Hotchkiss and Associates is changing its name to Hotchkiss Daily & Associates, as Sean Daily is promoted. Founder Jody Hotchkiss comments: “I like to say that agenting is about ‘chopping the wood and hauling the water each day’—doing the work. Sean has certainly done the work since the day he started here, and he has also brought great insights while at the same time developing into an effective and respected agent.” Matthew Barblan will join the Association of American Publishers as vice president, public policy on August 27. He was most recently the executive director of the Center for the Protection […]
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Lindsay Sagnette will join Atria Books as vp, editorial director on September 10, reporting to Libby McGuire. She has been editorial director for fiction at Crown and helped launch both the Hogarth and Sarah Jessica Parker for Hogarth imprints. Sagnette will supervise the Atria Books editorial staff and acquire and edit her own titles. Peter Borland will continue reporting to McGuire as vp and editor in chief of the Atria Publishing Group. He will focus on acquiring and editing his own list, and overseeing the editorial strategy for Howard Books, Keywords, and Skybound imprints. Caitie Hawthorne will join Atria as associate […]
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Annette Pollert-Morgan joins Bloomsbury Children’s as editorial director. She was editorial director at Sourcebooks Fire. Distribution Hopkins Fulfillment Services, a distributor for university presses and non-profit institutions, will begin distributing Wesleyan University Press in January 2019. Ingram Publisher Services will distribute science fiction and fantasy publisher Grim Oak Press. Bookselling Tara Goldberg-DeLeo and Kristy Bodnar have purchased the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA near Pittsburgh. They plan to expand the children’s section and increase the store’s online presence. Run for Cover Books & Cafe is set to open in San Diego, CA later this year. Bronx River Books will […]
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Tom Miller has joined Liza Dawson Associates as senior agent. He spent the last three years at Carol Mann Agency. Maggie Haas has joined Chronicle Books as website and ecommerce coordinator. Previously she helped manage the SFMOMA online store. Tyrus Books founder and former publisher Ben LeRoy will serve as executive director of the Independent Publishers Caucus (IPC) on a part-time basis. IPC aims to “foster a true and mutually beneficial sense of community among independent publishers, between publishers and booksellers, and with readers.” They note that steering committee (comprising Ibrahim Ahmad at Akashic, Terrie Akers at Other Press, Jon […]
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Lynn Kovach has been promoted to vice president, director of national accounts, Random House Adult, newly overseeing sales for the division and PRH Audio to Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble. Stephen Hull will join the University of New Mexico Press as director on September 17, also serving as a professor of practice in publishing for UNM’s College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences. Previously he spent nine years at Dartmouth College as editor and publisher at the University Press of New England. Zoe Nelson will join Janklow & Nesbit UK in September as rights director, after eight years at Rogers, Coleridge and […]
Briefs: Skyhorse Distribution Moves to S&S
Simon & Schuster will distribute Skyhorse in the US and most markets around the world starting January 1, 2019. Previously, it was distributed by Two Rivers Distribution/Ingram Publishers Services. Skyhorse will continue to be distributed in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son and in South Africa by Peter Hyde & Associates. Skyhorse president and publisher Tony Lyons said in the announcement: “With our increasingly commercial list, we think this new association with Simon & Schuster is a perfect fit for Skyhorse. Their commitment to and expertise in delivering first-rate distribution services will provide a critical framework for further growth.” He also […]