At Workman, Laura Marciniak has been promoted to digital production associate for the Workman. Erin Kibby has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Margaret Kelly has joined Sourcebooks as customer service manager. Bonnier Books UK group commercial director Julian Shaw is leaving to pursue other opportunities. He has been with the company since 2014. Carlo Carabba will join Harper Italia as executive editor, Italian fiction starting November 19 and reporting to editorial director Sabrina Annoni. He was most recently editor-in-chief of the Italian fiction department at Mondadori. Pearson has hired Deirdre Latour as chief corporate affairs officer, reporting to ceo John Fallon, starting January 1. She […]
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Briefs: PRH to Launch Local Line In Singapore, and More
Penguin Random House South East Asia will launch in Singapore in 2019, to “discover and publish local and international voices across English-language adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction formats for Singapore and Malaysia, as well as from Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei, and Myanmar.” Gaurav Shrinagesh, ceo of Penguin Random House India and South East Asia, will oversee the company, with Nora Nazerene Abu Bakar joining as executive editor in November and reporting to Shrinagesh. Most recently Bakar was acquisitions manager at Marshall Cavendish Education. The company will do business as Penguin Books Singapore for now, with a formal […]
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Ebury deputy publisher Joel Rickett will take over as managing director on January 1, and Andrew Goodfellow will move up to publisher. Mary Gannon will become executive director of the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines on November 5. Gannon has been the associate director and director of content for the Academy of American Poets since 2013. Erin Galloway has been promoted to deputy publicity director for Berkley, and Tara O’Connor has moved up to associate publicist. Harassment Files Garrison Keillor‘s scheduled appearance at the Burlington Book Festival in Vermont has caused a controversy, with critics online calling his inclusion “tone deaf.” […]
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Harper Christian svp and group publisher David Moberg will retire at the end of the company’s fiscal year, in June 2019. SVP and publisher of Nelson Books Brian Hampton will be promoted to fill the role. Hampton will oversee all book publishing operations for both Thomas Nelson and Zondervan and the associated imprints effective immediately (except for Zondervan’s Church, Academic, Reference and Reflective publishing, and Bible publishing), reporting to president and ceo Mark Schoenwald. Moberg will “hold a leadership role within Harper Christian until his date of retirement, ensuring a seamless transition of responsibilities.” Hampton has been with the company for 27 years. […]
IPG Acquired Midpoint; Bonnier to Make Units Independent Companies
Independent Publishers Group (IPG) purchased distributor Midpoint Trade Books on August 17. Midpoint founder Eric Kampmann is serving in “a consulting and advising role and will assist in the transition,” with Alex Kampmann taking over daily management as vp, general manager, Midpoint. Eric Kampmann continues to own and operate Beaufort Books and Spencer Hill Press, which will still be distributed through Midpoint program. IPG ceo Joe Matthews said in the announcement, “Our industry is consolidating because distribution rewards scale, requires expensive technology and demands high-level access to customers. By bringing together these two established distributors, publishers will benefit greatly as IPG accelerates its investments […]
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Hasan Altaf joins the Paris Review as managing editor next Tuesday. Most recently, he was the managing editor at Harper’s Magazine. Fiction writer, poet, and musician Christian Keifer takes the new role of West Coast editor. Additionally, an expanded roster of advisory editors incorporates former poetry editor Robyn Creswell, plus Saskia Hamilton and Christopher Merrill. At Milkweed Editions, Joanna R. Demkiewicz has been promoted to marketing director. Jordan Bascom moves up to publicist. Former John Murray publishing director Eleanor Birne joins David Godwin Associates as an agent on September 3. The MacDowell Colony announced 87 recipients of fall-winter fellowships, including […]