Hannah Rahill has been promoted to senior vice president, director of publishing development and strategy at Crown Publishing. In this newly created position, she will develop publishing programs and product across the illustrated area of Crown, including Ten Speed, Clarkson Potter, and Harmony/Rodale. At Chronicle Books, Natalie Butterfield has been promoted to assistant editor, art. Lee Brackstone will leave Faber & Faber after nearly 25 years there to join Orion, where he will run a new music-focused imprint. Also in the UK, executive publisher at Templar Lisa Edwards will leave the company to explore new opportunities. Forthcoming Flatiron Books will publish […]
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Thames & Hudson’s publishing director Sophy Thompson will be promoted to ceo and publisher as of April 12, when Rolf Grisebach departs. Anne Speyer has been promoted to senior editor at Ballantine Bantam Dell. Nichole Argyres has been promoted to senior publishing manager, St. Martin’s publishing group. At Tom Doherty Associates, Megan Barnard has been promoted to adpromo assistant creative director; Julia Bergen has been promoted to adpromo associate marketing manager; and Kristin Temple has been promoted to assistant editor. Maria Gomez has been promoted to executive editor at Montlake Romance. At Chronicle Books, Aubrey Rojas has joined as social media […]
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At Grand Central, Alex Logan has been promoted to executive editor; Morgan Hedden to associate editor; Elizabeth Kulhanek to associate editor; Jordan Rubinstein to publicist; Danielle Egnozzi to marketing designer; Estelle Hallick to manager, marketing & publicity, Forever; and Monisha Lakhotia to assistant marketing manager, Forever. Gabriella Mongelli has been promoted to assistant editor at Putnam. Kristen Steele, director of marketing and publisher relations for Baker & Taylor Publisher Services/Bookmasters, will leave the company on March 6. Dan Berkowitz has left his position as digital director at Writers House to open a consultancy, AuthorPop, working with authors on all things […]
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The New York Review of Books named two new co-editors, Emily Greenhouse, 32, and Gabriel Winslow-Yost, 33, to succeed Ian Buruma, who left last September. Greenhouse was most recently the managing editor of The New Yorker, but was an assistant at NYRB in 2011 and 2012. Winslow-Yost has worked at NYRB since 2009, most recently as a senior editor. Longtime contributor Daniel Mendelsohn will take on the new role of editor at large. The review has a tradition of co-editors, started by founders Bob Silvers and Barbara Epstein, and publisher Rea Hederman said he was looking for two people. “It […]
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Cassidy Sachs has been promoted to assistant editor at Dutton. At Cooke International, Hana El Niwairi has been promoted to subsidiary rights associate. Co-founder with her husband Ian Ballantine of Ballantine Books and Bantam Books Betty Ballantine, 99, died on Tuesday at home in Bearsville, NY. Random House president and publisher Gina Centrello said in a statement, “We mourn the passing of Betty Ballantine, who with her husband Ian was a trailblazing contributor to the growth and development of book publishing and to the careers of countless authors and editors. We proudly carry forward the Ballantine legacy with this eponymous imprint […]
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Simon Trewin has left William Morris Endeavor after 6 years to start his own agency, Simone Trewin Ltd., representing authors, brands and entrepreneurs in the areas of art, culture, digital, literature, and live events. Trewin says in part, “This is a chance to return to my roots in the entertainment industry and I am looking forward to making live events, theatre and film production part of the mix of my new endeavor. I have authors who I would go to the wall for and they will always be my first priority but I can’t wait to get to work on seeing […]