American Booksellers Association president Jamie Fiocco announced Friday that Allison K. Hill will take over as ceo of the organization on March 1. She has been president and CEO of Vroman’s Bookstore, in Pasadena, CA. She will succeed Oren Teicher, who is retiring after 10 years of the leading the ABA. The association’s senior program officer Joy Dallanegra-Sanger will be promoted to COO, as of November 1, when Teicher will officially relinquish his duties as ceo. Hill says in the announcement, “I can’t think of a better opportunity to exercise my passion for books, bookstores, and changing the world through […]
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Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman has joined Independent Publishers Group as publicity manager. She was previously at InterVarsity Press. Janet Potter has been promoted to events and marketing manager at Independent Publishers Group. At Macmillan Children’s, Melissa Zar has been promoted to associate director, marketing; Johanna Kirby to senior marketing manager; and Jordin Streeter to marketing coordinator. Tim Golden has joined Sourcebooks as national sales account manager. He was previously regional account manager at Baker & Taylor. Shauneice Robinson has joined as marketing associate. Awards Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards announced finalists: Fiction Eye, by Marianne Micros Five Wives, by Joan Thomas Late […]
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Lara Jones has been promoted to associate editor at Emily Bestler Books. Megan Rudloff has been promoted to associate publicist at Atria. Conor Mintzer joins Holt as associate editor. He was most recently at Flatiron Books. Sylvie Carr has founded The Carr Agency. She was previously an agent at Fletcher & Company. Idea Architects has launched a new division called Idea Architects: True focused on “inspirational and compelling memoirs and true stories that have the power to change hearts and minds.” Author Lara Love Hardin will develop and represent the books for the new unit. Author Janet Evanovich is switching agents […]
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Rakia Clark has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as senior editor. She was most recently senior editor at Beacon Press. Mabel Hsu has been promoted to editor at Katherine Tegen Books. Stephanie Cooper has joined Dutton and Plume as marketing director. She was previously marketing director at Harper Collins. Maria Whelan has joined Princeton University Press as promotions manager overseeing publicity for history, philosophy, and sociology books. She was previously a senior Publicist at Dutton. Peter Robinson is leaving Rogers, Coleridge, and White to “begin a fresh chapter in his life” after over 30 years as an agent. He has been […]
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Jessalyn Foggy has joined Convergent Books as senior marketing manager, reporting to Andrea DeWerd. She was most recently at Harper Christian. Jennifer Singletary will join Penn State University Press as acquiring editor for the Eisenbrauns imprint. Melinda Ackell has joined Random House Children’s copyediting team as associate director. She was previously copy chief at Macmillan Children’s. If you enjoyed the adventures of Lilly and Petra at the Penguin Random House warehouse, check out the additional “behind the scenes” video of these two Animal Ambassadors on set. At Clarivate (which has to be one of the funnier corporate fake words) — fka […]
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Dylan Julian has joined Workman as associate production editor. Previously, he was managing editorial assistant at Penguin Random House. Samantha Wekstein will join Thompson Literary Agency as agent for children’s books, young adult, and adult commercial fiction on October 7. She is currently an agent at Writers House. At Orion, Vicky Eribo will join Seven Dials as publishing director and Jamie Coleman will join Trapeze as publishing director, starting October 14. Eribo is currently editorial director for Harper Non-Fiction, while Coleman, is editorial director at PRH UK. Tabitha Pelly will join Transworld in the new role of senior publicity manger at […]