John Siciliano has been promoted to executive editor for Penguin Books. He continues as executive editor for Penguin Classics. Remy Cawley has joined Nation Books as an assistant editor. Cawley was formerly at Norton. Michelle Obama‘s Facebook page features a video with remarks from her recent appearance at the ALA’s annual conference in New Orleans,…
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Briefs: Oakland’s Laurel Book Store to Close, Arabic Kindle Books, and More
Bookselling Laurel Book Store in downtown Oakland, CA will close in August when their lease expires, as “ongoing sales have not been enough to meet expenses comfortably.” Owner Luan Stauss writes she is “continuing to engage with” potential business partners or buyers. Initiatives Simon & Schuster is launching consumer promotion program, Book Club Favorites, designed to…
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At JKS Communications, Sara Wigal has been promoted to senior manager; Angelle Barbazon move ups to lead publicist; and Max Lopez become new author ambassador. Hannah Robertson joins as junior publicist. Leila Siddiqui has been promoted to assistant marketing manager at Dutton. As part of the Queen’s annual birthday honors, knighthoods were given to Nobel…
Briefs: Carla Hayden to Interview Michelle Obama at ALA; Award Winners; and Apple Books Changes
Appearances When Michelle Obama addresses the opening general session of the 2018 ALA Annual Conference on June 22, she will be joined on stage by Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden, who “will moderate a conversation.” Awards The Jewish Book Council’s $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature has gone to Ilana Kurshan’s memoir If…
Accountant Charged With Embezzling $3.4 Million From Donadio & Olson
A recently unsealed federal criminal complaint revealed that longtime Donadio & Olson accountant Darin Webb was charged earlier this month with embezzling $3.4 million from the literary agency between January 2011 and March 2018. According to the 5-page complaint, Webb, who was employed by Donadio & Olson as their bookkeeper since 2001, “used his position…
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Carole DeSanti will leave Viking, where she is vp, executive editor, on June 1 after more than 30 years with the company “achieving a singular mixture of critical and commercial success and modeling the importance of the fierce editorial advocacy she offered all of her authors,” according to Viking publisher Andrea Schulz. She added in…