At Chronicle Books, Kathleen Miller has been promoted to sales manager, specialty. Emily Malter becomes associate sales manager, specialty. Kait Feldman has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as senior editor, specializing in picture books and select graphic novels. She was previously with Scholastic. Jacob Surpin has been promoted to senior editor/associate publisher at Parallax Press. Anne Tibbets has joined Donald Maass Literary Agency as a literary agent. She was at D4EO Literary Agency.
Archives for February 2021
Winter Institute Day 1: Futurist Brian David Johnson’s Keynote; More Equitable Work Environments
In a Winter Institute keynote, futurist author Brian David Johnson walked booksellers through the process detailed in his book, The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want, while also fielding specific questions from ABA president Allison Hill. Johnson urged booksellers to start by giving themselves permission to create what he called their “future story,” by getting really specific about what they want for their businesses as the world seeks to normalize after the pandemic. Then, he said, write it down. The remaining steps: Find your people: Who are your partners in creating this future? Share […]
Barack Obama Kicks Off Winter Institute; Brene Brown Moved to Saturday Due to Weather
Barack Obama kicked off the opening of the Winter Institute at 10:40 this morning, after a montage reviewing the “extraordinary journey” of the past year, as ABA president Alison Hill put it in her later remarks. Obama’s short recorded message thanked booksellers for “expanding my mind, filling my spirit, and broadening my sense of possibility,” saying that, “what happened to me, you’re providing for so many other kids and teenager and adults around the world.” Booksellers, he said, aren’t selling only books but “knowledge, discovery, wisdom, empathy, access to thoughts and worlds that readers have never experienced before. And by […]
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At Knopf, Daniel Halpern will join as executive editor, starting July 1. He founded Ecco in 1971 and led the line until last September, when he was “immediately…transition[ed]” to editor-at-large and then left at the end of 2020. Diana Tejerina Miller has been promoted to executive editor and Andrew Miller moves up to vice president, executive editor. Charles Linsmeier has been promoted to evp, general manager of Macmillan Learning. Josalyn Moran has joined Welbeck Publishing Group as director of business development for children’s books, North America. She was most recently senior director for children’s books at Barnes and Noble. Katie […]
McGuigan and Gendell Report “Significant Progress” On Managing Client Funds
On Tuesday, an attorney for literary agent Yfat Reiss Gendell wrote to the judge overseeing former partner Peter McGuigan’s motion asking for a court appointed receiver for the bank accounts of their former agency, Foundry Literary, requesting an adjournment until mid-March. “The parties have made significant progress,” the attorney reports. “They have identified an independent accountant to potentially assist the parties in managing Foundry Media, and have tentatively selected a new bank for the company’s accounts.” Filed with the consent of the plaintiffs, “The parties seek additional time to formalize these arrangements.” Judge Joel Cohen quickly consented, and rescheduled the […]
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Mary Marotta will move over to Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group as senior vice president, group sales, staring March 8. She has been senior vice president, DK North America. She succeeds Chris Dufault and will report to Jaci Updike. Matty Goldberg, vice president of sales and acquisitions at Ingram Content Group, is retiring at the end of March. He was with Perseus Book Group for 17 years, and joined Ingram with the acquisition of Perseus’ distribution business in 2016. Sabrina McCarthy, vp and general manager, writes, “Matty and I have worked together for the past 23 years, and I’ve seen first […]