Hannah Allaman has joined Delacorte as associate editor. She was previously assistant editor at Disney-Hyperion. At the University of Texas Press, Robert Devens has been promoted from assistant director to director. Since joining the press in 2013, they say Devens “led the editorial department toward greater successes in its many core areas — from the…
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At Viking/Penguin Books, Rebecca Marsh has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Shelby Meizlik has joined as executive publicist. Tricia Lawrence has been promoted to senior agent at Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Awards The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced recipients for its highest honors for excellence in the arts, including two of…
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Drew Reed will move to Sony Pictures as evp of literary affairs, starting May 1. He has served in a similar role at Fox for 17 years. Jake Bauman continues as vp of literary development, and will report to Reed. Patricia “Patty” M. Wong, city librarian at Santa Monica Public Library, was elected as president-elect…
Assistance: Patterson Helps Indie Stores In New Campaign, PEN Increases Grants to Writers
James Patterson is making a personal donation of $500,000 to help save independent bookstores across the country, as part of a new fund to be administered by BINC (Book Industry Charitable Foundation) that is raising money to support stores rather than individual booksellers in need. Patterson is joining with Reese Witherspoon, as well as the…
Takedown Emergency: An Internet Archive Shortcut (Now Updated for Agencies)
The Authors Guild has posted a template takedown notice that authors can send to the Internet Archive to have their books removed from the organization’s websites. Note, however, that the simplest and fastest route to have your books taken down is to message the IA’s Jason Scott, who is @textfiles on Twitter. (He has also…
Briefs: Aid for Canadian Authors, Kobo Expands In Australia, Bertram’s Closes and More
The Writers’ Trust of Canada and The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) created a Canadian Writers’ Emergency Relief Fund to support professional authors. The fund will distribute grants of $1,500 to “writers that have seen contracted or projected income evaporate due to the current public health crisis.” RBC joined the two organizations in funding the…