Former Touchstone publisher Stacy Creamer will join the new Hachette Books imprint as executive editor, starting June 16 and reporting to newly-named publisher Mauro DiPreta. Creamer left Touchstone last November after more than four years with the imprint. She says in the announcement, “I look forward to acquiring and editing exciting new narrative nonfiction, memoirs, and novels, especially with the extraordinary sales and marketing support that HBG has demonstrated time and time again.” Phaidon Press has announced more new hires: Emily Takoudes has joined the company as executive commissioning editor for food in New York (she was most recently senior editor […]
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Elizabeth Bewley will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as executive editor on April 14. Previously she was senior editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. In addition, Taylor Foley has been promoted to digital product manager. At Bloomsbury, Erica Barmash has been promoted to director of children’s trade and digital marketing. In addition, Melissa Kavonic has been promoted to executive managing editor, Bloomsbury Children’s, and Katie Gallof has been promoted to senior acquisitions editor at Bloomsbury Academic. Theresa Collier has joined as publicist in the adult division. Previously she was a publicist at Overlook. At Gallery, Adam Wilson has been […]
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At Crown Business, Ayelet Gruenspecht has been promoted to marketing manager, while Megan Perritt moves up to publicity manager for the imprint as well as for Crown Forum. In addition, associate publisher for Crown Forum and Three Rivers Press Campbell Wharton will take on an additional role in project directing Crown Business campaigns on a case-by-case basis. At the Random House Publishing Group, Sam Nicholson and Anna Pitoniak have been promoted to editor. Mika Kasuga, Caitlin McKenna, and Molly Turpin have been promoted to assistant editor. Dervla Kelly will join Rodale as senior editor on April 7. Previously she was an […]
Judge Cote Certifies Consumer Class, Excludes Much of Apple’s Expert Witness Testimony
Late Friday afternoon Judge Denise Cote issued two rulings in the ongoing ebook antitrust case. The first finally grants class certification for the consumers who first sued Apple and the Agency Five publishers back in 2011 and officially sought certification last October, in an 86-page order. (The publishers, of course, settled, and consumers started seeing the $166 settlement funds issued just recently as store credit by Amazon, Nook, and other retailers). The second 59-page ruling denied Apple’s bid to exclude the opinions of the plaintiffs’ damages expert while largely dismissing the opinions of Apple’s own experts. With respect to the class, Judge […]
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Diana Gill will join Ace and Roc Books on April 1 as executive editor, reporting to Susan Allison. Previously she was executive editor at William Morrow, where she ran the US branch of HarperVoyager for the past 12 years. Jacky Klein will join Phaidon Press in June as commissioning editor, Art, working primarily out of the London offices. Previously she was commissioning editor at Thames & Hudson. Former director of publicity at Hachette Nashville Shanon Stowe will join Icon Media Group as partner and president of the PR firm’s literary division on March 31. As of April 1, all trade […]
eNews: Verso’s eBook/Print Bundle; DropBox Rumored to Buy ReadMill; and More
Verso Books will sell its books, both print and digital, direct on its website as of April 8, and will also offer print/ebook bundles for all new titles and “hundreds” of recent ones (free postage is also included.) Verso is working with Booxstream on DRM, and each ebook will be visibly watermarked. In a statement managing director Jacob Stevens said Verso readers can choose which title to read regardless of format, print or digital. We know that our core readership would like to support radical publishing directly, and we hope that this new approach will benefit our writers, readers, and […]