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 […]
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Editorial director of All Points Books Adam Bellow will resign from St. Martin’s at the end of 2019 (after joining the publisher in fall 2016). Bellow said, “I’ve been exceptionally happy and productive at St. Martin’s. But after 30 years of honing my skills in corporate publishing I am ready to go out on my own. There is tremendous ferment in political and intellectual media and opportunities abound for entrepreneurial ventures. I’ll be making a further announcement in the fall, but for now I am very pleased to be able to transition into this new phase of my career with […]
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Brenda Marsh, founding managing director of the UK joint venture Abrams & Chronicle, will return to the US. UK and export sales director at Hardie Grant Inez Munsch will take over as managing director on September 23. Online used bookseller ThriftBooks has hired Ross Mignoli as cfo. He is a former partner at Arthur Andersen and served as cfo of Performance Driven Brands. Penguin Random House Canada will hold a memorial for author Wayson Choy on Saturday, October 26, 11:00 a.m., at the Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto. The event will be open to all. Distribution University […]
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Paul Whitlatch will join Crown as executive editor, starting July 29 and reporting to Gillian Blake. He was most recently at Hachette Books. In addition to acquiring and editing nonfiction for Crown, he will also contribute to the Currency imprint. Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has joined Holt as director of brand strategy. Paul W. Morris, vice president of programming & outreach for the Authors Guild since 2016, is leaving the organization this week. He will expand his role at literary nonprofit House of SpeakEasy, becoming executive director. American Booksellers Association cfo Robyn DesHotel will leave her position in August to join the […]