Lauren Wein will join Avid Reader Press as editorial director on June 24, where she will acquire both fiction and nonfiction, and will oversee a fiction program for the new imprint. She has been executive editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Erin M. Berger will join Scholastic Trade as senior vice president of marketing, starting June 17. Most recently she was vp, creative marketing director at Penguin Children’s. Sue Berger Ramin will join Brandeis University Press in the newly created position of director, starting July 1. She was previously associate publisher at David R. Godine. Stephanie Winter has been promoted to […]
Archives for June 2019
People, Etc.
Goodreads co-founder and editor in chief Elizabeth Khuri Chandler has “decided to move on to my next chapter” after 12 years with the company. Larisa Helena joined Callisto Media as foreign rights manager. (She was a subsidiary rights manager at Pippin Properties.) In honor of Bob Bernstein‘s remarkable life and legacy, the Bernstein family has arranged for a celebration of life event on Tuesday, June 25t from 6:00-8:30 PM, at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers. They ask that you please RSVP to BernsteinRSVPJune25@gmail.com if you are able to attend. Distribution Two Rivers will handle sales and distribution as of August […]
Briefs: Book Tariffs, Amazon’s UK Pop-Ups
There was little news from Book Expo, so the AP’s round-up piece looks in part at a number of issues weighing on the publishing community that were not addressed at the convention — including the looming potential tariffs on printed books imported from China. Hachette Book Group ceo Michael Pietsch comments: “Following so soon after the major shortages last fall that resulted from domestic print-capacity reductions, these tariffs will bring further disruptions in one of the most important US industries.” (China’s own demand for paper, and growing control of paper mills around the world, is also a factor in the […]
June Picks
Sarah Heywood’s THE CACTUS is the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick for June. N.K. Jemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON was selected by the PBS NewsHour-New York Times club, Now Read This. Separately, the NYT names 12 books for June. Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for June is Elizabeth Gilbert’s City of Girls and their Featured Debut is Formation by Ryan Leigh Dostie. Also on the list are Tan France’s Naturally Tan and Ocean Vuong’s On Earth Were Briefly Gorgeous, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of their June picks: Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth […]