At Basic, Betsy DeJesu has been promoted to publicity director. At the Crown Publishing Group, Rebecca Welbourn has been promoted to publicist for Crown, Hogarth, Tim Duggan Books, and Broadway Books, while Hannah Frail moves up to associate publicist for those imprints. In addition, Owen Haney has been promoted to associate publicist/marketer, Crown Business and Crown Forum. JL Stermer has joined New Leaf Literary & Media as an agent, representing adult non-fiction, memoir, comedy/satire, fashion, health & wellness, self-help, and pop-culture, as well as some YA, commercial, and upmarket fiction. Previously she was at UTA. Nina Post has joined Curiosity […]
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Sloane Crosley will join Vanity Fair as a contributing editor, writing the monthly Hot Type column, as Elissa Schappell leaves the magazine after 20 years of writing that column to work on a book project. Crosley’s first column will appear in the October issue. Graydon Carter says in the announcement of Crosley: “Her years in the literary world and her experience as an essayist and a novelist have given her a bird’s eye view of the industry that will no doubt prove invaluable in corralling the best books out there for our readers.” Katie Zanecchia has joined the Ross Yoon Agency, based in New […]
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Brooke Carey has left the Penguin Group and launched a freelance writing, editing, and book doctoring business, specializing in practical and idea-driven non-fiction. Publishing Trends reports that Maris Kreizman is leaving her position as publishing outreach lead at Kickstarter. At Penguin Publishing Group, Allison Dobson has been promoted to the newly created role of svp, director, strategy and finance. At Clarkson Potter, Emma Brodie has been promoted to associate editor. Sonali Fry has been promoted to publisher of little bee books. Former Samhain Publishing editorial director Latoya Smith, has joined the L. Perkins Agency, representing women’s fiction, romance, erotica, erotic fiction, thriller/suspense and advice/how-to […]
Winters Tops July Indie Next List
Ben Winters’ novel Underground Airlines is the No. 1 pick on the ABA’s July Indie Next List. The rest of the list comprises: Barkskins, by Annie Proulx All Is Not Forgotten, by Wendy Walker Miss Jane, by Brad Watson How to Set a Fire and Why, by Jesse Ball Pond, by Claire-Louise Bennett If I Forget You, by Thomas Christopher Greene A Certain Age, by Beatriz Williams Look: Poems, by Solmaz Sharif Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, by Paul Tremblay So Much for That Winter, by Dorthe Nors My Last Continent, by Midge Raymond Soft in the Head, by Marie-Sabine Roger Vinegar Girl, […]
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Rachel Fershleiser will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the newly created role of executive director, audience development and engagement on June 20, reporting to Adriana Rizzo. Most recently she was director, publishing outreach at Tumblr. Jonathan Nowell has joined Trillium Partners firm as a senior adviser, working “to originate and execute M&A and fund raising mandates in the publishing sector.” Nowell was ceo and president at Nielsen Book. He says in the announcement, “Having observed and participated actively in the evolution of the publishing industry for over three decades, I can see significant further scope for M&A activity and the potential […]
June Bookseller Picks
Amazon makes Noah Hawley’s anticipated Before the Fall as their June spotlight pick (it was previewed in our Spring/Summer Buzz Books ebook), and Emma Cline’s well-praised The Girls is their featured debut. Filling out their list are: Barkskins, Annie Proulx Grunt, Mary Roach I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reid Security, Gina Wohlsdorf End of Watch, Stephen King Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Ramona Ausubel Never a Dull Moment, David Hepworth Sex Object, Jessica Valenti This Is Your Brain on Parasites, Kathleen McAuliffe Barnes & Noble‘s “best fiction of June” list concurs on Cline’s debut and Proulx’s masterful epic, plus they also recommend: Here’s to Us, by […]