At Doubleday, Melissa Danaczko has been promoted to senior editor, reporting to Bill Thomas. She has been at Doubleday since 2006. Penguin Random House announced senior management for their unified publishing operations group. Sue Malone-Barber is svp, director, publishing operations; Kirk Bleemer is vp, director, production strategy, operations, and vendor management; Patty King is vp, director, production for the Berkley Publishing Group and vp, director, strategic production spend management for Penguin Random House; Sue Driskill is vp, director, inventory management, Penguin Random House; and Chelsea Vaughn is vp, director, publishing operations business process and support. In other PRH news, the […]
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The Crown marketing department announced a number of promotions. At Clarkson Potter, Kate Tyler has been promoted to vp, director of marketing and publicity, while Carly Gorga moves up to assistant director of marketing. In addition, Julie Cepler, director of marketing for Crown Archetype and Three Rivers Press, will be taking the same role for Harmony Books. Norton will take over distribution of Tin House Books as of July 1, 2015. Tin House is currently distributed by PGW, an agreement which will end in June 2015. Trafalgar Square Publishing will distribute Penguin Australia, Penguin UK, Penguin New Zealand, Penguin Books […]
People: Hirschorn Leaves S&S, Perl Promoted to EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
As part of a restructuring of the Simon & Schuster’s digital and marketing departments, Liz Perl has been promoted to the new position of evp, chief marketing officer, overseeing both digital and marketing under one combined unit, while evp, chief digital officer Ellie Hirschhorn will leave the company on December 12 after more than six years. Of the changes, ceo Carolyn Reidy said in the announcement: “Our combined digital and marketing group will have in place the skills and knowledge we need to run our industry-best websites; maximize corporate social media, email and mobile marketing; produce our successful original author […]
People, Etc.: Einstein Thompson Split, and More
Susanna Einstein and Meg Thompson will dissolve the Einstein Thompson Agency after the new year as they have “mutually and amicably decided to strike out on their own” after eight years working together, first at LJK Literary before forming their own agency. The Thompson Literary Agency and Einstein Literary Management will each open for business in January 2015, with both agencies continuing to work with Sandy Hodgman at Hodgman Literary for foreign rights. At Public Affairs, publicity director Jaime Leifer takes on the additional role of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Clive Priddle, recognizing her “growth as a leading voice […]
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Obituaries Novelist Kent Haruf, 71, has died, his editor Gary Fisketjon confirmed to the Washington Post on Sunday. The new issue of Granta has an autobiographical essay by Haruf, and his novel OUR SOULS AT NIGHT is due to be published next year. Fisketjon said, “Kent had finished all his revisions and even gone through the copy editing. We had it scheduled for May, though I haven’t yet processed how this tragic news might alter those plans.” PD James, 94, the British crime writer and member of the House of Lords, died Thursday morning at her home in Oxford. She was the author […]
Authors In the News: Bookselling Authors, Picoult, MacArthur Fellow McHugh, and More
The American Booksellers Association says that over 400 independent bookstores will host authors who have volunteered to work alongside booksellers as part of the Indies First initiative this Saturday — which is the American Express-promoted Small Business Saturday. The ABA reports that more than 1,200 authors have enrolled in the various year-round initiatives that are part of the larger Indies First banner. They have a state-by-state listing of scheduled author appearances and other in-store promotions here. Jodi Picoult visits the UK and gives the Telegraph a candid interview she probably wouldn’t give to an American newspaper, which in turn gets pitched to a […]