Hillary Clinton is the “American Icon” appearing onstage at Book Expo that fair organizers have been teasing recently. “An Evening with Hillary Rodham Clinton,” or rather an hour with her, is scheduled for convention’s Main Stage on Thursday, June 1, from 6 to 7 PM (right when everyone’s parties start). Attendance requires a separate ticket, and is open to registered Book Expo badgeholders only. Vice president audio sales for Simon & Schuster Ken Oxenreider will retire on June 30. He has worked at Simon & Schuster for 40 years, and exclusively on audio for 20. Jeramie Orton has been promoted to assistant editor for Pamela Dorman Books and Viking. […]
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The Center for Fiction will present their annual Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction to Grove Atlantic ceo and publisher Morgan Entrekin at their annual benefit in December 5. Christopher Carduff will join the WSJ as books editor, responsible for the daily book reviews and the weekend Review section, relocating to New York. Since 2006 he has been an editor and publishing consultant at the Library of America, and he has served as the estate-appointed editor of posthumous works by Penelope Fitzgerald, William Maxwell, and John Updike, among others. Leila Siddiqui has been promoted to marketing coordinator […]
People, Etc.: Wiley CEO Departs
Wiley president and CEO Mark Allin has resigned, effective immediately, “for family reasons.” Chairman of the board Matthew Kissner will serve as interim ceo while the company searches for a successor. He says in the announcement, “We understand and support [Allin’s] decision to step down for family reasons and are grateful for his many accomplishments. We wish him and his family the very best.” Allin was ceo for less than two years, taking over after Stephen Smith stepped down to focus on his battle with urological cancer in 2015, who passed away in 2016. Bonnier has promoted Perminder Mann to lead their UK publishing group, overseeing […]
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George Coe “retired” from Follett on May 1, after being promoted to chief operating officer on March 31. The departure was announced internally at least two weeks ago according to anonymous message board postings. Separately, in March two Follett assistant store managers filed suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the company, seeking class action status, alleging they regularly worked extra hours without being paid overtime. Harvey P. Berliner retired May 2 after 18 years at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trade division. His new contact address is harvey.berliner@gmail.com. Christopher Werner has joined Amazon’s Lake Union Publishing imprint as senior […]
Horowitz Leads June Indie Next List
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz tops the June Indie Next list — yet another novel that you can start reading now through an excerpt in our Buzz Books Spring/Summer 2017. Other Buzz Books on the June list include Nora Roberts’ Come Sundown; Courtney Maum’s Touch; and Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich’s The Fact of a Body. The rest of the Indie Next list features: Do Not Become Alarmed, by Maile Meloy The Long Haul, by Finn Murphy The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid Sycamore, by Bryn Chancellor The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry Dragon Teeth, by Michael Crichton So Much Blue, by Percival Everett Stephen Florida, by Gabe […]
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Emily Wunderlich has been promoted to editor at Viking. Alaina Mauro is leaving her position as associate director for James Patterson at Hachette Book Group. She can be reached at mauroalaina@gmail.com. Earlier in the year senior editor Laura Fazio left the Patterson BookShots team to work for the app Hooked. Maggie Sivon has been promoted to head of publicity for Amazon Publishing. Jeff Kinney, creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, has announced that Vanessa Jedrej will join Wimpy Kid in the newly created role of global brand manager, effective June 12. Previously, she was marketing director for Penguin […]