Mark Krotov will join n+1 as publisher, the magazine announced on Twitter. Previously he was senior editor at Melville House. Laura Dawson, recently of Bowker/Proquest, has founded Numerical Gurus, a consultancy to the book, library and information industries. Numerical Gurus has also been approved to serve as an ISNI (International Standard Name Identifier) registration agency. Jaime Green has joined Google Play Books as managing editor. Previously she was a consultant in Columbia University’s Writing Center, and also produced The Catapult’s podcast. Awards The Wellcome Book prize was given to Suzanne O’Sullivan’s It’s All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness. […]
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Carla D. Hayden, President Obama’s nominee to lead the Library of Congress, appeared for about an hour of testimony before the Senate Rules Committee, on Wednesday. The NYT reports that “all signs pointed to a nomination process proceeding as, well, normal.” The Washington Post concurred that Hayden “met no resistance from the panel of senators, who focused their attention on the library’s information technology systems.” The Times added that, “The hearing’’ most pointed questioning centered on the patent and trademark office, which has had its own technological failings in recent months, prompting some to suggest that it should be made into its […]
Nguyen, Stiles, Finnegan Among Pulitzer Winners
The Pulitzer Prizes offered a mix of surprises and expected results in their book category winners. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s much-heralded debut novel The Sympathizer won for fiction, and in a note on his website the author said: “Of course it’s wonderful for me to get this prize. But within minutes of getting it, I knew that I owed tremendous thanks to everyone who has gone before me in the great, ongoing struggle for social justice, for peace, for genuine equality, for representation for all at every level of every society.” TJ Stiles won in history for the second time (after winning […]
Awards: Groff and Coates Top Indies Choice, and More
The ABA announced the winners of the Indies Choice Awards (to be presented at BEA). The “Indie Champion” for the year is author Richard Russo: Fiction: Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff (Riverhead) Nonfiction: Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau) Debut: Kitchens of the Great Midwest, by J. Ryan Stradal (Pamela Dorman Books) Young Adult: Anna and the Swallow Man, by Gavriel Savit (Knopf Children’s) Nimona, by Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen) Middle Reader: The Thing About Jellyfish, by Ali Benjamin (Little, Brown Children’s) Picture Book: Mother Bruce, by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion) On Wednesday, the Booker International Prize announced its six-title […]
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Dominique Cimina has been promoted to vp, executive director, publicity and corporate communications at Random House Children’s Books. Bess Braswell has joined Harper Children’s as senior director, marketing. She was most recently director of marketing for Teen, Middle Grade, Graphix, and Audio at Scholastic. At Touchstone, Meredith Vilarello has been promoted to associate marketing director. At Simon & Schuster, Christina Pecorale has been promoted to vp, director children’s sales. Cayla Rasi will join Random House Children’s as senior marketing manager, digital. Cayla previously worked at Deep Focus agency. The ABA confirmed the election of the four nominated board members; Kris Kleindienst of Left Bank […]
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Alaina Mauro has joined Little, Brown as publishing director, James Patterson. Previously she was a digital sales account manager at Penguin Children’s. Daniella Valladares will join Little, Brown Children’s as assistant editor, brand, licensed, and media tie-in publishing. She was most recently an assistant editor at HarperCollins. Sarah Williams has joined Penguin Random House as vp, director, strategy & development, special markets. Previously she was executive editor, business development at Chronicle Books. Diana Ventimiglia has joined North Star Way as editor. Most recently she was an editor at Sterling Publishing, where she focused on the culinary, mind/body/spirit, lifestyle, health, and pop […]