Jürgen Welte joins Harper Germany as managing director. Ralf Markmeier, who has led the team in Germany since January 2018, is leaving to pursue a new opportunity. Welte was at Rowohlt. At Macmillan Children’s, Molly Ellis has been promoted to executive director of publicity, and Mariel Dawson moves up to executive director of advertising and promotion. At Princeton University Press, Julia Haav becomes global promotions director and James Schneider is now promotions manager. In the UK, Sophie Schrey joins Laurence King in the new role of head of children’s. She was previously with Michael O’Mara Books. Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is leaving his […]
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Amara Hoshijo has been promoted to editor and rights manager at Soho Press. Ashley Yepsen has been promoted to publicist at The Experiment. Profiled: Editing By Ear Judith Gurewich, publisher of Other Press, was profiled in the NYT, with emphasis on her “uniquely aural editing process.” She has authors come to her home in Cambridge, MA and read aloud their manuscripts. “It’s not because I’m smart” that she find this process works, Gurewich says. “It’s because I’m incredibly primitive.” As she listens, “I forget who I am. I’m gone in the text.” Author Isaac Bailey said of the sessions, “At […]
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At WaterBrook, Multnomah and Convergent, Keren Baltzer has joined Convergent Books as editorial director, reporting to Tina Constable. She was previously senior acquisitions editor at FaithWords. Becky Nesbitt joins as executive editor, acquiring books for WaterBrook, reporting to Laura Barker. She was previously vp, editor-in-chief of Howard Books. Paul Pastor has joined as editor for WaterBrook and Multnomah, reporting to Laura Barker. Pastor previously worked as a freelance collaborator, writer, editor, and consultant. Porscha Burke moves over from Random House, becoming senior editor, publishing manager, Christian projects, reporting to Campbell Wharton. Louise Quayle has joined Audible as a director of […]
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Digital director and publisher at Bloomsbury Publishing Stephanie Duncan leaves the company this week: “I’ve loved working at Bloomsbury, it’s been challenging, fun and great to work with such brilliant colleagues, authors and books. After over twenty years here, it’s time for me to do something new, somewhere new.” She oversaw the first official Harry Potter website, Bloomsbury’s global ebook operations and the digital-first imprint Bloomsbury Reader. She can be reached at stephanie@duncan.uk.com Arcadia Publishing has hired Shane Hennigan as sales specialist; and Ashley Hill and Hayley Behal as production editors for History Press. Katelyn Jenkins returns to Arcadia as acquisitions […]
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that evp and chief learning officer Rosamund Else-Mitchell will leave effective June 28. She will receive a year’s salary, among other benefits. An agreement between the parties “also provides for a release of certain claims by Ms. Else-Mitchell against the company, mutual non-disparagement obligations, certain confidentiality requirements, and non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions for a period of 12 months.” Shannon Donnelly has joined Diversion Books as marketing manager. Kandi Rich has joined Sourcebooks as graphic designer. Molly Koecher will join Longleaf Services as operations manager. She was previously vice president and general manager of Sunrise River Press, […]
Waiting for Readerlink, Investor Agitates and Barnes & Noble Shares Ebb
In the absence of real news about bidding for Barnes & Noble, agitator and modest BN investor Richard Schottenfeld filed paperwork with the SEC in which he asks for a better price than the $6.50 a share deal with Elliott Advisors. The stake controlled by Schottenfeld and related investors is down to under 2.5 million shares, or about 3.4 percent of the company. The statement expresses “the view that the Company is worth considerably more than the agreed-upon sale price,” and they “believe that the special committee, including its Chairman, Mark Carlton, has failed in its duty to maximize value […]