John Donovan will join Norton’s UK subsidiary, W.W. Norton & Company as managing director, starting July 1. Donovan was most recently regional director, UK and Europe, for McGraw Hill Education. Current managing director Edward Crutchley will retire in July, though he will continue to serve on the governing board of W.W. Norton. Heidi Luedemann has…
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Evan Brown has been promoted to associate agent at Transatlantic Agency. Lee & Low Books co-founder and ceo Tom Low, 78, died peacefully at home, of cancer. (His sons Craig Low and Jason Low are president and publisher respectively, and co-owners.) “It was a joy and privilege to be his partner in starting Lee &…
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Alexis Nixon has been promoted to associate director of publicity at Berkley. KF Literary Scouting has been appointed adult scout for Hoffman und Campe in Germany, and will also continue scouting children’s and YA titles for Harper Germany. Relief The extended #SaveIndieBookstores campaign raised a total of $1.24 million. Events Book Expo said it will hold an extensive line-up…
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Gregory Henry has joined Apollo Publishers as publicist. Previously he ran Gregory Henry Literary. At a virtual meeting, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) approved three new board members, who will start their terms on July 1: Joshua Boisvert, ReaderLink; Allen Johnson, Baker & Taylor; and Joshua Tallent, Firebrand Technologies. At Canongate, Hannah Knowles has…
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People Alessandra Bastagli has left her position as executive editor at Dey Street Books for a new opportunity to be announced shortly. Distribution Welbeck Publishing Group will be sold and distributed in the US by Two Rivers Distribution, starting July 2020. Forthcoming Dey Street Books will reportedly publish a biography of Prince Harry and Meghan…
Briefs: Vigliano Buys Back Agency, Sales News, Relief Efforts and More
David Vigliano has reacquired the publishing assets from Ron Burkle’s Y Entertainment Group, after selling them his literary agency in 2014. Having operated as AGI Vigliano since then, the agency returns to its original name of Vigliano Associates. Vigliano said in the announcement, “I’m excited to take what I’ve learned and put it to use…