Hachette UK announced the formation of a new international sales group division, to be overseen by Ben Wright, who will join the company in October as international sales director, responsible for international sales of titles published by the Hachette UK group of publishers, as well as titles published by HBG USA and their third-party agency businesses. Wright, who will report to Richard Kitson, is currently director, digital sales and channel development at Penguin Random House UK. Reporting to Wright are international sales managers Sarah Millar (Southern Europe, Turkey and Africa, excluding South Africa); Abigail Mitchell (Scandinavia); Anna Curvis (France, Holland, Belgium […]
Partnerships: Eckhart Tolle Editions; Kensington’s Lyrical High Notes Exclusive to BAM
Eckhart Tolle will launch his own imprint, Eckhart Tolle Editions, in conjunction with New World Library in Spring 2015. Tolle will work to identify and develop titles for the line, most of them written by other teachers and authors he has encountered over his past two decades of teaching, and write a foreword for each title in the imprint, which launches with imprint, Parenting with Presence by Susan Stiffelman and The Calm Center: Spiritual Reflections and Meditations by Steve Taylor. “New World Library Publisher Marc Allen told me he only publishes what he told him that there were a lot […]
People, Etc.
John Loudon will join Yale University Press as consulting editor. Previously he was executive editor at Harper One in San Francisco. At St. Martin’s Press, Laura Clark has been promoted to senior director of marketing, communications and audience development. CLMP will honor Graywolf Press publisher Fiona McCrae for leadership and achievement in independent literary publishing, and Riverhead’s Katie Freeman for exceptional acts of literary achievement at their fall gala on October 29. In the UK, Mark Thwaite has joined Foyles as head of online, tasked with improving the bookseller’s e-commerce efforts and customer service. Previously he was head of online for […]
People, Awards, Etc.
Indiana University Press has appointed Gary Dunham as director. Previously he was director of publications for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Louise Erdrich has won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize‘s distinguished achievement award. She will receive the award at a ceremony in Dayton, OH on November 9. The Hugo Awards were presented at the World Science Fiction Convention. Among the winners, the honoree for best novel was Ann Leckie‘s ANCILLARY JUSTICE (Orbit).
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Will Atkinson will join Atlantic Books as managing director and publisher on October 1. Previously he was sales and marketing director at Faber, where he spent the past 20 years. Atlantic chairman Peter Roche said in the announcement “At Faber, [Atkinson] has demonstrated an unrelenting enthusiasm for independent publishing tempered with an unparalleled zeal for negotiating the best deal. I’ve admired Will’s work for many years and believe he is the perfect person to head up Atlantic Books. Rowan Cope will join Simon & Schuster UK as editorial director on October 13. Previously she was a senior editor at Little, […]
People, Etc.: Clegg Leaves WME; Editorial Layoffs at Atria; and More
Bill Clegg is leaving William Morris Endeavor after 8 years to set up his own literary agency. Clegg had not yet responded to our request for comment, so further details of his new venture are not clear, but WME svp Jennifer Rudolph Walsh told us: “For the 8 wonderful and productive years we worked together, it was the perfect match. Of course, we also understand and support Bill’s desire to start his own business and spread his entrepreneurial wings. We are cheering him on as he embarks on this new chapter of his life. There is no doubt he will […]