Cary Goldstein is leaving Twelve after seven years, the last two as the imprint’s publisher, to “pursue other interests.” Grand Central president and publisher Jamie Raab said in the announcement that Goldstein has contributed an enormous amount to the imprint’s many successes.” He will remain at Twelve through May 1 as part of the transition that will see Grand Central vp, editor-in-chief Deb Futter will add to her existing duties responsibility for the Twelve imprint as publisher. Futter has been at Grand Central since 2007. “I can’t think of a sharper or more experienced editorial voice to shape this dynamic […]
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Maha Khalil has joined the Crown Publishing Group as marketing director for Clarkson Potter, Potter Style, Potter Craft, Watson-Guptill and Amphoto. Maha was previously sales director at Hyperion. Also at the Potter group of imprints, Allison Renzulli has been promoted to senior marketing manager; Carly Gorga moves up to associate marketing manager; and Kevin Sweeting has been promoted to associate. At the S&S imprint, Meg Cassidy has been promoted to publicity manager. Bloomsbury will consolidate its three New York-based units into a single new office space at the end of April, at 1385 Broadway. They are bringing together the Bloomsbury […]
May Indie Next Picks
Also as previously reported by us, Anthony Marra’s debut A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA is the No. 1 pick on the May Indie Next list. You can read a nice sample of Marra’s right now in our packed BUZZ BOOKS 2013: Spring/Summer free ebook, where you can also get started on four other May Indie Next picks (from Helene Wecker; Joe Hill; Therese Anne Fowler; and Benjamin Percy). The full May list: A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel, by Anthony Marra The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel, by Helene Wecker NOS4A2: A Novel, by Joe Hill Jewelweed: A […]
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Lisa Vanterpool has joined Inkwell Literary Management as public relations & social media strategist. Previously she was at Blake Friedmann, where she focused on strategic social media development and publicity. At the Simon & Schuster imprint, Emily Graff has been named associate editor. Ann Hulbert will join the Atlantic as books & culture editor in June, the Observer reports, as part of an attempt “to beef up their culture coverage and help expand and re-envision their online book coverage.” Hulbert was previously an editor at Slate and the New Republic and is currently a Spencer Fellow at Columbia Journalism School. George […]
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Author Iain Banks reported in a statement that he has inoperable late-stage metastatic gall bladder cancer and is “extremely unlikely” to live for more than another year. “So it looks like my latest novel, The Quarry, will be my last…. Meanwhile my heroic publishers are doing all they can to bring the publication date of my new novel forward by as much as four months, to give me a better chance of being around when it hits the shelves.” At Little, Brown Children’s, Pam Gruber has been promoted to associate editor. At McGill-Queen’s University Press, Susan McIntosh has been promoted to associate director. Berlin-based […]
April Bookseller Picks
Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life* is Amazon’s April spotlight pick, also featured on B&N’s books of the month and sharing April Indie Next No. 1 honors. As with Amazon’s “featured debut,” Helene Wecker’s The Golem and the Jinni, you can start reading excerpts of both right now in the current spring/summer edition of our ebook sampler BUZZ BOOKS 2013–where you will find two more Amazon April recommendations, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer and a long preview of Michael Pollan’s Cooked. (View the full list of “buzz books” here to catch previews of more books-of-the-month to be, such as Anthony Marra’s May […]