Jayme Boucher joins Hachette Book Group on January 20 as director of their speakers bureau. Established in 2009 in partnership with Greater Talent Network, Hachette Speakers Bureau relaunches this year as an in-house venture, under Boucher’s leadership. She was a founding member and senior leader of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Jessica Renheim has been promoted to senior acquisitions editor at Crooked Lane Books and Alcove Press, acquiring crime and book club fiction. Selihah White has joined Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press as publicist. Joy Fowlkes has joined The Gernert Company’s Los Angeles office as podcast agent, representing […]
Archives for January 2021
HarperCollins Will Raise Minimum Salaries to $45,000
HarperCollins will become the last of the big five publishers to raise minimum salaries to $45,000 for employees based in New York and San Francisco, effective January 18, in an agreement they made with the HarperCollins Union on Friday. The next three tiers of employees will move up to annual salaries of $47,000, $49,000, and $51,000, respectively. The company said in a statement, “HarperCollins announced its intention to raise the minimum salary for its employees based in the New York metropolitan area and San Francisco—our locations with the highest cost of living—to $45,000 annually. This decision is part of the […]
People, Etc.
Madeline Jones will join Algonquin Books as editor in the New York office on January 25. She was most recently at Henry Holt. Carrie Bloxson will join Hachette Book Group on February 1 as vp, diversity and inclusion, and will also join the company’s executive management board. She was interim ceo and chief marketing officer at social impact organization DoSomething.org, and previously worked as a vp,marketing at HarperCollins. Bloxson is charged with helping the company to “achieve its objective to create a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable company with increased representation of people of color in HBG’s leadership, workplaces, and […]
Simon & Schuster Cancels Josh Hawley’s Book
With a growing chorus of complaints on social media and around the nation Thursday, at the end of the business day Simon & Schuster swiftly cancelled their forthcoming book from Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri. The company said in a statement, “After witnessing the disturbing, deadly insurrection that took place on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Simon & Schuster has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s forthcoming book, THE TYRANNY OF BIG TECH. We did not come to this decision lightly. As a publisher it will always be our mission to amplify a variety of voices and viewpoints: at […]
February’s Indie Next List
The ABA chose The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles as its No. 1 pick for February’s Indie Next List. Also on the list is Vendela Vida’s We Run the Tides, excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter sampler. The rest of the list: The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah The Survivors, by Jane Harper Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder Milk Blood Heat, by Dantiel W. Moniz Fake Accounts, by Lauren Oyler The Kindest Lie, by Nancy Johnson The Unwilling, by John Hart The Removed, by Brandon Hobson Send for Me, by Lauren Fox Zorrie, […]
People, Etc.
Kate Dresser has joined Putnam as senior editor. She was previously at Gallery Books. At Holt, James Melia has been promoted to executive editor; Ruby Rose Lee is associate editor; Catryn Silbersack moves up to publicist; Sarah Fitts is associate publicist; and Nicolette Seeback is now associate art director. Riva Hocherman becomes associate publisher of Metropolitan Books. Ashley Lau has joined the marketing department as senior designer. At Celadon Books, Rachel Chou has been promoted to senior vice president, associate publisher, marketing and publicity; Christine Mykityshyn to senior publicity director; Anna Belle Hindenlang to senior publicist; Jaime Noven to senior marketing […]