At Macmillan Children’s, Kate Avino has been promoted to assistant editor, Odd Dot; Foyinsi Adegbonmire to associate editor, Feiwel and Friends; Samia Fakih to assistant editor, First Second Books; Kiara Valdez to associate editor, First Second Books; Trisha de Guzman to editor, FSG Children’s; Allegra Green to marketing manager; Dawn Ryan to executive managing editor; and Aurora Parlagreco to associate art director.
Miyako Singer has been promoted to publishing operations associate at Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press.
Awards
The ALA’s Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence were given to Deacon King Kong by James McBride and Fathoms: The World in the Whale! by Rebecca Giggs.
Legal
Law firm Hagens Berman amended their bizarre class action anti-trust lawsuit against Amazon, changing from naming the five largest trade book publishers as unindicted co-conspirators to serving them as co-defendants. The allegations cover publisher agreements that were negotiated under the strict oversight of the Department of Justice for a five-year period as required under the consent decrees each of the publishers entered into to settle the original ebook pricing lawsuit.