Damon Reiss moves over to become vp and publisher for W Publishing, reporting to Don Jacobson. He has been senior director for Harper Christian’s custom and backlist program as well as Christian bookstore key accounts and distributor channels.
Bookseller PK Sindwani joined the American Booksellers Association this week as chief financial officer. He was the owner of Towne Book Center & Cafe in Collegeville, PA for 29 years.
Nica Carrillo is leaving her position as marketing and sales manager of Coffee House Press on November 15. She will join Epsilon Agency as a client account executive. Marit Swanson, succeeds her as marketing and sales manager. She was previously marketing coordinator at Consortium.
At Random House Children’s Polo Orozco has been promoted to assistant editor.
At Sourcebooks, Taylor Maccoux has been promoted to associate editor and Becca Veys has been promoted to assistant editor for Wonderland.
At Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Laura Bardolph Hubers has been promoted to director of marketing and publicity.
How do you get the attention of Seth Meyers to become one of “good talk show guests [that] authors make”? “Two people deserve all the credit. Sarah Jenks-Daly is a producer who covers books for us, and she is constantly showing up to my office with something new she likes. The other is my mom, who not only gifted me with my love of books but also puts novels down as fast as she does a gin and tonic.”
Picks
Oprah chose Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout as her new book club pick.
Oprah chose Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout as her new book club pick.
Forthcoming
Joanna Gaines will publish another cookbook, Magnolia Table, Volume 2, on April 7, 2020, again from William Morrow Cookbooks.
Joanna Gaines will publish another cookbook, Magnolia Table, Volume 2, on April 7, 2020, again from William Morrow Cookbooks.
Awards
Canada’s Writers Trust Prizes were presented across multiple categories, including Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.: A Memoir, by Jenny Heijun Wills (nonfiction); Days by Moonlight, by Andre Alexis (fiction), and Word Nerd, by Susin Nielsen (young people’s literature).
Canada’s Writers Trust Prizes were presented across multiple categories, including Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.: A Memoir, by Jenny Heijun Wills (nonfiction); Days by Moonlight, by Andre Alexis (fiction), and Word Nerd, by Susin Nielsen (young people’s literature).