Ken Brooks, who recently left his position at Cengage as svp, global production and manufacturing services to focus on his consulting company, has now joined McGraw Hill Education as their svp, global supply chain management. UK agent Sarah Molloy will retire from A.M. Heath at the end of July. Julia Churchill, who joined the agency in April, will take over primary representation of the agency’s children’s list, including estates. Also in the UK, Hodder & Stoughton has created specialist sales, publicity and marketing teams for its divisions. At John Murray Press, Ben Gutcher is now sales director across the division’s imprints; […]
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Former vp, director of publicity at Simon & Schuster’s adult trade imprint Tracey Guest has joined Penguin as advising director of corporate communications. In her new role she will work closely with Stuart Applebaum, head of Global Communications for Penguin Random House, and Claire Von Schilling on integration and related matters. Christine Ball, who previously held the advising director position on an interim basis, will be returning to her full-time position as vp, associate publisher of Dutton. Erica Glass remains senior manager, corporate communications at Penguin. Emma Parry has joined Janklow & Nesbit as a literary agent, five years after […]
July Bookseller Picks
Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s “best books of July” lists both feature Ivy Pochoda’s Visitation Street, the second selection for the Dennis Lehane Books imprint. The other picks from each retailer include: Amazon The English Girl, Daniel Silva The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, Andrew Sean Greer I Wear the Black Hat, Chuck Klosterman The Universe Versus Alex Woods, Gavin Extence Five Star Billionaire, Tash Aw Coming Clean, Kimberly Rae Miller Lost Girls, Robert Kolker Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld My Education, Susan Choi Fiend, Peter Stenson Barnes & Noble Topsy, Michael Daly The Night Gwen Stacy Died, Sarah Bruni Fin & […]
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Julie Trelstad has joined Writers House as director, digital rights. Previously she was an independent consultant and founder of Plain White Press. At Harlequin, Emer Flounders has been named publicity manager, fiction. Previously he was a senior publicist at Simon & Schuster’s adult trade imprint. In addition, Lauren Jackson recently joined as associate publicist. Previously she was a publicity assistant at Tarcher. At eBound Canada, Krystyna Ross has been appointed Interim chief executive officer, replacing Robert Hayashi who left the organization earlier in the year. Most recently an independent publishing consultant, Ross has held executive positions with McClelland & Stewart […]
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The ALA’s Carnegie Medals went to Richard Ford‘s CANADA for fiction and Timothy Egan‘s SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER for nonfiction. Nicole Russo has been hired as director, children’s marketing and publicity for Abrams Children’s, Amulet, and Appleseed. Previously she was deputy director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s. In addition, Paul Colarusso has been named marketing manager for the adult trade division. Previously he was a marketing manager at the Aperture Foundation. The new Atria imprint that Dawn Davis will run will be named 37 Ink (for the 37th parallel north).
Hothouse Tops New Indie Next Picks
Boris Kachka’s book about FSG is the No. 1 pick on the August Indie Next List — and Alexander Maksik’s novel is the sixteenth of the 28 books featured in our Spring/Summer Buzz Books sampler to be named to a bookseller’s “best of the month” list. (The new edition is packed with substantial excerpts of 40 big fall and winter books that you can enjoy right now.) Hothouse: The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America’s Most Celebrated Publishing House, by Boris Kachka Brewster, by Mark Slouka Snow Hunters, by Paul Yoon Babayaga, by Toby Barlow Paris Was […]