Laney Katz Becker has joined Lippincott Massie McQuilkin as an agent. Previously she was at Markson Thoma. At Ten Speed Press, Kelly Snowden has been promoted to marketing and publicity manager. UK-based And Other Stories is established a New York presence, run by Sarah Russo of Sara Russo Public Relations as North American director of publicity. Beginning with the fall/winter 2013 list, their titles will be distributed here by Consortium. In the UK, Samantha Smith will join Scholastic on May 20 as publisher, fiction. She is currently editorial director at Little, Brown UK. In addition, Rachel Partridge will join the company […]
Pamela Paul Appointed New NYTBR Editor; Tanenhaus Moves to Writer-At-Large Role At Paper
The New York Times Book Review has promoted Pamela Paul to editor, replacing Sam Tanenhaus, who is stepping down after nine years and taking on a writer-at-large role at the paper. In an internal memo, the NYT says of Paul, who joined the NYTBR in 2011 as children’s editor and was more recently features editor: “Her versatility as an editor and writer has strengthened the Book Review and many other sections, including the Magazine, Education Life and Sunday Styles, where she originated the biweekly ‘Studied’ column.” Paul tells us the children’s and features editor positions haven’t been filled yet, but […]
Skyhorse & Start Publishing Offer New Terms for Night Shade Backlist
After days of public controversy and criticism, Skyhorse and Start Publishing have changed their terms for acquiring the assets of Night Shade Books, according to a statement received from both publishers by i09. Skyhorse publisher Tony Lyons said the new deal “is very favorable to the Night Shade authors and will trade short run profits for long-term relationship.” Under the new proposed agreement, which would still have to be accepted by a majority of affected writers, Night Shade authors would receive a 7.5 percent royalty on the retail price for trade paper editions, and 25 percent of net receipts on all […]
People, Etc.
Maha Khalil has joined the Crown Publishing Group as marketing director for Clarkson Potter, Potter Style, Potter Craft, Watson-Guptill and Amphoto. Maha was previously sales director at Hyperion. Also at the Potter group of imprints, Allison Renzulli has been promoted to senior marketing manager; Carly Gorga moves up to associate marketing manager; and Kevin Sweeting has been promoted to associate. At the S&S imprint, Meg Cassidy has been promoted to publicity manager. Bloomsbury will consolidate its three New York-based units into a single new office space at the end of April, at 1385 Broadway. They are bringing together the Bloomsbury […]
Coming Very Soon: Margaret Thatcher’s Authorized Biography, And Other Competing Volumes
Allen Lane and Knopf will simultaneously publish the first volume of Margaret Thatcher’s authorized biography, written by Charles Moore, “immediately following her funeral.” The biography of the former British prime minister, who died Monday at the age of 87, was commissioned in 1997 with the proviso that it would only be published after her death. (Volume one is called NOT FOR TURNING; the second and final volume, which Moore is currently working on, will be called HERSELF ALONE.) Moore was given full access to Thatcher’s private papers, and interviewed her extensively: “she supported all his requests for interviews with others, […]
Confirmed: EU OKs Penguin Random House
With any suspense taken away by last week’s Reuters leak, the European Commission officially approved the Penguin Random House merger Friday morning “without conditions,” following in line with approvals from the DOJ, Australia, and New Zealand. EU regulators said in an emailed statement obtained by Bloomberg: “The commission’s investigation revealed no evidence that the transaction would lead to risks of coordination among publishers in relation to the acquisition of authors’ rights and the sale of English language books to dealers.” It adds, “the merged entity will furthermore face a concentrated retail base, such as supermarkets for print books and large […]