Katie McGuire has joined Tapas Media as novel acquisitions lead. She was previously editor at Pegasus Books. Updates The recently-announced increase in entry-level salaries for employees of Macmillan‘s US trade division does not apply to the separate education company, Macmillan Learning. Asked to comment, a spokesperson told PL, “We were not aware that our trade partners were instituting an off-cycle change. We review salaries annually and plan on taking another look after the close of our fiscal year.” Initiatives The Book Industry Study Group has joined with its counterparts in Canada (BookNet Canada) and the UK (Book Industry Communications) to […]
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New Books Publishing September 29
Today’s new releases include fiction from Marilynne Robinson, Nick Hornby and Nicholas Sparks — and in nonfiction, Mariah Carey’s memoir, biographies of Jimmy Carter and James Baker, and more. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 10 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-september-29 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-september-29 More new children’s and YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-september We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to […]
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Lindsay Guzzardo joins Martin Literary & Media Management as literary manager of adult fiction. She was previously editor at Amazon Publishing before working independently. Aria Gmitter joins Whimsy Literary Agency as literary agent. She is an editor and freelance writer and was previously literary assistant to Peter Miller of Global Lion Intellectual Property Management. Former bookseller Bill Savran, 84, “best known for being the owner and visionary behind Savran’s Books, a Minneapolis institution near the University for more than 20 years,” died on September 20. Awards Rick Atkinson won the 2020 George Washington Prize for The British are Coming: The […]
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Rio Cortez will join Harper Collins in the new role of sales and retail marketing manager, starting September 28, reporting to Christine Edwards, with a dotted line to Andrea Pappenheimer. Her focus will be to “continue to grow the overall sales of books by BIPOC authors across all channels, developing and executing a business plan to achieve growth for our BIPOC authors and titles across the marketplace.” Most recently, Cortez was the buyer and creative coordinator at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Joining Peter McGuigan at his recently-launched Ultra Literary are Kirsten Neuhaus […]
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Abigail Walters, Carlos Segarra, Emily Westcott, and Alex Rice have each been promoted to agent at CAA. All four are based in New York. At Aitken Alexander Associates, Emma Paterson joins the board of directors. Chris Wellbelove becomes head of the book department. At Westwood Creative Artists, Emmy Nordstrom Higdon has joined as literary agent. They were previously at The Rights Factory. Meg Wheeler has been promoted to literary agent, Bridgette Kam to international rights associate, and Sarah-Jayne Carver to literary associate. Paloma Hernando joins Einstein Literary Management as associate agent. She was previously an intern at Writers House and a bookseller at Books […]
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Jennifer Sit has been promoted to executive editor at Clarkson Potter. Helen Garnons-Williams will join Penguin UK as publishing director for Fig Tree early next year. She is currently associate publisher at 4th Estate and William Collins. Jenna Jankowksi has been promoted to assistant editor at Sourcebooks. Former chief executive of Sage Paul Walker will take over as chair of Reed Elsevier some time in the first half of 2021, and Sir Anthony Habgood will step down from that role. Opening Sales Simon & Schuster says that Bob Woodward’s RAGE sold 600,000 units across all formats in its the first week on sale […]