Macmillan announced a restructuring of its central digital marketing team. Cristina Gilbert has been promoted to senior vice president, publishing and marketing strategy, reporting to Jon Yaged. Newly reporting to Gilbert will be Cara Chirichella, vp, digital marketing & technology and Jacob Fanning, senior director, email marketing and CRM. The evp, marketing & consumer strategy…
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February Picks
Jenna Bush Hager chose two titles for the Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club: Send For Me by Lauren Fox and The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. The PBS NewsHour NYT Now Read This pick for February is Charles Yu‘s Interior Chinatown. The Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Margarita Montimore‘s Oona Out of Order. Amazon‘s February…
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At Harper Children’s, Audrey Diestelkamp has been promoted to director, marketing; Robert Imfeld to associate director; Sabrina Abballe to senior manager; and Michael D’Angelo to assistant manager. At Phaidon, vice president, group publisher, Deb Aaronson will now manage the entire editorial group, overseeing commissioning in all of Phaidon’s publishing categories, including art, architecture, cookery, design, general…
Awards: ALA Youth Media Winners; NBCC Finalists
The American Library Association presented their annual book awards at their virtual mid-winter meeting. On Monday morning, at the Youth Media Awards, the Newbery medal went to When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and the Caldecott Medal to We Are Water Protectors illustrated by Michaela Goade and written by Carole Lindstrom. Everything Sad Is…
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Bertelsmann’s supervisory board renewed chairman and ceo Thomas Rabe‘s contract for another five years, with his third term beginning January 1, 2022. Rabe has held the position since 2012. Chairman of the board Christoph Mohn says, “I am delighted about the renewal of Thomas Rabe’s contract. In a time of increasingly rapid change, this is…
Hannah’s The Four Winds Tops February Library Reads
Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds is the top pick for February’s Library Reads. The rest of the list: The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, by Elle Cosimano Honey Girl, by Morgan Rogers The Kindest Lie, by Nancy Johnson The Kitchen Front, by Jennifer Ryan Much Ado About You, by Samatha…