Dan Gerstle will move to Liveright as senior editor on November 12. He has been an acquiring editor for Basic Books since 2013. Sarah Reidy will join Tom Doherty Associates as executive director of publicity on November 19. She has been associate director of publicity at Simon & Schuster. Laura Ferguson has joined Open Road as svp of business development, reporting to ceo Paul Slavin, overseeing their Open Road Ignition business providing marketing services for partner publishers. Previously Ferguson was managing new business development at Time, Inc. In promotions at Simon & Schuster Children’s: Julia McCarthy moved up to assistant editor for Atheneum; Amanda […]
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F+W Media has established a new standalone books group with Heidi Sachner joining as head of books (in September, according to her LinkedIn page). Most recently she had been vp, Two Rivers Distribution at the Ingram Content Group. Pam Wissman has been promoted to executive director, heading up the editorial and design teams, and Greg Nock has been promoted to production director. Moving As Penguin prepares to vacate their buildings downtown (with Penguin employees moving into the expanded PRH headquarters at 1745 Broadway), DK announced a new lease for their unit at 1450 Broadway, near Bryant Park, which they will […]
More November Picks and the Year’s Best Illustrated Children’s Titles
The Other Woman by Sandie Jones is the November pick for Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club. The New York Times and New York Public Library announced their annual selections for the best illustrated children’s books: DREAMERS, written and illustrated by Yuyi Morales FLORETTE, written and illustrated by Anna Walker AYOBAMI AND THE NAMES OF THE ANIMALS, written by Pilar Lopez Avila, illustrated by Mar Azabal THE FOREST, illustrated by Violeta Lopiz and Valerio Vidali A HOUSE THAT ONCE WAS, illustrated by Lane Smith OUR CAR, illustrated by Jan Bajtlik SHE MADE A MONSTER: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein, illustrated by Felicita […]
November Picks
Amazon‘s November spotlight pick is Elevation by Stephen King and their featured debut is My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. The rest of the list: Wolves of Eden, by KevinMcCarthy Nine Perfect Strangers, by Liane Moriarty Vita Nostra, by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko Those Who Knew, by Idra Novey Beastie Boys Book, by Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz Dark Sacred Night, by Michael Connelly The Formula, by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi Big Week, by James Holland Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction picks for the month also includes the Moriarty, as well as: Past Tense, by Lee Child Fire & Blood, by […]
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Claudia Gabel has been promoted to editorial director at Harper Children’s. Amy Stapp is joining Wolfson Literary Agency as of November 1. She was previously an editor with Macmillan/Tor. Jason Kirk has been promoted to executive editor at Amazon’s 47North and Skyscape imprints. Maria Mann has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as publicity associate. She was previously at Page Street publishing. At Chronicle Books, Julia Marvel has joined as designer, children’s. Previously she was associate designer at Abrams Books. Patrick Rafanan has joined as marketing photographer and visual content coordinator. Previously he was an ecommerce photographer at Randa Accessories. Wendy Thorpe […]
Best of 2018 Lists Begin with Publishers Weekly, Indigo
Publishers Weekly named its best books of 2018, in a number of categories. Their overall top ten leads with Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry, Tara Westover’s Educated, and Kiese Laymon’s Heavy. The rest of the list: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, by Alexander Chee Insurrecto, by Gina Apostol The Largess of the Sea Maiden, by Denis Johnson Melmoth, by Sarah Perry Reagan, by Bob Spitz The Shape of Ruins, by Juan Gabriel Vasquez She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, by Carl Zimmer Indigo also announced their Best of 2018 list earlier in the month, naming Westover’s Educated the best book of the […]