The ALA presented its inaugural Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction to Robert K. Massie’s Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (Random House) and Anne Enright’s The Forgotten Waltz (Norton). Amazon names its ten Best Books of 2012 So Far, leading off with Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Random House), Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (Crown) and John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars (Dutton Children’s) with additional choices in a variety of categories. Of particular note is that the release quotes newly installed editorial director for books Sara Nelson in what appears to be further definition […]
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At Perseus, Scott Edinburgh joins as director, corporate strategy and business development, reporting to Clare Peeters. Previously he was manager, global strategy and corporate development at the InterContinental Hotels Group. In addition, Timothy Cheng has been named special sales manager, having most recently been special sales manager for online, mail order, national specialty accounts at Sterling. Christine Schillig has resigned as executive editor at Andrews McMeel Publishing as of June 29 and can be reached at christineschillig@gmail.com. She has been with the company for seventeen years, and will continue as editor-at-large for selected projects. Claire Daniel has been named digital […]
Jonah Lehrer Acknowledges Repurposed Material in IMAGINE, Will Add Disclaimer To Future Editions
The one story that seemed to galvanize media circles more than any other this week was that of Jonah Lehrer and his apparent penchant for recycling the same material, down to the sentence, from publication to publication. Romenesko broke the news Tuesday morning when it revealed Lehrer repurposed material for his New Yorker “Frontal Cortex” blog from earlier stories he published in the WSJ; by the end of the day, numerous other examples of recycling were unearthed by many other outlets and journalists, so much so that the New Yorker appended an editor’s note to all five of Lehrer’s blog […]
People: Morin Promoted to COO at Ingram; O’Shea Named Associate Publisher, Broadway and Hogarth Paperbacks; Fletcher To Retire From Hodder
Ingram Content Group has bolstered their executive ranks following the departure of ceo Skip Prichard, who was replaced in that post by John Ingram. Shawn Morin has been promoted to chief operating officer, effective immediately, in charge of managing the company’s commercial activities (including the divisions that serve publishers, libraries, booksellers and educators), systems, and operations. He joined the company in 2009 as chief information officer, after serving as CIO at Bass Pro Shops. Finance, legal and human resources will continue to report to Mr. Ingram. Ingram notes in the announcement: “Over the past three years, Shawn has done a great job […]
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Random House vp digital publisher and product development Andrea Sheehan has founded and become ceo of Rock-it Global, Publishing Trends reports. Former Knopf executive vp Tony Schulte, 82, drowned on Sunday while swimming near the summer home in Rangeley, ME he shared with his wife, literary agent Liz Darhansoff. He began his career at Simon & Schuster before moving to Knopf in 1968. After leaving publishing in 1986, Schulte spent four years as managing director for book publishing at Veronis, Suhler and Associates and then in 1996 he co-founded GSL Publishing Associates with David Lamb and Richard Gallen. In noting […]
Forthcoming: Deluxe Edition of Paolini’s INHERITANCE; Godin’s THE ICARUS DECEPTION, Funded by Kickstarter
Christopher Paolini finished his Inheritance trilogy which turned into a four-book “cycle,” but Knopf Children’s still has more volumes on the way. They will publish a deluxe edition of the final book INHERITANCE on October 23, priced at $29.99 in hardcover and $15.99 in ebook formats. The deluxe edition will include “never-before-seen artwork by Christopher Paolini; an exclusive, full-color foldout poster by award-winning artist John Jude Palencar; a letter from Jeod, one of Eragon’s confidantes, summarizing life after the final scene of the series; a letter from Paolini to fans reflecting on the series, and a new scene within the text.” […]