Editor-in-chief at School Library Journal Rebecca Miller has been promoted to editorial director of Library Journals, with added responsibility of LJ as well. Current editor-in-chief of LJ Michael Kelley is leaving the company. At Morrow/Avon, Emily Krump has been promoted to editor. At the Gernert Company, Anna Worrall has been promoted to the newly created position of Marketing & Social Media Manager. Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk, 83, died Saturday in Tel Aviv. Kaniuk wrote more than 30 books, including THE ACROPHILE (1960), ADAM RESURRECTED (1968), adapted into the 2008 movie of the same name, and 1948 (2010), published in the […]
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Co-founder and ceo of Figment.com Jacob Lewis will join the Crown group on July 8 in the new position of vp, publishing director for Crown, Hogarth, and Broadway Books, reporting to Molly Stern. He will “partner” with Stern on “the day-to-day strategy and business development of the lists, with particular focus on the publishing of our nonfiction titles and marketing initiatives in the digital space.” Prior to launching the online reading and writing community for teens in 2009, Lewis had worked for 12 years at the New Yorker and then was managing editor at Condé Nast Portfolio. Founder of Bloomsbury […]
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Sourcebooks ceo Dominique Raccah was honored at the opening of BEA on Wednesday with their Industry Ambassador Award. Former IPG distribution executive Mark Suchomel has joined Perseus Books Group’s distribution client services group and will run a new division based in Chicago, Legato Publishing Group. It will operate as “an affiliate” of PGW, “leveraging some of PGW’s scale and best practices in serving independent publishers.” The Random House Publishing Group announced a number of promotions in its publicity department. Maria Braeckel has been promoted to assistant director of publicity, while Greg Kubie moves up to publicity manager. In addition, Michelle Jasmine has been promoted […]
Children’s: Joyce and Moonbot Studios Launch Atheneum Line; Jim Carrey Pairs with Perseus
William Joyce and Moonbot Studios (which he co-founded) are building on the success of the picture book The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (based on their bestselling app) with a whole line of Moonbot Books, for Atheneum. The line launches with The Mischievians this fall and aims to publish “at least one or two books per season,” including a picture book based on their successful app The Numberlys. Moonbot Books will be edited by Atheneum editorial director Caitlyn Dlouhy and illustrated by Joyce and other Moonbot artists. Separately, actor Jim Carrey got a lot of attention in March […]
Miller to Start Nonfiction Division for Macmillan, and More
Bob Miller will launch a new, standalone nonfiction division for Macmillan. He will start July 8, and hire “a small editorial staff” (he tells the WSJ he will have two editors), and aims to publish 36 books a year starting in early 2015. Miller says in the announcement, “I couldn’t be happier to return to my roots on 23rd Street, where I learned so many of the publishing values I’ve aspired to ever since. I’m very grateful to John and my Macmillan colleagues–new and old–for this chance to do what I love with such enthusiastic support.” Macmillan ceo John Sargent […]
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Longtime Barnes & Noble employee Brenda Marsh has left her position as vp, author relations, Publishing Trends reports. She can be reached at brendasmarsh@gmail.com. Founder of Hanser Berlin Elisabeth Ruge will leave the company at the end of 2013 for what she characterized as “personal reasons.” Ruge, who founded the imprint at Carl Hanser Verlag in January 2012, will be replaced by Karsten Kredel, currently head of translated fiction at Suhrkamp Verlag. “Hanser Berlin’s lively and unique profile will no doubt be developed and strengthened by Karsten Kredel – of this I am confident – and I wish him and my colleagues […]