Random House’s distribution unit announced a new marketing service that provides their clients with “a range of robust tools for pursuing online marketing opportunities.” Manager, digital and paperback marketing at Crown Jay Sones will move to RH Publisher Services, where he will be senior online marketing manager, in charge of the new program. That tool set includes “marketing strategy development, online advertising campaigns; online media tours with authors; consultation on back-list opportunities on-line; and single-title campaigns for key front-list titles.” President of RHPS Jeff Abraham says in the announcement “our experience shows that these online marketing efforts, whether via Facebook, […]
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Andrea Walker has been promoted to editor at Reagan Arthur Books, where she was associate editor. Alessandra Bastagli will join Free Press as senior editor, beginning November 29. Since 2005, she has been at Palgrave Macmillan, most recently as executive editor. A celebration of the life of the late Ralph Vicinanza has been announced:Tuesday, December 76 – 8 PMBruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln CenterThe New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 111 Amsterdam Avenue (between 64th & 65th Streets) In distribution news, Publishers Group West will begin providing digital distribution services only through Constellation for Entrepreneur Press and Naval […]
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Yes, the NYT foray into the wilds of Brooklyn is comedy gold, but we’ll leave the wisecracks up to individual readers. On the straight-faced side, take note that David Black managed to get the city to provide tax incentives of $3,000 per employee per year for the next 12 years to relocate from Manhattan.NYT Children’s publishing veteran Lori Benton has been named vp, publisher for the Scholastic Trade Publishing division, overseeing all imprints and reporting to president Ellie Berger. Benteon starts January 3. Most recently she was general manager and publisher of the fiction division of Capstone Publishers, and is […]
Weber to Leave Random House, and More
Random House svp operations & technology Andrew Weber has decided to leave the company at the end of the year after 16 years there, “to find a new set of challenges outside our doors.” His team will now report to president, sales operations and digital Madeline McIntosh. She writes: “Andrew is the gold standard for operational leadership in our industry. Most of the operational building blocks on which we run the company today were designed and put in place by him when he successfully led the integration of Random House with Bantam Doubleday Dell and the creation of Random House […]
People, Distribution, Etc.: Riggio to Address AAP Meeting, and More
The AAP announced that Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio will deliver a speech at their annual meeting, which returns to New York, scheduled for March 9, 2011. In personnel news, Alexis Washam has joined Crown Trade Paperbacks as a senior editor, reporting to Tina Pohlman. She was an editor at Penguin. Washam will oversee paperback conversions for Broadway Paperbacks, Three Rivers Press, Crown Business, and Crown Forum, acquire select outside reprints, and acquire and edit trade paperback originals. At Knopf Children’s, Nancy Siscoe has been promoted to senior executive editor, relinquishing her associate publishing director responsibilities and focusing on […]
People, Etc.: Schneider to Retire from Random, and Distribution News
Random House Publishing Group executive director of publicity & public relations Carol Schneider will retire from the company at the end of November. President and publisher Gina Centrello writes that “her decision will bring to a close one of the most remarkable and accomplished careers, as a publicist, publicity director, and corporate spokeswoman, in our company, as well as in our industry. In 32 years, from typewriters to tweets, Carol has been a publicity trailblazer for the Random House Group imprints.” Barnes & Noble evp for digital education Tracey Weber, who started in April, is leaving the bookseller to run […]