Ryan Doherty will move over to Spiegel & Grau as senior editor. He is currently an editor for Ballantine and Random House Trade Paperbacks, and will continue to oversee film tie-in projects for all of Random House Publishing Group. At Berkley, Leis Pederson has been promoted to editor. Lisa Grubka will join Fletcher & Company as an agent on August 19. She has been an agent at Foundry Literary + Media for the past four years. At becker&mayer!, Michael del Rosario has been promoted to managing editor, for the book division. In another for the annals of outrageous self-promotion (a […]
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Corporate: Teachers Awards from Random House; Paperless Reporting from S&S
The Random House Foundation, Inc. is creating the Random House Teacher Awards, to “recognize the nation’s most dynamic and resourceful teachers who use their creativity to inspire and successfully instill a love of reading in students,” providing “grants to help make their innovative reading programs possible.” Crown author Jonathan Kozol will present the first awards at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention in November. After posting PDF files of client royalty statements to their Agent Portal back in February of this year, Simon & Schuster is now inviting agents to opt out of receiving paper royalty statements. […]
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Oxford University Press announced a number of recent promotions. Bill Haydis has been promoted to Head of US stock planning and publications, while Chris Critelli moves up to reprints and manufacturing supplier manager. Jen Abrams has been appointed demand planning team leader, while Tracy Rabon moves up to US publications team leader. Barry Koen and Nissa Papillon have been promoted to demand planner, while Nancy Wu moves up to stock planning project manager. Marie Kent joins Free Press today as imprint marketing manager, reporting to Nicole Judge. She was in the school and library marketing department at Penguin Children’s. At […]
Mette Jakobsen’s The Vanishing Act Tops September 2012 Indie Next List
The ABA has announced its September Indie Next List, which includes five titles — THE YELLOW BIRDS by Kevin Powers, MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND by Matthew Dicks, JOHN SATURNALL’S FEAST by Lawrence Norfolk, THE ORCHARDIST by Amanda Coplin, and BEA Buzz Book pick THE PEOPLE OF FOREVER ARE NOT AFRAID by Shani Boianjiu — among the featured excerpts in our popular free ebook anthology of selections from over 30 big forthcoming books, BEA BUZZ BOOKS. Most of the excerpted titles release later in the year (and into next January), so if you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s as […]
Bookselling: Northshire Books May Add Second Location in Saratoga Springs; HMH Offering Refunds for Lehrer’s IMAGINE
Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT is seriously considering opening a second location in Saratoga Springs, NY. Owner Chris Morrow told the Saratogian the bookseller is “very excited about the prospect of coming to Saratoga,” but with plans still tentative, he said he was “he was not at liberty, yet, to discuss other locations under consideration.” The city appealed as a place for a second location for several reasons, Morrow explained, “including proximity to Skidmore College, Saratoga Performing Arts Center and the City Center” and that there “seems to be a well-educated, well-to-do populace that would be interested in what we […]
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Dan Mallory will join William Morrow as vp, executive editor on October 8. He is currently publisher at Little Brown UK’s commercial imprint Sphere. The company uses the personnel memo to announce that they will add a digital-first publishing line focused on crime and thrillers which Mallory will spearhead, in addition to acquiring and editing books for Morrow. (He launched a similar digital-first line, The Crime Vault, in the UK.) At The Experiment, Jack Palmer has been promoted to publicity, marketing, and sales manager and Molly Cavanaugh moves up to assistant managing editor, while current managing editor Karen Giangreco will […]