Angie Giammarino has joined Rodale as senior marketing manager. Previously she was a marketing manager at Macmillan. Carin Siegfried has joined Soho Press as sales manager. Previously she worked with both national accounts and independent retailers at Baker & Taylor. Miriam Keil has joined Chronicle Books as the associate sales manager, specialty markets. She was most recently at First Book. In addition, the specialty markets department has promoted Julia Carvalho to senior sales manager; Samantha Steele to sales manager; and Noëlle Simkins to sales coordinator. Don Linn announced via Twitter that he has “parted ways” with the University of Chicago […]
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Scher Foord has joined Scholastic as vp, creative for Scholastic.com, reporting to Dani Nadel. Foord was most recently executive director, UX and design at Condé Nast. Shannon Jamieson Vazquez has joined Open Road as strategic advisor, true crime, reporting to Philip Rappaport. Vazquez was most recently senior editor at Berkley. Simon & Schuster Children’s announced a number of recent promotions. Andrea Welch has been promoted to executive editor, Beach Lane Books, while Nicole Ellul moves up to associate editor, Simon Pulse. Emma Sector has been promoted to assistant editor at Aladdin, while Sarah Jane Abbott moves up to assistant editor, […]
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Shambhala Publications will acquire Berkeley-based Rodmell Press, an independent publisher of books on yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, and aikido founded in 1988 by Linda Cogozzo and Donald Moyer, who plan to retire. As part of the acquisition, Rodmell titles will move distribution from PGW to Penguin Random House under the Shambhala logo beginning August 1. In the announcement, Shambhala president Nikko Odiseos expressed his admiration and appreciation for “the care with which each Rodmell book was chosen, and their obvious commitment to genuine, authentic teachings that help readers live better lives physically, emotionally, and spiritually.” Rodmell Press was represented by Susan […]
People: Gelbman to SMP, and More
Former Berkley Publishing Group president Leslie Gelbman has joined St. Martin’s Press as executive editor-at-large, effective immediately. The move was widely expected since the announced signing of Nora Roberts – whom Gelbman edited – by SMP in early March. In her 27 years at Penguin, Gelbman also edited such authors as Ken Follett, Patricia Cornwell, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Julie Garwood. SMP president and publisher Sally Richardson said in the announcement: “We have long admired Leslie’s legendary gift for acquiring and editing some of the most popular storytellers of our time and she will continue to do the same for us. I […]
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Diana Velasquez has been promoted to senior marketing manager for the Gallery Books Group imprints. At Simon & Schuster’s education and library marketing department, Candace Greene McManus has been promoted to senior marketing manager; Anthony Parisi moves up to marketing manager; and Christine Naulty has been promoted to associate marketing manager. Emily Murdock Baker has left Penguin, where she was most recently an associate editor, to launch EMB Editorial, an independent editing service. At Temple University Press, Aaron Javsicas has been promoted to editor-in-chief. Awards The Edgar Awards were announced Thursday evening, including several milestones: Lori Roy, Best Novel winner […]
Cline’s Debut The Girls is June No. 1 Indie Next Pick
Emma Cline’s debut novel The Girls tops the ABA’s June Indie Next List. Also included are 5 of our spring Buzz Books titles — Noah Hawley’s Before the Fall, Joe Hill’s The Fireman, My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, The Curious Charms of Doctor Pepper by Phaedra Patrick, and Emma Straub’s Modern Lovers, excerpts of which you can start reading right now in Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer. Grab it now, since we’ll be unveiling the fall/winter Buzz Books in time for BEA next week. The full June Indie Next list features: Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi Smoke, by Dan Vyleta Lily […]