At NBC News, Ariella Prince has been promoted to booking producer, handling author bookings across all NBC News programs and platforms (including Today, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, Megyn Kelly, and their digital properties). For the past seven years, she has worked under Jackie Levin, booking authors for all hours of the Today Show. Brookings Institution Press editorial director Bill Finan has been promoted to director, and Yelba Quinn has been promoted to assistant director. Quressa Robinson has joined Nelson Literary Agency as an agent, based in New York. Previously she was editor at Thomas Dunne Books and agent […]
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Ingram Content Group announced a realignment in reporting structure to “help focus efforts in Ingram’s wholesale business and their growing distribution services.” The wholesale purchasing group, led by George Tattersfield, will now report to chief commercial officer Shawn Everson, “aligning our ‘buy side’ with our ‘sell side’ in wholesale.” The shared services sales team, acquired in the Perseus deal, and led by Jeanne Emanuel, will now report to chief content officer Phil Ollila, who leads the distribution and services businesses. Frank Vrancken Peeters will join Springer Nature September 4 in the new role of chief commercial officer, reporting to the ceo, […]
Hillary, For Sale, On Tour
The first dates were announced on Monday for Hillary Clinton’s book tour, which comprises 9 book signings (six of which are in the greater New York metropolitan area) — plus a “Hillary Clinton Live” theater tour to 15 cities, where she promises to “connect with audiences with a story that’s personal, raw, detailed and surprisingly funny.” As the Chicago Tribune underscores, the minimum-price for those auditorium-based “Live” events ranges from $45 in Chicago and $55 in Washington, DC to $125 in New York. Premium tickets can sell for hundreds of dollars, and VIP experiences are also being offered, including a […]
Briefs: Clinton Excerpt Recalls Trump As “Creep,” And More
Excerpts from Hillary Clinton‘s forthcoming What Happened were released to Morning Joe and played widely in the media this morning. Recalling the presidential debate shortly after the release of the Access Hollywood tape of Donald Trump, Clinton writes: “This is not OK, I thought. It was the second presidential debate and Donald Trump was looming behind me. Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces. “It was incredibly uncomfortable. He was literally breathing down my […]
Nook Revises Content Policy to Limit/Eliminate Erotica, Starts Terminating Author Accounts
On August 16 Nook Press revised their posted content policy in a way that seems to indicate they will no longer sell self-published erotica. Their definition of excluded “obscene or pornographic material” now “may include content that graphically portrays sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.” They also note “other content we deem offensive in the exercise of our sole discretion including but not limited to works portraying or encouraging incest, rape, bestiality, necrophilia, paedophilia.” As a result, some self-published authors have reported online that their titles were suspended from sale and they were told […]
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Ryan Doherty will be join Celadon Books, Macmillan’s new trade book division, as executive editor starting September 12. He has been vice president of literary development at Sony Pictures Entertainment (after a number of years as an editor at Ballantine). Celadon Books co-publishers Jamie Raab and Deb Futter say: “Ryan’s ability to identify high quality works of fiction and nonfiction that have strong commercial potential and his deep knowledge of the overall literary market are perfectly aligned with the mission of Celadon Books.” At William Morrow, Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to the new role of vp, special events and creative strategies; Kelly […]