Sarah Crichton will return to Macmillan as editor in chief at Holt on April 6. She ran the Sarah Crichton Books imprint at Macmillan’s Farrar, Straus for 15 years, until the line was eliminated. Holt publisher Amy Einhorn writes, “Gifted in both fiction and nonfiction, she is a natural leader, and, most importantly, a passionate advocate for her authors.” She adds, “During her 25 years in book publishing, Sarah has cultivated the kind of eclectic list all publishers dream of.” Crichton was publisher of Little, Brown prior to setting up her imprint. Shaquona Crews will join Quirk Books as the […]
Archives for February 2020
Russell’s My Dark Vanessa Tops March Library Reads
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell was the top pick for March’s Library Reads list. The rest of the picks: Darling Rose Gold, by Stephanie Wrobel The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel A Good Neighborhood, by Therese Anne Fowler If I Never Met You, by Mhairi McFarlane In Five Years, by Rebecca Serle A Murderous Relation, by Deanna Raybourn The Return, by Rachel Harrison The Two Lives of Lydia Bird, by Josie Silver Undercover Bromance, by Lyssa Kay Adams
Bolton Teases More Book Details
John Bolton is on a little tease tour this week, appearing for an interview at Duke University on Monday (and moving on to Vanderbilt). He avoided answering controversial questions while suggesting the answers were in his forthcoming book, THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED: “You’ll love Chapter 14.” The manuscript has yet to receive government approval and therefore unlikely to make a print release date of March 17. “I really hope it is not suppressed,” Bolton said of his book. “I say things in the manuscript about what he (Trump) said to me,” he added. “I hope they become public someday.” […]
A New Vendor for Harper’s eBooks
Harper Collins had used Bookshout.com since 2016 as the platform for ebooks sold directly to customers from their websites, but recently the Harlequin site told customers that “BookShout closed their business in early 2020, ceasing all operations.” (In an earlier email, Harlequin had told customers, “On December 30th, 2019, Bookshout unexpectedly informed us of their intention to close their business on January 31st, 2020.”) Harlequin recently switched to Glose as their new ebook provider. Direct ebook sales have been disabled on the main Harper Collins online store, but the company tells us they are switching to Glose as well and […]
People, Etc.
Matt Klise has been promoted to associate editor at Penguin Books. April Wills has joined Sourcebooks as managing editor, children’s and YA. Annie Hwang has joined Ayesha Pande Literary as an agent. She was at Folio Literary Management. Alison Lewis has been promoted to agent at the Zoë Pagnamenta Agency. Ashley Runyon will return to the University Press of Kentucky on March 11 as director. Most recently, she ran the trade list for Indiana University Press and Red Lightning Books. Michael Millman joins the University of New Mexico Press as a senior acquisitions editor. He was previously with Viking and […]
UK Publisher Haynes Announces Sale to Infopro Digital
UK car manual publisher Haynes will be acquired by Infopro Digital, its Netherlands-based competitor, in an all-cash deal valued at approximately £114.5 million. Founder and executive chairman of Infopro Digital Christophe Czajka said, “We are committed to working together to create a company that will continue to help define the future of automotive data.” Haynes’ board voted unanimously for the sale, which comes three months after the company announced a search for a buyer. Shareholders will vote on the deal at the next general meeting in March or April 2020. According to the board, almost 82 percent of shareholders have […]