Pamela Barricklow has joined the William Morrow Group as executive managing editor, reporting to Liate Stehlik. At Penguin Random House Audio, Taraneh Djangi has been promoted to associate director, strategic marketing; Nicole Morano to senior publicity manager; Linda Schmidt to director, project management and art/design; and Heresa Capan to director, art/design. Juliette Koronkiewicz joins as senior social media manager. Andrew LaVallee is promoted to deputy, news and features for the books desk at the New York Times. Daniel Marrs will join Ave Maria Press as vice president and editorial director on August 19. He was previously publisher of the Thomas Nelson […]
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MJ Johnston has been promoted to associate editor of Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Landmark. Shina Patel has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Penguin Press. Rafael Chaiken has been promoted to acquisitions editor at SUNY Press, acquiring in film studies, Jewish studies, and philosophy. Carolyn Bodkin has been promoted to director, foreign rights at HarperCollins. She will expand her role to oversee foreign rights for fiction titles on the William Morrow hardcover list, in addition to all titles from Avon, Avon Impulse, William Morrow Paperbacks, Dey Street and fiction titles on the Harper trade list. Picks Ask Again, Yes by Mary […]
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Margaret Stead has been promoted to publisher of Zaffre and new literary imprint Manilla, coming at the end of the year from Bonnier Books UK. Matt Phillips becomes publisher of non-fiction imprints Blink and John Blake. Awards Romance bookstore The Ripped Bodice is launching an award for excellence in romantic fiction sponsored by Sony Pictures Television, with winners to be named on Valentine’s Day 2020. Up to 12 winners will receive a cash prize of $1,000, as well as a $100 donation in their name to the charity of their choice. Penguin Random House has offered a second round of […]
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Editorial director of All Points Books Adam Bellow will resign from St. Martin’s at the end of 2019 (after joining the publisher in fall 2016). Bellow said, “I’ve been exceptionally happy and productive at St. Martin’s. But after 30 years of honing my skills in corporate publishing I am ready to go out on my own. There is tremendous ferment in political and intellectual media and opportunities abound for entrepreneurial ventures. I’ll be making a further announcement in the fall, but for now I am very pleased to be able to transition into this new phase of my career with […]
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Kendra Levin will join Simon & Schuster Children’s as editorial director on September 1. She was most recently an editorial director at Penguin Children’s. Heidi Sachner has left her position as vp of books at F+W Media. Sachner will be working with the Penguin Publishing Group on a consulting basis to assist with the integration through the end of the year and can be reached at hsachner@optonline.net. Filipe Silva has joined Macmillan as international sales manager, reporting Devin Luna, vp, international sales & marketing. Silva will be responsible for sales in Macmillan’s open market territories, with direct sales responsibilities for […]
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Callie Garnett has been promoted to editor at Bloomsbury. Jessica Gilo has joined The Monacelli Group as marketing and publicity director. She was formerly the assistant marketing director, culinary & lifestyle at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. George Hodgman, 60, author of memoir Bettyville, and former editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt and Simon & Schuster died on Saturday. He was found in his apartment in New York, and the cause of death is pending. Bookselling Chicago’s Pilsen Community Books, which opened in 2016, is for sale. Owners Aaron Lippelt and Mary Gibbons, who also run The Dial bookshop, wrote in an […]