At McGraw-Hill, Donya Dickerson has been promoted to associate publisher of the business group, and Amy Li has been promoted to associate editor of the business group. Kate Meltzer has joined Roaring Brook Press as editor. She was formerly an editor at Penguin Children’s. Kirk Benshoff has joined First Second Books as art director. Previously, he was art director at Scholastic. Mary Altman has been promoted to senior editor, Sourcebooks Casablanca. Mary Duke has joined Chronicle Books as a marketing manager for children’s. Previously, she was marketing associate at Harper One. Pat Conte has joined Bear Manor Media as foreign […]
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Michael Gentile has been promoted to vice president, education sales and marketing, Penguin Random House, expanding his role to include oversight of education sales across all children’s and adult divisions. On the children’s side, he will report to to Felicia Frazier, senior vice president, children’s and education sales, and on the adult side to Kim Shannon, senior vice president, adult retail and education sales. Whitney Aaronson joins Random House Children’s as senior product manager for the digital marketing team. She previously worked for Simmons Research as UX product manager. Rob Roglev joins as senior developer for the digital marketing team. He […]
People, Etc.: Naples to Lead Hachette Books, and More
Mary Ann Naples will join Hachette Books as vice president and publisher and “will oversee its growth as a major commercial nonfiction imprint,” along with overseeing the “ongoing integration” of the Hachette Books imprint with Da Capo Press and Lifelong. She was vice president and publisher at the Disney Book Group. (Naples’ second job in publishing in the early 90s was editor at Hyperion; that list was acquired by HBG in 2013 and became the foundation of Hachette Books when it was created in 2014.) CEO of Hachette Book Group Michael Pietsch says in the announcement, “Mary Ann Naples is […]
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New Ventures Arthur A. Levine announced details about his new venture at the Bologna Book Fair. Levine Querido is a partnership with Holland’s Querido (an imprint of Singel). Levine says: “I’m starting this company with enormous optimism about the importance and potential for making outstanding books in an independent environment. We can give something of enormous value to children. And to have an ally in Querido for whom I have such profound admiration, is a great blessing.” He adds, adds: “Great stories come from everywhere. I want my new company to seek them in the beautiful diversity of America, and […]
Blake’s The Guest Book Tops May Indie Next List
The ABA named Sarah Blake’s The Guest Book as its No. 1 Pick for May’s Indie Next List. Also on the list are Juliet Grames’ The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna and Kim Michele Richardson’s The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Read excerpts of all three in our 2019 Spring/Summer Buzz Books sampler. The rest of the list: Normal People, by Sally Rooney Rough Magic, by Lara Prior-Palmer Lanny, by Max Porter Furious Hours, by Casey Cep Out East, by John Glynn Courting Mr. Lincoln, by Louis Bayard Southern Lady Code, by Helen Ellis Rules for Visiting, by Jessica Francis […]
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Joe Davidson is joining Black Dog & Leventhal as editor, starting April 8. Previously he was an editor at Rizzoli. Acquisitions Charleston, SC-based Arcadia Publishing has an agreement to acquire “the significant majority of [the] assets” of New Orleans-based Pelican Publishing, which has a list of over 2,000 titles. The transaction will close in May. Arcadia ceo David Steinberger says in the announcement, “It is a publisher that fits well with Arcadia’s mission, which is to connect people with their past, with their communities and with one another.” Pelican president and publisher Kathleen Calhoun Nettleton, whose family has owned the […]