Alison Callahan will join Gallery Books on December 2 as executive editor. Previously she was executive editor at Doubleday. Shara Zaval has joined The Book Report Network as Editorial Manager of Kidsreads.com and Teenreads.com. Prior to moving to New York in September, Shara was a publicist with the Independent Publishers Group in Chicago. At Chronicle Books, Victoria Thomas has been promoted to associate sales manager. In the UK, David Higham Associates is taking over representation of the Anthony Burgess estate around the world. In awards news, the winners of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards included: Fiction: Eleanor Catton, The Luminaries […]
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Tim Ferriss Starts Audiobook Publisher, Eyes eBook Rights
Author Tim Ferriss announced on his blog that he has started an audiobook publishing venture, Tim Ferriss Publishing, under the promotional banner of the Tim Ferriss Book Club. Targeting men ages 20 to 40, and inspired in part by Oprah Winfrey, Ferriss writes, “For the last several months, I’ve been quietly buying audiobook and e-book rights to books that have changed my life, and producing audiobooks in professional studios.” Additionally, he says that ever since college he has “fantasized about somehow driving fantastic but under-appreciated books into the limelight.” The first release is a new audiobook of Rolf Potts’ VAGABONDING: An […]
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Flatiron Books has hired Liz Keenan as associate publisher, starting January 6. She is currently executive director of publicity for Hudson Street Press and Plume. She will be responsible for planning and executing all marketing and publicity for new nonfiction line, which plans to begin publishing in January 2015. On the Sunday, the NYT’s public editor revealed that in 2005 the newspaper was compelled to publish the “blockbuster story by James Risen and Eric Lichtblau about a secret Bush administration program to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants” after a 13-month delay in large part because of the pressure of a forthcoming book by […]
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At Harper UK, Susanna Frayn has been promoted to communications director. Sam Missingham will join the department in new role of head of events, and James Lewis has been promoted to communications content officer. At Bloomsbury USA, Laura Gianino has been promoted to publicist in the adult trade group, and Bridget Hartzler has been promoted to publicist in the children’s trade group. Linette Kim has been promoted to marketing manager, school and library in the children’s trade group. Jason Boog is leaving Mediabistro and Galleycat after five years to join True Pictures film company, leading the story investigation department. There […]
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Associate publisher of Thomas Dunne Books Pete Wolverton has taken on the the additional title of editor-in-chief. St. Martin’s publisher at large Dan Weiss is resigning on October 30 after 4 years with the company. He can be reached at dweissco@gmail.com. Weiss will focus on consulting, strategic investment and philanthropy. Also at St. Martin’s, marketing manager Eileen Rothschild has been promoted to associate editor. She will also be the content coordinator for SMP’s e-originals. David Adams has joined Open Road Media as an associate acquisitions editor. Previously he was a literary scout with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and before then an […]
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Bloomsbury will launch a new popular science imprint, Sigma, in October 2014 that will publish up to 15 titles per year globally and will be overseen by Jim Martin, previously an editor on the adult trade division’s natural science list. The first Sigma list include Sex on Earth by Jules Howard, The World’s Smallest Mammoth by Victoria Herridge, and additional titles by Amy Teitel, David Hone and Kat Arney. Martin said in a statement: “It’s very exciting to be able to bring new and dynamic authors to a broad audience with Sigma. The books will combine the very best writing […]