Alice Hoffman’s new novel Faithful is the no. 1 pick for the November Library Reads List. The rest of the list includes: The Fate of the Tearling, by Erika Johansen (Harper) Night School, by Lee Child (Delacorte) When All the Girls Have Gone, by Jayne Ann Krentz (Berkley) I’ll Take You There, by Wally Lamb (Harper) Swing Time, by Zadie Smith (Penguin Press) Victoria: The Queen, by Julia Baird (Random House) Moonglow, by Michael Chabon (Harper) Normal, by Warren Ellis (FSG Originals) Orphans of the Carnival, by Carol Birch (Doubleday)
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Theresa Thompson has been promoted to president at Sterling Publishing, which she has run since 2012 as executive vice president (following the departure of Marcus Leaver, and B&N’s withdrawn effort to sell the publisher). She is responsible for the management of the company, both creatively and operationally, and will oversee many areas of the business, including operations, finance, book production and manufacturing. Thompson has worked for parent company Barnes & Noble since 2003, when she ran the audiobook business. At Avery, Anne Kosmoski is promoted to associate director of publicity, while Casey Maloney moves up to assistant publicity director. In […]
Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Literature Prize
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded on Thursday to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, the first American to win the prize in more than two decades since Toni Morrison won in 1993 — and the surprise culmination of years of far-out betting speculation. The Swedish Academy commended Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” while secretary Sara Danils later added, for those expressing surprise at their choice, that “if you look far back, 5000 years, you discover Homer and Sappho. They wrote poetic texts which were meant to be performed, and it’s the same way […]
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At Penguin Random House, svp, corporate director business affairs John Schline is stepping down after more than three decades with Penguin and Random House. He will serve as a consultant to the company through the end of 2016. David Sanford has been promoted to svp, executive director, contracts and permissions companywide, with responsibility for all the adult and children’s imprint and divisional contract directors. Robin Simon, Erica Cuculic and Megan Thomas are each appointed director, contracts, Penguin Publishing Group, with respective imprint responsibilities. At Delacorte Press, Wendy Loggia and Krista Marino have both been promoted to senior executive editor, while Monica Jean moves up to assistant editor. Jessica […]
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Marketing technology start-up OptiQly, which is working on optimizing the display and sales of books, ebooks, and other products at online retailers, has acquired The Logical Marketing Agency, a boutique digital marketing consultancy. Logical co-founders Pete McCarthy and Jess Johns have joined OptiQly full-time, as chief product officer and director of marketing, respectively. The third co-founder, Mike Shatzkin, will remain involved through a long-term consulting agreement, and already sits on the OptiQly board. OptiQly ceo Evan Schnittman says in the announcement, “Since the three Logical Marketing partners are among the founders of OptiQly, this is a unifying step with the intention of providing more – and more […]
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At Chronicle Books, Melissa Manlove and Naomi Kristen have both been promoted to senior editor, children’s. Scholarly publisher Emerald has hired Philippa Grand, PhD as editorial director, social science books and publisher, sociology, criminology & social policy. Pete Baker runs their scholarly and professional business, finance and economics books division, Jenny McCall has joined as a publisher, and Amy Potter is their new head of books marketing. Author of the National Book Award winner The Women of Brewster Place, Gloria Naylor, 66, died last Wednesday of heart failure. Awards In Canada, the shortlists were announced for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. The fiction list includes […]