At Penguin, Emily Beth Rapoport has been promoted to associate editor for Berkley. Former head of Random House Children’s books, and founder of Lookybook Craig Virden, 56, died yesterday of a pulmonary embolism. Bill Hill, “the driving force behind ClearType” at Microsoft and an early member of their electronic books team under Dick Brass, is leaving the company–and may have been laid off. Hill writes on his blog, “I’ve become convinced over the past couple of years that no one company or browser will make the transition to reading on screen happen. I still believe in eBooks. Amazon has definitely […]
