Apple Books posted its July fiction and literature picks, which include: Under Currents, by Nora Roberts Whisper Network, by Chandler Baker The Golden Hour, by Beatriz Williams Surfside Sisters, by Nancy Thayer The Need, by Helen Phillips The Gifted School, by Bruce Holsinger The Flight Girls, by Noelle Salazar Very Nice, by Marcy Dermansky Crashing the A-List, by Summer Heacock In the Full Light of the Sun, by Clare Clark The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead The Peacock Summer, by Hannah Richell The Chances Are, by Richard Russo
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Jürgen Welte joins Harper Germany as managing director. Ralf Markmeier, who has led the team in Germany since January 2018, is leaving to pursue a new opportunity. Welte was at Rowohlt. At Macmillan Children’s, Molly Ellis has been promoted to executive director of publicity, and Mariel Dawson moves up to executive director of advertising and promotion. At Princeton University Press, Julia Haav becomes global promotions director and James Schneider is now promotions manager. In the UK, Sophie Schrey joins Laurence King in the new role of head of children’s. She was previously with Michael O’Mara Books. Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is leaving his […]
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Margot Herrera, senior editor at Workman Publishing, will transition to freelance as of July 2, after almost 27 years with the company. Harper Germany is launching a children’s publishing program, expanding its existing YA list, and adding middle grade and picture books. Carina Mathern will join the company as executive editor for children’s books/YA, starting August 1. She is currently editorial director at Friedrich Oetinger. Ralf Markmeier, managing director and publisher of Harper Germany, said in the release, “I am delighted that Carina is joining HarperCollins Germany. Carina’s great publishing knowledge in the area of children’s books, as well as […]
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Quarto appointed Walter Nolan as its chief financial officer. Formerly the director of finance at global accounting and advisory network Moore Stephens, he replaces interim cfo Michael Mousley, who had held the role since June 2018, when Carolyn Bresh resigned shortly after the management shakeup that restored Laurence Orbach as chairman. Chloe Aryeh is promoted to marketing manager for the Clarkson Potter, Ten Speed, and Waterbrook gift programs. At Chronicle Books, Victoria Chao has been promoted to project manager. Previously she was studio manager. In the UK, Amanda Harris, publisher of Orion Spring and Seven Dials, is leaving after 14 […]
July Picks
Amazon‘s Spotlight Pick for July is Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys, and its featured debut is Claire Lombardo’s The Most Fun We Ever Had. The rest of the list: Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo The Need, by Helen Phillips Stay and Fight, by Madeline Ffitch Deep River, by Karl Marlantes In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond, by John Zada The Called Us Enemy, by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker The Chain, by Adrian McKinty Drive-Thru Dreams, by Adam Chandler Notable Barnes & Noble fiction picks also include the Whitehead, as well as: Sophia, Princess Among […]
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Amara Hoshijo has been promoted to editor and rights manager at Soho Press. Ashley Yepsen has been promoted to publicist at The Experiment. Profiled: Editing By Ear Judith Gurewich, publisher of Other Press, was profiled in the NYT, with emphasis on her “uniquely aural editing process.” She has authors come to her home in Cambridge, MA and read aloud their manuscripts. “It’s not because I’m smart” that she find this process works, Gurewich says. “It’s because I’m incredibly primitive.” As she listens, “I forget who I am. I’m gone in the text.” Author Isaac Bailey said of the sessions, “At […]