At Vintage/Anchor, Russell Perreault has been promoted to vp, executive director of publicity & social media, continuing to report to Anne Messitte. In a statement she said Perreault “has always had a keen instinct for partnership in the greater media landscape. Working closely with film and television companies, he has built the imprints’ movie tiein program to one of the largest in the industry. And, in the social media space, Russell has been strategically expanding consumer reach both for our publishing program and for our authors.” In addition, Kate Runde has been promoted to director of publicity. At Nicholas Brearley […]
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People, Etc.: Coady’s Story Collection Wins Giller
Lynn Coady‘s story collection Hell Going won the Giller prize on Tuesday night. Published in Canada by House of Anansi, it was the one book in contention that did not already have an announced US publisher. She was shortlisted in 2011 for THE ANTAGONIST, published in early 2012 by Knopf. Coady’s US agent Christy Fletcher told us that they “have serious interest and expect to close soon” on US rights for HELL GOING. Michael Signorelli will join Holt as senior editor on November. He has been at Harper Collins for over 8 years. At Holt he will focus on crime […]
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Suzanne Herz has been promoted to evp, executive director of publishing at Doubleday, continuing to report to Tony Chirico, who in the announcement deemed her “a driving force behind some of our most successful publishing campaigns” for the likes of Dan Brown, John Grisham, and others. Former Crown deputy publisher Michael Palgon has joined Open Road as svp, distribution & business development. He will lead their distribution arm, powered by Ingram, which launched with Albert Whitman and Ed Victor’s Bedford Square as clients. Palgon will also “build new editorial verticals including religion and business.” Mary Ann Zissimos has joined Disney […]
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Samantha Edelson has been promoted to marketing manager for Macmillan Audio. Mobifusion has hired Michelle Lewy as director of publisher accounts, based in New York. Most recently, she was director of digital media services at Baker and Taylor. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Siena Koncsol has been promoted to publicist. Longtime Reed Exhibitions executive with oversight for BEA, svp Courtney Muller has resigned from her position. BEA show director Steve Rosato notes that Reed had realigned show responsibilities in August and put BEA under the supervision of Greg Topalian, a former BEA show director. Rosato now reports to Topalian. He writes: “On […]
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Webb Younce has joined Thomas Nelson imprint Nelson Books as associate publisher/executive editor, filling the role previously held by Bryan Norman. He and is wife are relocating to Nashville. Most recently he was at Free Press, until it was disbanded as a separate Simon & Schuster unit in 2012. At Fodor’s Travel, Arabella Bowen has been promoted to the newly created position of vp, editor in chief. Skyhorse will launch a new library-focused imprint, Carrel Books, in fall 2014, with an initial list of 20-30 titles annually in categories such as medicine/health, history, biography/memoir, and business/careers. The imprint will be overseen […]
People: New ICM Partners Include Dahl and Joel, and More
ICM Partners has expanded their partnership to encompass 11 more agents. They join the 27 partners who took control of the firm in 2012 after completing a buyout of previous controlling owner Rizvi Traverse Management. Two book publishing agents — Kris Dahl and Jennifer Joel — are among the new partners. (Sloan Harris, Esther Newberg and Amanda Urban were all part of the initial group of partners from last year.) The partners noted in a group statement: “The culture of professionalism, collegiality and teamwork that we enjoy at the agency will continue to grow with the addition of our new […]