The Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency announced last week at the agency’s 35th anniversary celebration that Jennifer Weltz will succeed Jean Naggar as president of the agency, with Naggar moving to the new position of chair. Naggar noted that her daughter Weltz, who was named partner in 2004 and later vice president, “has been president in all but name these past few years” and that “her incisive intelligence, energy, marketing acumen, love of books, ready humor, and editorial flair have combined to build and lead JVNLA confidently into a future all of us here are reaching to identify.” Director of […]
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Penguin Random House has announced a new cross-company senior management team for the merged company’s combined fulfillment operations. President and coo Madeline McIntosh notes that “of the many opportunities we will have in our new company to invest in operational capabilities, our physical supply chain is one of the most essential.” She adds that “the project to develop a cohesive Penguin Random House fulfillment network…will extend over time, with our separate Penguin and Random House distribution centers’ day-to-day operational responsibilities remaining unchanged in the meantime.” Random House’s Annette Danek has been named svp, director of fulfillment, overseeing both the operation […]
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Former Farrar, Straus editor Courtney Hodell will take over as director of the Whiting Writers’ Awards, and Daniel Reid will serve as the foundation’s new executive director, as of November 1. Currently director of strategic planning at the CUNY Institute for Education Policy, Reid takes over from Kellye Rosenheim, who has worked for the Whiting Foundation since 1990. Hodell succeeds Barbara Bristol, who has run the awards for sixteen years. Foundation president Antonia Grumbach said in the announcement of Hodell: “With her distinguished editorial career and extensive work with writers in many genres–including literary fiction, memoir and biography, narrative nonfiction, […]
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Peggy Boulos Smith has joined the Jane Rotrosen Agency’s subsidiary rights division as global rights director. Previously she was an agent at Miller Bowers Griffin. In addition, Danielle Sickles has been promoted to global rights manager. At Graywolf Press, Marisa Atkinson has been promoted to publicity and events manager. Harper Lee‘s lawyer Gloria Phares issued a statement to us Thursday evening regarding the author’s recent settlement of her lawsuit against former agent Sam Pinkus: “Harper Lee has always been a very private person. Her case has ended as she desired: quickly, with her copyright secured to her, and a return […]
People, Etc.: Enderlin Promoted to St. Martin’s Paperback Publisher
Jennifer Enderlin has been promoted to svp, publisher for St. Martin’s Griffin and St. Martin’s Paperbacks, the role previously held by Matthew Shear, who died last month. SMP publisher Sally Richardson said in a statement: “In the past 20 years she has been here, Jen has proven herself an astute acquirer of talent; a gifted hands-on editor; and a supportive colleague always ready to help, advise, and read for other editors. She has a keen understanding of the market and the realities of its timing and competition, which has enabled her to position and publish authors for book-by-book growth as […]
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Stephen Power has joined Amacom as senior editor, responsible for the management and human resources publishing programs. Previously he was a senior editor at Wiley. Liese Mayer will join Scribner as editor on September 16. Previously she was an associate editor at The Overlook Press. Sara Hartman-Seeskin will join Sourcebooks as rights and exports manager. Previously she was international rights manager for Free Spirit Publishing. In addition, Liz Kelsch has been promoted to publicity manager and Nicole Komasinski moves up to associate graphic designer. Claire Anderson-Wheeler has joined Regal Literary as an agent. Previously she was an agent at Anderson […]