The National Book Awards longlists roll out Wednesday through Friday this week, with the finalists to be announced on October 10. Winners will be named on November 14. First up is Young People’s Literature, which includes previous nominee Elizabeth Partridge, as well as M.T. Anderson, who won the prize in 2006 for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing. Of the ten titles, four were published by HarperCollins, and three by Penguin Random House. The full list: Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X (Harper Teen) M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (Candlewick Press) Bryan Bliss, We’ll Fly Away (Greenwillow Books) Leslie Connor, […]
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At Penguin Random House, deputy chief financial officer James Johnston has been promoted to global chief financial officer, reporting to ceo Markus Dohle. He fills officially the position vacated when Milena Alberti left the company at the end of 2017, after leading the finance group on an interim basis. Dohle writes, “With 28 years of experience at our company, Jim has been a significant and valued contributor to the development and success of Random House and Penguin Random House…. Simply stated, Jim understands inside and out how our company ticks and works, and he consistently demonstrates a considered pragmatism, natural […]
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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 […]