At Ingram Content Group, chief information officer Pep Carrera will change roles and become chief operating officer at their VitalSource Technologies unit, relocating to Raleigh, NC. In turn, VitalSource coo Kent Freeman will take on the newly-created role of chief strategy and development officer, “supporting Ingram’s continued transformation and leading the delivery, management and incubation of Ingram’s future successful strategic partnerships and products.” At Penguin Young Readers’ sales department, Cristi Navarro has been promoted to director of national accounts. Kevin Cotter has joined Anonymous Content as director of literary affairs. Previously he worked in a similar role at Floren Shieh Productions. […]
Awards
Joshilyn Jackson’s The Opposite of Everyone Tops March Indie Next List; iBooks’ February Picks
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson is booksellers’ number one pick on the ABA’s March Indie Next list. The rest of the list features: The Passenger, by Lisa Lutz What Is Not Yours is Not Yours, by Helen Oyeyemi The Widow, by Fiona Barton Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens, by Steve Olson All the Winters After, by Seré Prince Halverson Margaret the First, by Danielle Dutton Two If by Sea, by Jacquelyn Mitchard Blackass, by A. Igoni Barrett Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli A Doubter’s Almanac, by Ethan Canin Under the Influence, by […]
People, Etc.
BEA announced the featured speakers for the Thursday Adult Book & Author Breakfast on May 12: Sebastian Junger (Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging), Colson Whitehead (The Underground Railroad), and Louise Penny (A Great Reckoning) will speak about their forthcoming books, with comedian and journalist Faith Salie of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning as master of ceremonies. The NYT Magazine profiles Spiegel & Grau editor Chris Jackson and how he “is building a black literary movement.” They write: “Over the last decade and a half, Jackson has ushered into being the works of category-defying novelists like Victor LaValle and […]
People, Etc.: WI to Minneapolis, and More
The ABA’s Winter Institute will double down on the winter part next year, moving to Minneapolis for the 12th annual gathering, convening Friday, January 27 through Monday, January 30, 2017. The overall Costa Book of the Year award was given to The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, only the second children’s book to win the overall prize (Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass was the first). Amulet is due to publish the US edition in May. The Target Club Pick for February is The Autumn Balloon by Kenny Porpora (which publishes February 3). People At Hachette Book Group, Anthony Goff has been promoted to svp, content development and […]
People, Etc.
At Crown, Julian Pavia has been promoted to executive editor. Porter Anderson is taking over as editor of Publishing Perspectives from Ed Nawotka, who has run the publication since it was founded in 2009. Anderson was associate editor at FutureBooks, where he is replaced by Molly Flatt. In Germany, Piper publisher Michael Hartges will leave his position at the end of the month after 7 years there, following a disagreement with management over editorial direction. At Winter Institute in Denver today, retiring Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis was honored with a proclamation from Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, who appeared before the booksellers […]
People, Etc.
Chris Lupo has joined Chernin Entertainment as the company’s book scout, based in New York, reporting to the head of film and television. Previously he was a senior literary scout at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. At Random House Children’s, Jennifer Moreno has been promoted to production manager; Natalia Dextre moves up to associate production manager; Thomas Marshall has joined as production manager, moving over from the Penguin Random House Audio Group; and production associate Alice Rahaeauser will now work with the Licensed team, newly reporting to Patty Collins. Lithub.com announced a new group of contributors to the site, including: Manager […]