Nicole Bond will join Atria Books on May 28 as vp, director of subsidiary rights, reporting to Libby McGuire. She was director, subsidiary rights working on the Grand Central, Hachette Nashville, and Hachette Books divisions. At Doubleday, Lauren Weber has been named associate director of marketing and Michael Goldsmith has been named associate director of publicity. Joy Fowlkes has joined Timbuktu Labs, publisher and packager of the Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, as managing editor. She was formerly head of content at MentorBox. Craig Teicher will join The Paris Review as digital director on May 28. He has been director of […]
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Lauren Jackson has joined Saga Press as publicity and marketing manager. Dinah Dunn has partnered with Red Herring Design to form Indelible Editions, a book packager of illustrated nonfiction. She was most recently with Black Dog & Leventhal. John Hardy, senior director of distributor sales and retail marketing for Simon & Schuster, is retiring after 22 years with the company. Hardy joined the Pocket Books sales group in 1997 as national sales manager. SVP sales Gary Urda said, “What I will miss most about John is his boundless enthusiasm for our books, authors and company; his positive can do attitude […]
Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous Tops June Indie Next List
The ABA named On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong as its No. 1 pick for June Indie Next list. You can sample it now in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer, along with titles from Mona Awad, Sara Collins, and Richard Roper, which are also on the June list. The rest of the picks: Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston The Confessions of Frannie Langton, by Sara Collins Underland, by Robert Macfarlane Recursion, by Blake Crouch Magic for Liars, by Sarah Gailey Bunny, by Mona Awad Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered, by Karen […]
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Independent Publishers Group announced a number of promotions: Alex Granato was promoted to editorial & subrights associate; Kristen Noon to senior A/R associate; Sam Ofman to senior publicist; Emily Parenti to content marketing coordinator; Stefani Szenda to marketing associate; Anna Torres to publisher development coordinator; Ethan Walles to A/P manager; Josh Williams to senior AQ editor; Clarissa Young to AQ Coordinator; and Jen Young to special sales rep. At their distribution center, Oskar Nogueda was promoted to print center supervisor and Mario Montenegro to replenishment coordinator. Gary Thompson has been promoted to director at Dead Reckoning. London’s Sunday Times had reported that poet […]
Awards: Indies Choice to Miller, Westover, and More
The American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards. The Indies Choice Winners: Fiction Circe, by Madeline Miller (Lee Boudreaux Books) Nonfiction Educated, by Tara Westover (Random House) Debut There There, by Tommy Orange (Knopf) Audiobook Circe, by Madeline Miller, read by Perdita Weeks (Hachette Audio) Young Adult The Poet X, by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen) And the winners of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards: Middle Reader Ghost Boys, by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) Picture Book We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, by Ryan T. Higgins (Disney-Hyperion) In the UK, Will […]
More May Picks: Apple Books, Reese’s Book Club, and More
Apple Books announced its May picks, which include Sara Collins’ The Confessions of Frannie Langton, excerpted and available for download now in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the list: Exhalation, by Ted Chiang Furious Hours, by Casey Cep The Paris Diversion, by Chris Pavone Middlegame, Seanan McGuire With the Fire on High, Elizabeth Acevedo The Pioneers, by David McCullough Once More We Saw Stars, by Jayson Greene Eat Like a Fish, by Bren Smith Cari Mora, by Thomas Harris Riots I Have Known, by Ryan Chapman Queen Bee, by Dorothea Benton Frank Elsewhere, Reese Witherspoon chose […]