Susanna Einstein and Meg Thompson will dissolve the Einstein Thompson Agency after the new year as they have “mutually and amicably decided to strike out on their own” after eight years working together, first at LJK Literary before forming their own agency. The Thompson Literary Agency and Einstein Literary Management will each open for business in January 2015, with both agencies continuing to work with Sandy Hodgman at Hodgman Literary for foreign rights. At Public Affairs, publicity director Jaime Leifer takes on the additional role of vp, associate publisher, reporting to Clive Priddle, recognizing her “growth as a leading voice […]
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Meredith McGinnis will join Norton’s trade department on December 3 in the newly-created position of director of marketing, responsible for creating strategy, determining priorities and procedures, and overseeing all aspects of marketing initiatives, both traditional and digital, for the entire trade list. She was most recently director of marketing at Harmony and Clarkson Potter and has almost two decades of experience in book publishing. McGinnis will report to Norton president Drake McFeely. Jo Lusby has been promoted to managing director, Penguin Random House North Asia, after nine years as managing director for Penguin China. Lusby reports to Gabrielle Coyne and will work alongside Cyrus Kheradi, […]
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Promotions At Workman After moving up to ceo of Workman Publishing five months ago and relocating to New York in October, Dan Reynolds has announced a number of promotions and new assignments, part of his work to shape how “we could all work together in a way that was most productive, efficient, inspiring, collegial, and conducive to growth.” While some of the changes are “global, with the goal of lifting all the imprints…others are designed to strengthen and grow Workman’s core book business.” David Schiller has been promoted to group creative director, acting as Workman’s “in-house creative agency” and reporting to Reynolds. […]
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Courtney Young will join Riverhead in December as executive editor. She has been senior editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and also worked previously at Penguin’s Portfolio, Current, and Sentinel imprints. Jessica Wong will join Nelson Books as senior acquisitions editor on November 24, filling the role previously held by Joel Miller. Lisa Kaufman will step down as marketing director and senior editor of Public Affairs after more than 17 years at the imprint. Her last day is November 28, and publisher Clive Priddle said in the announcement “we are profoundly grateful, and we are fortunate that Lisa will continue to work with some of her […]
David Kent to Leave Harper Canada, As Unit Shifts Distribution to Donnelley and Drops Client Publishers
President and ceo of HarperCollins Canada since 2001 David Kent will leave the company at the end of year. There will be no direct replacement; instead Iris Tupholme has been promoted to svp, executive publisher, and Leo MacDonald has been promoted to svp, marketing and sales. Harper ceo Brian Murray says in the announcement, “David is renowned in the industry as an international publisher and exceptional advocate for authors. He has made many wonderful contributions to HarperCollins Canada over the years, and overseen a successful publishing company that has received a myriad of literary prizes. We are grateful for his many contributions and […]
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Tara Singh Carlson will formally move over to Putnam as senior editor. She will acquire hardcover titles for the Putnam list, while continuing to acquire trade paperback originals for Penguin, which will “predominantly” issue the paperbacks of her Putnam hardcovers as well. Joan Didion is the subject of a documentary film in progress, “We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live,” co-directed by her nephew Griffin Dunne and Susanne Rostock. After shooting more than 60 hours of footage — largely with Didion — Dunne and Rostock’s company Rava Films has launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking a minimum of $80,000 in funding […]