Brant Rumble will join Blue Rider Press as senior editor on February 2. Previously he was senior editor at Scribner. Ingram Content Group chief operating officer Shawn Morin has been given the additional title and responsibilities of president. CEO John Ingram syas in the announcement: “Shawn Morin has provided great leadership for our team at Ingram, especially over the past two years. As much as we’re a distribution business, we’re also a technology business. Shawn is a businessman who is very knowledgeable and fluent in technology, which enables everything we do.” Lucas Hunt has joined Orchard Literary, a literary agency spinoff of PR […]
Awards
2015 Lists: Amazon’s January Picks
Amazon’s editors have posted their top books of January: See How Small, Scott Blackwood West of Sunset, Stewart O’Nan Sweetland, Michael Crummey Leaving Before the Rains Come, Alexandra Fuller Black River, S.M. Hulse The Train to Crystal City, Jan Jarboe Russell The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins The First Bad Man, Miranda July It Was Me All Along, Andie Mitchell Golden Son, Pierce Brown The Secret Wisdom of the Earth, Christopher Scotton
People, Etc.
Nan Vermylen Thornton will join Zachary Shuster Harmsworth as an agent. Previously, she was in-house counsel practicing copyright law at Pearson Education. The January Pennie’s Pick at Costco is BOSTON GIRL by Anita Diamant. More Best of 2014 lists keep coming in as the year draws to a close. Vanity Fair offers “11 Best Books of 2014 You Can Spend 2015 Reading” while the SF Chronicle‘s Top 10 list leads off with current “Best of the Best” fiction frontrunner ALL THE LIGHT YOU CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr. On that theme, the NYT recently featured Anthony Doerr’s long journey to […]
People: Peter Wiley to Retire from Board Chair
John Wiley chairman Peter Booth Wiley announced that he intends to retire from that position as of September 2015, when his term expires, though he will maintain his board seat. Current director and former group president at Pitney Bowes Matthew Kissner has been nominated to take over as chair. Peter Wiley has held the position since 2002, when he took over from his brother Bradford Wiley II. While this breaks the Wiley family’s tenure at the top, he indicates that is temporary: “Although I am stepping down as Chairman after twelve years, the Wiley family remains committed to its leadership […]
Bradley Tops January Library Reads List, and More 2014 Best Ofs
Alan Bradley’s AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST, the latest in his Flavia de Luce mystery series, is the No. 1 pick for the January Library Reads list. The rest of the list recommends: The Rosie Effect, by Graeme Simsion The Magician’s Lie, by Greer Macallister The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins Golden Son: Book II of the Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown The Dress Shop of Dreams by Menna van Praag The Bishop’s Wife, by Mette Ivie Harrison Vanessa and Her Sister, by Priya Parmar First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen Full Throttle by Julie Ann […]
People, Etc.
At Simon & Schuster, Brit Hvide has been promoted to associate editor. Sarah Bloxham has left Bonnier Publishing UK, where she was publisher of Weldon Owen, and is “available for work on a permanent, contract or consultancy basis.” She can be reached at bloxham.sarah@googlemail.com. Barbara Casey has joined Strategic Media Books as partner, and will be involved in acquisitions and company operations, and oversee book production. She also continues as president of the Barbara Casey Agency. Jesse Aylen has been promoted to assistant editor, Crown Archetype and Three Rivers Press. Cindy Whittemore has rejoined Alive Literary Agency as contracts director, working out of her home […]