Rachel Vogel has joined Movable Type Literary Group as associate agent and international rights manager. She was at Lippincott Massie McQuilken. She’ll specialize in upmarket fiction and narrative non-fiction. Mary Glenn has been promoted to associate publisher for McGraw-Hill Professional’s business group. Moises Martinez has been promoted to director, Spanish language sales at Random House, leading domestic sales for Spanish titles from Vintage Espanol and Random House Mondadori. At Granta and Portobello in the UK, Kelly Pike joins the company as publicity manager in mid-July. She was a publicity manager at Saqi and Telegram Books. National Book Network has created […]
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Last week Wells Tower won the New York Public Library’s Young Lions fiction award for his debut story collection EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED.NYPL In the UK, EDItEUR has hired Graham Bell as chief data architect. He was most recently head of publishing systems at Harper UK. In the UK, Tindal Street will move their sales and distribution to Atlantic Books. The Bookseller reports that Scott Pack will take the new role of directorof digital product development at Harper UK, reporting to David Roth-Ey, while continuing to serve as publisher for what’s left of The Friday Project. And Chicken House founder […]
Farbey Joins Scholastic In New Global Nonfiction Post, and More People, Etc.
Scholastic has hired Miriam Farbey for the new position of global publisher, nonfiction in their trade publishing division. She will oversee all children’s trade nonfiction publishing, reporting to trade division president Ellie Berger. Farbey was most recently global publisher at DK. Based in Scholastic’s UK off, she started June 1. James Jayo is joining Globe Pequot Press as an editor for Lyons Press. He had been an associate manager of foreign rights at Crown and before that was an associate editor at Arcade. Anna Bliss is joining Globe Pequot Press as an editor-at-large for Lyons Press. She was previously at […]
Disney Takes Over Marvel Publishing; Cursor Signs with PGW
Disney Publishing announced today that they are taking over management of–and aiming to expand–subsidiary Marvel Entertainment’s children’s licensed book publishing business worldwide. “Working with key licensees around the world, including the U.S. market, DPW will create original new content for coloring and activity, novelty, gift and sound books as well as for high end storybooks and chapter books.” Richard Nash’s start-up line has officially confirmed their distribution deal with PGW, starting July 1–though their first print title, Lynne Tillman’s Some Day This Will be Funny, won’t publish until spring 2011.
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Tom Spain is now vp, editorial director at Simon & Schuster Audio. He will add oversight for their children’s audio program, oversee audio sub rights, and is working on creating “audio-based applications that take full advantage of all that evolving technologies and platforms have to offer.” At distributor NBN, director of rights and permissions for the Rowman & Littlefield group Clare Cox will now be available to work with clients to sell foreign rights on their behalf. Weldon Owen publisher and chief executive in Australia Sheena Coupe will retire in August after 25 years with the company. She will be […]
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Leigh Haber will work for Chronicle Books as an editor-at-large, acquiring and developing at least five books a year and focusing on wellness topics–spiritual, emotional, physical, personal and social–for the publisher’s lifestyle category. Haber will remain based in New Jersey. She is currently a consultant for companies including Blurb, and most recently was executive editor at Rodale. At Grand Central Publishing, Sara Weiss has been promoted to assistant editor. Susan Driscoll will become president and ceo of Wolters Kluwer Health, succeeding Gordon Macomber. In agency news, the Irene Skolnick Literary Agency will work with Lippincott Massie McQuilkin to sell and […]