Kobo chief content officer and member of the founding executive team Michael Tamblyn has been promoted to the additional title of president. In the expanded role, Tamblyn will have “responsibilities for sales, publisher and industry relations, content acquisition, and the merchandising experience across Kobo’s E Ink eReaders, Android tablets, and reading apps,” working with recently-appointed CEO Taka Aiki to “continue expanding on the company’s eReading service around the world, while driving the company’s success through sustainable and long-term profitable growth.” Penguin Random House announced a number of promotions in its newly unified Human Resources department, overseen by evp, chief human […]
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Keith Fox will join Phaidon Press as chief executive officer, based in the company’s New York offices. Previously he was president of McGraw-Hill’s construction division, which included Architectural Record and Engineering News Record. In a statement Phaidon owners Debra & Leon Black said: “We are delighted that Keith has joined Phaidon. He brings a unique combination of his personal appreciation of the arts coupled with a proven history of leading and advancing successful global brands.” Fox added: “I am honored to be joining Phaidon and humbled by the trust the Black family has placed in me. I look forward to […]
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Devin Kirk will join Macmillan on April 14 as vp, international sales and marketing, succeeding Judy Sisko, who is retiring next month after more than 46 years in publishing and 22 years at Macmillan. Kirk was previously senior director, international sales for Penguin Random House. At Penguin Random House, Kim Shannon has been appointed to newly created position of vp, director, adult retail sales, Random House. Adult retail sales at Penguin continue to be overseen by John Lawton and Norman Lidofsky. At Sterling Lord Literistic, Caitlin McDonald and Mary Krienke have been promoted to associate agents, while Nadyne Pike moves […]
Penguin Random House Merges Publisher Service Groups
On the tenth anniversary of Random House Publisher Services, its sales and distribution activities for third-party publishers will be brought together with Penguin’s distribution businesses under the unified management of Jeff Abraham, who now continues as president, Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Kristin Feehan, director, distribution clients, who leads the team dedicated to managing the Penguin client relationships, now will report to Abraham, as does the staff supporting the Random House clients. All other current Penguin and Random House internal and client-reporting relationships will stay unchanged, as will sales reps’ selling responsibilities. Penguin’s distribution clients include Overlook, Kensington, the Library […]
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Publishing Technology will promote chief operating officer of their online division Michael Cairns, who joined the company a year ago, to CEO, as of April 1. George Lossius had announced recently that he would step down as chief executive as the business “focuses more on business development and implementation.” Publishing Technology chairman Martyn Rose says in the announcement, “His market knowledge and expertise in digital publishing are unquestionable and his appointment gives the business continuity and a leader who will drive the business to deliver the next phase of our strategy.” The Robbins Office has appointed Aitken Alexander Associates in London as […]
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Next month the London Book Fair will present agent Deborah Rogers, ceo of Rogers, Coleridge & White, with their annual lifetime achievement award. In the announcement, chair of Penguin Random House UK Gail Rebuck comments: “Deborah Rogers is a legendary agent who has made an unsurpassed contribution to a thriving publishing business. Her entrepreneurial spirit in setting up an agency in the 1960s and seeing it grow successfully, adding brilliant new agents over the years is beyond compare. Deborah is equally known for nurturing the careers of an enviable list of authors where her genius has been not only to […]