Cara Bedick joins Touchstone as senior editor beginning Monday. Previously she was a senior editor at William Morrow. Anna Knutson Geller has left The Book Group to found Write View, a literary agency with an emphasis on spirituality, practical nonfiction, and inspirational memoir. Amy Vreeland has joined Abrams as senior managing editor, children’s division. Previously she was managing editor at Farrar, Straus Children’s. Bill Massey will leave his position as deputy publishing director for fiction at Orion in the UK to work as a freelance editor, starting November 1. Massey will be continue to work with Michael Connelly and Linwood Barclay in his new role, the Bookseller […]
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Vp, business development at Diversion Books Mary Cummings will leave the company next month. Diversion has hired Caroline Acebo as acquisition editor, EverAfter Romance. Previously she was editor at Grand Central’s Forever imprint. In addition, Christine Saunders has joined as publicist. Most recently she headed her own company, Christine Saunders Public Relations. The merged companies David C Cook Distribution Canada and Augsburg Fortress Canada will go forward under a new name, Parasource Marketing and Distribution Ltd. Cancelled James Patterson has withdrawn the ill-advised BookShots novel The Murder of Stephen King that was announced a week ago for November publication. Patterson said in […]
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At Crown Children’s, Emily Easton has been promoted to vp, publisher. Marissa DeCuir has been promoted to president and partner at JKS Communications. Kurt Hettler has joined Ingram Academic Services as director of academic services. Previously he spent the past 25 years at Oxford University Press, most recently as director, publisher services. In addition, Peter Antone has joined Ingram as director of marketing, publisher services. Most recently he served as director of consumer marketing and sales at The Tennessean and Gannett-USA Today Network. Former Plume editorial director Rachel Bressler is now director of client relations for Ingram’s Perseus Distribution, reporting to […]
Kirkus Prize Shortlists; National Book Literarian Award to Cave Canem
The Kirkus Prize announced shortlists in fiction, nonfiction, and various children’s book categories, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony in Austin, TX on November 3. There is little overlap with theNational Book Award longlists (asterisked), though fiction writers Colson Whitehead and Adam Haslett are among those on both lists. The complete list of nominees features: Fiction Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett (Little, Brown)* Carousel Court by Joe McGinniss Jr. (Simon & Schuster) The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan (FSG) Barkskins by Annie Proulx (Scribner) A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Viking) The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead […]
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Peter Senftleben has joined Crooked Lane Books as acquisitions editor. Previously he was an associate editor at Kensington Books. Workman announced a number of recent promotions in the marketing and publicity departments. Moira Kerrigan, who left the company briefly, has returned as the associate director of marketing on the adult trade side. Noreen Herits is promoted to publicity and marketing director for the juvenile titles. Estelle Hallick is now the publicist and marketing associate for the children’s list; Laura DiNardo has been promoted to digital marketing coordinator; and Jenny Lee moves up to to associate publicist. At Harlequin, Karen Reid has […]
Briefs: Forthcoming From George W. Bush & James Patterson; Amazon Opens La Jolla Store
Crown will publish the next book from former President George W. Bush on February 28 — the full-color PORTRAITS OF COURAGE: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors, presenting 66 portraits and a mural depicting service members and veterans, painted by President Bush. Crown will offer an over-sized edition signed by President Bush priced at $250, and he will read the text of the stories of the paintings’ subjects for the audio version. President Bush was represented by Robert Barnett at Williams & Connolly, and will donate his “net author proceeds” to the George W. Bush Presidential Center, with Crown acquiring world rights. The paintings […]