Harper Collins ANZ ceo James Kellow is stepping down after eight years in the role. Kellow joined the company in 2008 as sales director. Jim Demetriou will succeed him on March 3. He is currently group sales and marketing director at Allen & Unwin. Harper Collins UK ceo Charlie Redmayne said of Kellow: “James is…
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Zachary Wagman will join Flatiron Books as vp, editorial director on February 10. He is currently executive editor at Ecco. Dena Rayess has been promoted to assistant editor at Chronicle Books. Roseanne Wells has been promoted to agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. Kaitlyn Johnson joined Belcastro Agency. She was previously with Corvisiero…
Newbery to Craft, Caldecott to Nelson, and More
The American Library Association presented their annual book awards at their mid-winter meeting in Philadelphia. On Monday morning, at the Youth Media Awards, the Newbery medal went to New Kid by Jerry Craft (Harper Alley) — who also won the Coretta Scott King Author Award — and the Caldecott medal to The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir…
2019’s Book Club Picks, Part Two: How Did the Booksellers Pick?
As promised, this is the second part of the in-depth look we started yesterday, tracking the performance of well-known monthly book club and spotlight picks. This installment focuses on selections from booksellers and librarians, who generally highlight new release titles, as they should. In some cases that helps their sales track record, since they often…
2019’s Book Club Books: How Did the Pickers Pick?
The burst in attention and impact for book clubs and monthly spotlight picks among booksellers, celebrities, and media outlets prompted our popular monthly “How Did They Pick?” feature, which tracks print sales of selected titles. Over time, that sales data has shown that not all picks are created equal; some are aggressively marketed commercial hits,…
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Lance Fitzgerald will move over to Penguin Random House Audio, in the new position of vp, content and business development, reporting to Amanda D’Acierno. He has been vp & director, subsidiary rights at Crown. He will be responsible for growing the list to “include foreign-language publishing, original audio publishing, and to deepen our connection to…