Maria Campbell Associates is working for Netflix as their exclusive literary scout. Annabelle Saks in New York and Katie McCalmont in London are spearheading the scout’s efforts. Maria Campbell says in the announcement, “Our motto is ‘scouting without borders,’ which perfectly aligns with Netflix’s transformational model to bring stories in every form to people all over the world.” MCA had scouted for 16 years for Warner Bros., New Line and Warner Bros. Television, and that relationship concluded at the end of February. Allison Lorentzen has been promoted to executive editor at Viking. Former Running Press publisher Chris Navratil has joined Weldon […]
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Tara Greico joins Random House Children’s Books as marketing coordinator, licensed & proprietary brands. She was previously marketing assistant at Simon & Schuster. At Dutton, Emily Brock has been promoted to senior publicist. Susan Hershberg and Wes Seeley have both joined Princeton Architectural Press as publicity managers. Previously, Hershberg was associate director of publicity at America’s Test Kitchen. Seeley was publicity and marketing manager at Hal Leonard. JK Rowling was in a new Twitter brawl with Piers Morgan over the weekend after she noted “how much she had enjoyed watching Morgan being attacked by a forthright panel of commentators in an […]
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At Disney-Hyperion, Rotem Moscovich has been promoted to executive editor, Laura Schreiber has been promoted to senior editor, and Hannah Allaman moves up to assistant editor. Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn is leaving after 34 years at the newspaper (18 as book editor). In this column, “she looks back at notable adventures and thanks you, the readers and writers who built our city of literature.” Distribution IPG will handle North American sales and distribution for Albert Whitman, beginning with the publisher’s digital frontlist as of February 1, and adding print titles as of April 1. Whitman has been […]
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At Rodale, Susan Turner has been promoted to senior manager of communications and Suzee Skwiot has been promoted to online editor for books and RodaleWellness.com. At Penguin Press, Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has been promoted to assistant marketing director, and Grace Fisher has been promoted to marketing coordinator. At Random House, Barbara Fillon has been promoted to vp, deputy director of media coaching and publicity reporting to Theresa Zoro. Emily Isayeff has been promoted to publicist, and Danielle Siess moves up to social media publicist. Janea Brachfeld is being promoted to trade and special sales manager for Storey Publishing and Timber Press. At Canada’s Joe […]
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At the American Booksellers Association, longtime development officer Mark Nichols will retire following the 2017 Winter Institute after 16 years with the organization. As of January 1, 2017 Matthew Zoni will be promoted to director of development and publisher relations and will become a member of ABA’s senior staff. Peter Reynolds will have an expanded role as project manager and with primary responsibility for the Indie Next Lists and the Indie Bestseller Lists. Gen de Botton will move up to ABC group manager. Additionally, David Grogan has been promoted to director of public policy and advocacy and will also join ABA’s senior staff. Kimberly Whalen has left Trident Media […]
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Penguin Random House Audio announced a number of recent promotions. Catherine Bucaria has been promoted to senior acquisitions editor, while Emily Parliman moves up to editor, Listening Library. Megan Mills is promoted to assistant acquisitions editor, while Renee Watson moves up to coordinator, digital operations. At Little, Brown, Zea Moscone is promoted to publicity manager, handling all cookbooks and lifestyle title. She will work remotely from San Francisco. Tony Forde has joined Viking and Penguin as senior publicist. He was most recently a publicist at PublicAffairs/Nation Books. In addition, Alison Klooster also joins as senior publicist. She was most recently […]