Courtney Code has been promoted to associate editor at Abrams. Departing Orion group publisher Jon Wood will join Rogers, Coleridge and White as an agent in January. At Simon & Schuster, Allison Stegeland has been promoted to the newly created role of sales associate in the international sales channel. Henna Cho has been promoted to sales coordinator in the e-audio sales group. In Germany, Hans-Peter Ubleis, who had been publisher at Droemer Knaur for nearly 20 years, will return to Holtzbrinck in an advisory role. In the newly created position, he will focus on getting German authors published by Droemer Knaur, Kiepenheuer & […]
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Brittani Hilles and Carla Bruce-Eddings have both joined Algonquin and Algonquin Children’s as senior publicists. Hilles was most recently a publicist at St. Martin’s, while Bruce-Eddings was with Riverhead. Taylor Maccoux has been promoted to assistant editor at Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Samantha Allen joins Chronicle Books as subsidiary rights manager. Previously she was subsidiary rights manager at Simon & Schuster Children’s. Britt Siess has joined Martin Literary & Media Management as an associate literary agent. She was in the sales division at Quarto. Jill Corcoran is leaving Transatlantic Agency to become director, published licensing sales at Smithsonian Enterprises starting October 1. Corcoran’s current clients will be represented […]
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Michael Signorelli, formerly senior editor at Holt, has joined Gotham Ghostwriters as managing director of the Bookwriting Group. Ingram Content Group chief content officer Phil Ollila will be the honoree at the Goddard Riverside Book Fair Gala on October 30. Amanda R. Cecil has been promoted to director, digital content & social media marketing for Barnes & Noble. Erica Stone has joined Random House Children’s as school & library marketing coordinator. She was previously the school partnership & offsite sales assistant at Greenlight Bookstore Former chief executive of Bonnier Publishing Richard Johnson‘s memoir releases Saturday in the UK, and the Bookseller has an advance […]
Waterstones Buys Foyles
Waterstones has agreed to acquire Foyles, the 115 year old family-owned chain of seven bookstores. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, but it is expected to close by the end of the year. Waterstones chief executive James Daunt, said in the release, “Together, we will be stronger and better positioned to protect and champion the pleasures of real bookshops in the face of Amazon’s siren call.” He noted, “We are honoured to be entrusted with the Foyles business, and greatly look forward to joining forces with the Foyles bookselling team.” Foyles has three locations in London, including its flagship […]
Moonves Reportedly Offered $100 Million Exit Package
According to reports today from CNBC, CBS is offering Les Moonves an exit package of $100 million, mostly in stock. Big as that sounds, it is less than severance called for in Moonves’ contract, which is $180 million and a production deal. Additionally, CNBC reports that the board wants to recover some of the severance compensation if the sexual misconduct allegations against Moonves that surfaced in July prove true. After Moonves’ exit, coo Joe Ianniello would step in as his interim replacement. The initial market reaction to that news was positive, pushing the stock up at midday. The accusations about Moonves […]
Enger’s Virgil Wander Tops October Indie Next List
The ABA named Virgil Wander by Leif Enger as its No. 1 pick for October. Other picks include Stuart Turton’s The 71/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and Imogen Hermes Gowar’s The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter. The rest of the list: Waiting for Eden, by Elliot Ackerman November Road, by Lou Berney Heartland, by Sarah Smarsh All You Can Ever Know, by Nicole Chung A Spark of Light, by Jodi Picoult The Real Lolita, by Sarah Weinman Transcription, by Kate Atkinson Night Moves, by Jessica Hopper Man With a Seagull on His Head, […]