Molly Barton will move up to global digital director at Penguin as of December 1. She takes over from Dan Ruffino, who is returning home to Australia. At HarperCollins, Beth Silfin has been promoted to the newly created position of vp, deputy general counsel, responsible for overseeing the contracts department in working directly with literary agents on contracts and rights negotiations. As a result of the change in how the legal and contracts department is organized, vp, associate general counsel Tom Ward will leave the company after more than 15 years. In addition, Cindy DiTiberio has been promoted to senior […]
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Thomas LeBien will join Simon & Schuster as vp, senior editor, specializing in history and non-fiction. He was most recently at FSG, where he was publisher of the Hill & Wang and Scientific American imprints. LeBien starts at S&S on December 21 Rachel Vogel will join Mary Evans Inc. as foreign rights director and literary agent, effective November 28th, where she’ll continue to build her list of literary and upmarket fiction, narrative nonfiction and memoir. She has previously held positions at Movable Type, Lippincott Massie McQuilkin, and Maria Campbell Associates. Parhul Segal has joined NPR as digital associate editor for […]
People: Edugyan Wins Giller, and More
HALF BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan (Thomas Allen) has won the 2011 Giller Prize, less than a year after Edugyan’s original publisher Key Porter Books suffered from financial difficulties that led to its bankruptcy this fall. There are currently 23,000 copies of the book in print in Canada and Thomas Allen publisher Thomas Crean told Quill & Quire “Tomorrow morning we’re going to be pushing the button again…I don’t quite know what the number is going to be, but it’s going to be upwards of 20,000.” In the UK, Sam Humphreys will join Michael Joseph as publisher at the end […]
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Katie Henderson Adams has joined Liveright & Company as editor, where she will acquire literary fiction and non-fiction. Previously she was an editor at Other Press. Daniela Petracco has been named editorial director of Europa Editions UK, which will launch in January with eight titles. Working out of their newly established London office, she will manage publicity operations, marketing and sales, working to build Europa Editions’ market and relationship with booksellers in the UK and Ireland. Petracco spent the past ten years as an agent with Andrew Nurnberg Associates. Multiple sources indicate that Bookish quietly laid off as many as […]
Nancy Jensen’s The Sisters Tops December Indie Next List
Here are the ABA’s latest monthly picks: 1. The Sisters: A Novel, by Nancy Jensen The Angel Makers, by Jessica Gregson Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman, by Robert K. Massie Mourad: New Moroccan, by Mourad Lahlou Harbor, by John Ajvide Lindqvist The Drop, by Michael Connelly Family Legacy, by Jack O’Halloran Second Read: Writers Look Back at Classic Works of Reportage, by James Marcus (Ed.) Blue Nights, by Joan Didion BarnHeart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One’I Am Half-Sick of Shadows: A Flavia de Luce Novel, by Alan Bradleys Own, by Jenna Woginrich 420 Characters, by […]
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At Harvard Business Review Press, Sarah McConville has been promoted to publisher, responsible for leading all commercial aspects of the press including strategic partnerships, marketing and publicity, foreign rights, and global and domestic sales. She will also spearhead product development efforts. In addition, Tim Sullivan moves up to editorial director. At Random House, Frank Steinert has been promoted to evp, chief human resources officer. He is head of HR for the US division and for the company worldwide. Alyson Sinclair has been named publicity director at McSweeney’s, effective November 21st. She was most recently marketing and publicity manager at City […]