BEA is just a few hours old — and the show floor won’t even open until Tuesday — but for now some of the biggest announcements are in the deals department. Random House Publishing Group has acquired Carly Simon‘s autobiography, which will cover “the discovery of her life-altering stammer, her meteoric rise and unparalleled career in music, and her loves, including her marriage to James Taylor, with Simon saying “after years of keeping journals and writing lyrics for my tunes, I have developed a strong interest in seeing how my life might just string together in a longer form.” In […]
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Bertelsmann has appointed Marcel Reichart to the newly-created position of evp, digital business development and partnerships, reporting to Thomas Hesse, effective October 1. Reichart is currently managing director of DLD & Ventures at Hubert Burda Media. Danielle Lynn has joined Rodale Books as publicity manager. She was most recently a senior publicist at Simon & Schuster. Kirsten Hall has been promoted to managing agent at Bright Group International, the company’s first full-time agent based in the US. Effective immediately, PGW will handle print and digital distribution for Entangled Publishing, Cameron + Company (as well as its Roundtree Books imprint) and Yosemite […]
Jeff Kinney’s WIMPY KID #7 Now Has A Title, First Printing of 6.5 Million
Two months after announcing a November 13 release date in seven countries for the seventh installment of Jeff Kinney’s DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series, Abrams said Thursday evening the book will be titled DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE THIRD WHEEL and revealed the book’s cover. Amulet will issue a 6.5 million first printing, up from the 6 million opening print run for the sixth book in the series published last year. That book sold more than one million copies in its opening week, up 25 percent on the previous series entry.
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At Avalon, Jane Musser has been promoted to vp, production for Avalon Travel and Seal Press. Caroline Casey will join Coffee House Press as marketing and sales director on July 2. She has spent the past three years as director of marketing and development at Sarabande Books. Kelly Fischbach has joined Apple as senior manager, Education Content Relations. Previously she was a senior product manager at Barnes & Noble. Ebury publisher Jake Lingwood has been given the additional new role of deputy managing director, reporting to managing director Fiona MacIntyre. Deborah Ford has been hired as Junior Library Guild’s director […]
More Buzz: The BEA Fall Books Preview
Included in the trade edition of our BEA Buzz Books ebook sampler is a comprehensive preview of more than 100 additional fall titles of note–many of which will be promoted at BEA next week– as a means of surveying the season in a more comprehensive manner. We selected what we think are among the most noteworthy literary, commercial, and breakout titles for adults and children, broken down into key categories. For the full 4,000-word article, download your free ebook now and see the introductory piece. The early part of the fall season is a lot more crowded than the back […]
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Publisher and longtime managing director at AP Watt Hilary Rubinstein, 86, died on May 22. He began his publishing career at Gollancz before moving over to AP Watt in 1965, rising to MD over a 27-year career at the agency. He continued to represent a select number of clients after his 1992 retirement and was also the founder and editor of the Good Hotel Guide, which produced editions between 1978 and 2000. Melanie Little is stepping down as senior editor, Canadian fiction at House of Anansi Press to focus on her writing. She will continue to edit a select number […]