The Crown Publishing Group announced that as part of its “long-term growth strategy for its religious publishing program,” they “have made the difficult business decision to no longer acquire additional new titles for the Image Books publishing program, which we will discontinue as a frontlist imprint.” The company pledges to “continue to maintain and nurture the deep…backlist” of the Catholic-interest publishing imprint, and will “publish with full enthusiasm and support all Image books under contract.” As a result of that decision and the recent separation of Convergent books from Waterbrook Multnomah, vp, president, associate publisher, WaterBrook Multnomah, Convergent, and Image Books Carie Freimuth will […]
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David Patterson has joined the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, where he will continue to represent his clients and expand his list of writers of upmarket narrative non-fiction and literary fiction, historians, journalists and thought leaders. Previously he was an agent at Foundry Literary + Media. Barbara Cho has joined little bee books as production manager. She was previously production supervisor at Random House Children’s Books. Kurestin Armada has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate agent. She was previously an assistant at The Lotts Agency. Corporate Barnes & Noble Education (the new name for BN College) has made an unspecified investment […]
Briefs: Patterson’s $1.25 Million School Library Donation; Tattered Cover Moves A Location; and More
Following on his recent seven-figure donations to independent bookstores in the US and UK, James Patterson announced a $1.25 million donation to fund grants of $1,000 to $10,000 to school libraries. To be awarded on a rolling basis throughout 2015, the funds can be used for a variety of purposes, including, for example, repairs to a computer system or a school project focused on books and reading.Scholastic Reading Club will administer funding applications to its network of 62,000 schools and 800,000 teachers, and Scholastic will match Patterson’s donation with “bonus points” that teachers can use to acquire books and materials for classroom use. […]
Corporate: Coffee House Press Partners With Emily Books; The Readers Guild; and More
The special committee appointed by the Books-A-Million board to examine the Anderson family’s offer to buy out other shareholders and take the company private has hired Houlihan Lokey as its financial adviser. Coffee House Press is partnering with Brooklyn-based feminist publishing project Emily Books, on an imprint for “books that speak to the aesthetic excellence, experimental boldness, and social concerns of both organizations.” Coffee House will publish two Emily Books titles a year, starting with the spring 2016 publication of Jade Sharma’s debut novel, Problems. Businessman Fred Tarter, in publishing since 1962 and the creator of enterprises from Hootenanny Magazine to the Burger King Kids’ […]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has hired Leigh Zarelli as svp of consumer brands, driving the strategic direction and expansion of direct-to-consumer product offerings. They have also hired Caroline Fraser as vp of program development and acquisition, spearheading new content development for the consumer market and identifying new media channels for HMH’s stable of iconic brands and characters. Zarelli was at AOL; Fraser was at Scholastic Media — and both will report to evp and chief of consumer brands and strategy, CJ Kettler. In the Random House publicity department, Jennifer Garza has been promoted to assistant director; Michelle Jasmine moves up to publicity manager; and Jenna Friedman has been […]
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Tara Gavin has joined Kensington as executive editor. She spent the past 30 years at Harlequin, most recently as senior executive editor. Ron Longe recently started his own boutique PR firm, Ron Longe Public Relations, specializing in food, lifestyle, and illustrated books. He can now be reached at ron@ronlonge.com. He was with Media Masters Publicity for six years. At P.S. Literary Agency, Amanda Schiffmann has been promoted to the newly created role of digital and social Media coordinator. Market Partners International celebrated their 25th anniversary at an event Monday night — and toasted one of the founding partners, Connie Sayre, who […]