, Esquire and The Gettysburg Review. The NYT says, “Nemens’ eclectic taste and creative ambitions proved to be a draw for the Paris Review board, which chose Ms. Nemens over a pool of candidates better known in New York’s literary […]
People: McIntosh Named CEO of Penguin Random House US; Dobson to Run Penguin Adult
Penguin Random House ceo Markus Dohle announced Thursday morning that Penguin Publishing Group president Madeline McIntosh has been made ceo of Penguin Random House US, still reporting to Dohle. “This appointment aligns our structure in the US with that of the rest of our territories,” Dohle writes. He notes that, “Over the past three and a half years, Madeline’s decisive leadership and creative instincts for compelling stories and ideas have ensured a smooth and successful transformation of the Penguin business. She is now one of the most well-rounded and experienced executives in publishing.” All of the US publishing groups will […]
Brinkley’s A Lucky Man Tops May’s Indie Next List
The ABA named Jamel Brinkley’s short story collection A Lucky Man as their No. 1 pick for May. Also on the list are Sarah Winman’s Tin Man; Aimee Molloy’s The Perfect Mother; Stephen McCauley’s My Ex-Life; Jenny Milchman’s Wicked River; and Sheila Heti’s Motherhood, all of which are featured in our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer and available to sample now. The rest of the list: Noir, by Christopher Moore Love and Ruin, by Paula McLain The Ensemble, by Aja Gabel The Only Story, by Julian Barnes Welcome to Lagos, by Chibundu Onuzo Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje The Mars Room, by Rachel Kushner Mr. Flood’s Last Resort, by Jess Kidd […]
People, Etc.
Jaime Levine will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on April 30 as senior editor focusing on acquiring psychological suspense, thrillers, and mysteries. Theresa Collier has been promoted to senior manager, publicity and marketing at Artisan Books. At Sourcebooks, Jillian Rahn has been promoted to associate art director. The Guggenheim Fellows were named for 2018, including fiction writers Rachel Cusk, Andrew Sean Greer, Lauren Groff, Jennifer Haigh, Min Jin Lee, China Miéville, and Deb Olin Unferth; nonfiction writers Nicholson Baker, Teju Cole, Robert Finch, Roxane Gay, Jane Kamensky, John Jeremiah Sullivan, and Lily Tuck; and nine poets. Acquisitions Independent Publishers Group has acquired academic book distributor […]