Colleen Boyle has been promoted to publicity manager at Penguin Press. Morgan Rath has been promoted to publicist at Macmillan Children’s. Steven Tran has been promoted to sales manager at Soho Press. Books Inc. director of operations Andy Perham will take over as president and ceo when Michael Tucker retires later this year, and operations manager George Seamer will move up to director of operations. Publicist and book marketer Claire McKinney has founded Plum Bay Publishing, providing assisted self-publishing and some traditional publishing. Hachette Book Group announced a number of promotions in its sales department. In wholesale, Julie Hernandez is promoted […]
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Stuart Roberts has been promoted to senior editor at Simon & Schuster. Lauren Clauss joins Random House Children’s as associate editor (she was assistant editor at Disney Press); and Rachel Chlebowski has been promoted to associate editor. Mariam Quraishi has joined Chronicle as a designer, children’s. Previously she was junior designer at Viking Children’s. At Shambhala Publications, Claire Kelley has been promoted to marketing and publicity director, Roost Books; Katelin Ross has been promoted to publicist; and Adria Batt has been promoted to marketing associate. WH Smith group chief executive Stephen Clarke “has decided to step down” on October 31 […]
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Lynn Grady left her position as publisher of Dey Street Books on Friday. Also at Harper Collins, Jace Molan has been promoted to senior director video, group executive producer, overseeing all video production across the general books and children’s groups, reporting to both Morrow Group president and publisher Liate Stehlik and children’s marketing & publicity vp Nellie Kurtzman. As a part of Picador’s restructuring, editor Elizabeth Bruce‘s position will be eliminated as of June 1. Awards Richard Ford won the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, to be presented on August 31. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said, “He […]
Holmes’ Evvie Drake Starts Over Tops June’s Library Reads
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes is the top pick for June’s Library Reads list. The other selections: Ayesha at Last, by Uzma Jalaluddin Call Your Daughter Home, by Deb Spera City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert Fix Her Up, by Tessa Bailey Kingdom of Exiles, by Maxym M. Martineau Magic for Liars, by Sarah Gailey Mrs. Everything, by Jennifer Weiner Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, by Roselle Lim Recursion, by Blake Crouch
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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 […]