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 […]
People, Etc.
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 […]
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Associate publisher for Crown Business, Crown Forum, and Convergent, Campbell Wharton will take on the additional role of associate publisher for WaterBrook and Multnomah, continuing to report to Tina Constable. At Doubleday Canada, in March, Bhavna Chauhan was promoted to senior editor for Doubleday Canada and Appetite; Kiara Kent moved up to editor for Doubleday Canada and Bond Street Books; and Zoe Maslow is now editor for Doubleday Canada and Appetite. Emily Ollis has been promoted to marketing manager for Putnam. Imprints In Canada, The Walrus and House of Anansi Press, have partnered on a new nonfiction imprint Walrus Imprint, funded by Chawkers Foundation Writers’ Project. The aim of the new imprint is […]
Our Big June Monthly
With multiple titles from our Buzz Books spring/summer collection making the various “best books of May” lists, we continue this year’s successful new monthly sampler program with the release of June Buzz Books Monthly, available for download on Amazon, iBooks, and NetGalley. Offering just the right amount of excerpts for consumers, and including a comprehensive preview that highlights hundreds of notable forthcoming titles for the month (listed by subject category and then again week by week), the June monthly features fiction excerpts from: The Marsh King’s Daughter, by Karen Dionne Come Sundown, by Nora Roberts The Force, by Don Winslow The Answers, by Catherine Lacey […]
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David Pomerico has been promoted to editorial director for Harper’s Voyager imprint. Alexis Gargagliano has left her position as executive editor at Regan Arts to work independently — “ghostwriting, book doctoring, developing editorial strategy for websites, and helping organizations tell their stories through compelling narratives.” At Clarkson Potter, Jennifer Sit will join as senior editor, effective May 8. Previously, she was the cookbook editor at Blue Apron. Sara Neville has joined as associate editor; she was the book and stationery buyer at Urban Outfitters. Jenni Zellner has moved from Crown Archetype to Clarkson Potter as associate editor. Sonia Sanchez has joined Open Road […]