Zando head of editorial Emily Bell will be leaving the company.
Archives for January 2024
Hugos Administrator Censured, Resigned After Awards Controversy
Hugo Awards administrator Dave McCarty was censured by the awards governing body and resigned from his post after public outcry over a document that showed certain nominated works were “not eligible” for the awards. On Sunday, McCarty posted an apology to his personal Facebook page, where he had been posting updates about the awards and responding to queries–often rudely–about the awards statistics. “Most of my responses there were inappropriate, unprofessional, condescending, and a number were clearly insulting,” he wrote. “I made things worse.” Still, he declined to give further explanation on the awards. “The statement that the administration team has previously […]
PRH’s Malaviya: “I like to learn. And you only learn by listening.”
The NYT follows the WSJ’s little-noticed weekend piece on PRH’s decision to join PEN America’s Florida book-banning lawsuit (“Can we get in?”) with their profile of PRH ceo Nihar Malaviya. On meeting a reporter who wanted to write about him, Malaviya “seemed perplexed. I’m not interesting, he said.” He speaks to his managerial frame of reference: “Coming to the country at a young age basically meant I had to completely change my worldview. I went from somewhere where this was very important to somewhere where this completely different set of things was very important. That created in me a respect […]
GMA Book Club
Come and Get It by Kiley Reid is the GMA Book Club pick for February.
Nero Book Awards
The Nero Book Awards announced winners across four categories, with the book of the year to be named on March 14.
People 1/30
Wendy Ceballos has joined HarperCollins in the newly created role of director, retail marketing, reporting to Kelly Roberts.