At Random House Children’s, Diane Landolf has been promoted to senior editor, Random House for Young Readers & Golden Books. Annie Berger has joined Sourcebooks Jabberwocky and Fire as editor. Previously she was associate editor at Harper Children’s. In addition, Caitlin Lawler has joined as sales coordinator. Previously she was site content editor at Prime Publishing. At Chronicle Books, Eliz Fink has been promoted to compliance manager, and Elke Olson moves up to senior project and business process manager. Linda Kaplan will represent foreign rights for Portland, OR-based publisher Forest Avenue Press. James Marcus has been promoted to editor at […]
James Patterson’s BookShots for “People Who Don’t Have Time to Read”
James Patterson announced his newest project, BookShots, a line of books 150 pages or less that will be published by longtime publisher Little, Brown and sold for under $5 each, available in print, digital and audio formats. The NYT reports BookShots “would be aimed at readers who might not want to invest their time in a 300- or 400-page novel” and “might even appeal to people who do not normally read at all.” Little, Brown plans 21 Bookshots for 2016, starting in June with Patterson’s Cross Kill, Zoo II, written by Patterson and Max DiLallo, and Chase, co-written with Michael Ledwidge. Additional […]
Mockingbird Mass Market Reversion Was Set In Motion In 2011
Despite last week’s suggestion by the New Republic that the termination of Hachette Book Group’s mass market license for To Kill a Mockingbird was a confusing “first action” of Harper Lee’s estate following her death, the process was set in motion 5 years ago and has been hidden in plain sight at least since 2013. Per the copyright law provision that allows the reversion of rights upon request for pre-1978 works after 56 years from the original issuing of the copyright, in April 2011 Lee filed a notice of termination with Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins and San Val, which publishes a school & library edition […]
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At Penguin Random House’s consumer marketing development group, Mina Park has been promoted to director, consumer insights. In addition, senior director, digital development Katherine McCahill joins the group, where she will be responsible for overseeing the Penguin Random House apps portfolio. Sally Riley will step down as director of translation rights at Aitken Alexander at the end of April, though she will continue on a part time basis until a successor is in place “in order to ensure a smooth handover,” according to the agency announcement. Michelle Cashman has joined Grand Central’s Forever imprint as publicist. Previously she was associate […]
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Renee Zuckerbrot will join Lippincott Massie McQuilkin on April 25, after running her own agency for more than 10 years. She says in the announcement, “While I’ve enjoyed working on my own, it makes good business sense for me and my clients to be part of a larger team. LMQ has a stellar reputation for curating a terrific list of writers, and I couldn’t be more excited to join them.” In the UK, Faber publisher for adult publishing Mitzi Angel has restructured the editorial department, eliminating Hannah Griffiths‘ position as publisher for fiction and paperbacks and Julian Loose‘s role of publisher for non-fiction and […]
HarperCollins Will Lower TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Trade Paperback Price For Schools
HarperCollins announced Tuesday afternoon that it will offer the trade paperback edition of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird at a lower price through its accounts that sell directly to K-12 schools in the US. The price promotion, which starts April 27, will reduce the $14.99 list price so that schools can “effectively purchase the book based on an $8.99 cover price.” A company spokesperson tells us the promotion is “open-ended at this time” and they “will evaluate it on an ongoing basis as we do with other sales promotions.” HarperCollins US & Canada president & publisher Michael Morrison said in […]