Author Christopher Beha was promoted to editor of Harper’s Magazine. He succeeds James Marcus, who was fired in April 2018 for opposing a controversial cover story by Katie Roiphe about the “Sh—y Media Men” list. Selected by publisher Rick MacArthur, Beha said, “Rick and I tried to be very clear about what our expectations for each other are, so there aren’t a lot of surprises.” At Simon Pulse, Sarah McCabe was promoted to editor and Nicole Ellul to senior editor. In the UK, Jennie Rothwell has joined Arrow as fiction editor. She was previously with Bonnier Books UK. At Springer Nature, […]
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Roger Scholl, vp executive editor at Crown/Currency, will leave the company at the end of the year after 40 years in the industry. He will relocate to Newport, RI where he will continue working as a consultant, writer and freelance editor. As of January 2, he can be reached at rscholl260@gmail.com. Matthew Daddona has been promoted to senior editor at Dey Street Books. Hachette UK announced a new trade publishing structure. As a result, Lucy Hale‘s role as deputy ceo of Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, Quercus and John Murray Press is being eliminated and she “has decided to leave.” The […]
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Publisher for Simon & Schuster Children’s, Atheneum, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Salaam Reads, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, and Denene Millner Books, Justin Chanda has been promoted to senior vice president. He has been at S&S for 14 years. Associate publisher at Jonathan Cape Dan Franklin, will retire at the end of October after 26 years at the house. Franklin has been working part-time since 2016, and will continue to oversee graphic novels on a freelance basis. “It has been a tremendous privilege to be Cape’s publisher, and the last 26 years have been wonderful fun, with marvelous authors and fantastic colleagues. […]
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People At Random House Children’s, Laura Hernandez joins as associate manager, digital marketing. She was previously marketing coordinator at DK. Nicole Valdez joins as marketing & publicity manager for Random House Graphic. She was previously publishing publicity specialist for DC Entertainment. Carol Ly has joined the middle-grade design team as senior designer. She was previously senior designer for Macmillan Children’s. Pep Carrera has joined ProQuest as president of its books business unit, which provides “flexible models and integrated technologies that make the acquisition and management of books cost-effective and efficient.” He was president and coo at Ingram’s VitalSource. Distribution McSweeney‘s […]
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At Beacon Press, editorial director Gayatri Patnaik will take on the additional role of associate director starting September 1. Amy Caldwell moves up to associate editorial director. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has hired Mike Evans for the new position of chief revenue officer, starting September 16. Most recently chief financial officer at McGraw Hill Education, Evans will “provide holistic leadership across the essential functions of sales, marketing, customer success, technical support and enterprise project management.” Additionally, chief engineering officer Peter George becomes chief technology officer, and chief marketing officer Amy Dunkin was made evp and general manager of Professional Services. Lindsey […]
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MJ Johnston has been promoted to associate editor of Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Landmark. Shina Patel has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Penguin Press. Rafael Chaiken has been promoted to acquisitions editor at SUNY Press, acquiring in film studies, Jewish studies, and philosophy. Carolyn Bodkin has been promoted to director, foreign rights at HarperCollins. She will expand her role to oversee foreign rights for fiction titles on the William Morrow hardcover list, in addition to all titles from Avon, Avon Impulse, William Morrow Paperbacks, Dey Street and fiction titles on the Harper trade list. Picks Ask Again, Yes by Mary […]