Mauro DiPreta will join the William Morrow group on March 4 as svp, executive editor, reporting to Liate Stehlik. He previously worked at HarperCollins for 16 years until 2011, and mostly recently was founder, vp and publisher of Hachette Books. Katya Shannon is stepping down this spring as vice president, special markets, Penguin Random House….
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Amazon Cancels Plans for New York Headquarters
Amazon announced Thursday that it has cancelled plans for its new NYC headquarters, after facing opposition from the local community. “After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens,” said the company in a statement. Long Island City was…
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At McClelland & Stewart, Joe Lee has been promoted to assistant editor. Haley Cullingham, currently senior editor at Strange Light and Hazlitt, expands her role to acquire for M&S as editor-at-large. Jordan Ginsberg, currently editorial director at Strange Light and editor-in-chief of Hazlitt, also expands his role to acquire for M&S as editor-at-large. Nine months…
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Anna Belle Hindenlang has joined Celadon Books as publicist. She was previously publicity assistant at Random House. At Random House Children’s, Monique Razzouk has been promoted to junior designer and Katrina Damkoehler to assistant art director. Kerstin Wolf has joined D4EO Literary Agency as literary agent. She was an agent in training at the Booker…
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Carly Watters has been promoted to senior vice president and senior literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency. Fiammetta Giorgi has been appointed as head of rights for Mondadori in Italy. Claudia Scheu, who previously held the position, will act as a consultant for the publisher. Alexander Roesler has been promoted to editorial director at S. Fischer…
Indie Booksellers Need to Keep Innovating, and Scrambling
Yale undergrad Max Graham — son of Politics & Prose owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine — files a thoughtful, well-researched and clear-eyed piece about the continuing challenges for independent bookstores in Yale’s The Politic. The article builds on some of what was reported out of Winter Institute, as booksellers face the pressures of rising rents and…