Joerg Pfuhl is stepping down as ceo of Holtzbrinck in Germany at the end of June. “After four intensive years, I would like to look for another challenge again and thank all of my colleagues for the good cooperation,” he said in a press release. Managing director for sales, marketing and digital Alexander Lorbeer, who joined Holtzbrinck in September 2018, will take over from Pfuhl. At Macmillan Audio, Emily Dyer was promoted to marketing manager; Kathryn Carroll to assistant manager, audio publishing; Abigail Starr to associate manager, design; and Hayden Biggs to design associate. Steve Wagner joined as producer. Chris Bucci has joined Aevitas […]
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Briefs: Edgar Awards and More
Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 2020 Edgar Awards. Winners include: Best Novel The Stranger Diaries, by Elly Griffiths (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Best First Novel By An American Author Miracle Creek, by Angie Kim (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG) Best Paperback Original The Hotel Neversink, by Adam O’Fallon Price (Tin House Books) Best Fact Crime The Less People Know About Us, by Axton Betz-Hamilton (Grand Central) Best Critical Biographical Hitchcock and the Censors, by John Billheimer (University Press of Kentucky) Separately, the Publishing Triangle Awards, honoring LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature were also presented. Ocean Vuong’s On Earth […]
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Sally Kim has been promoted to senior vice president, publisher, Putnam. Christine Ball becomes senior vice president, publisher, Berkley and Dutton. Ashley McClay and Alexis Welby at Putnam will now report to Kim. At Simon & Schuster, Greg Andonian has been promoted to director, customer financial services reporting to Deepak Daswani, vice president and controller. Karyn Basso has been promoted to director, order management and customer service, reporting to Chris Wagner, vice president, operations and distribution services. Joy Harjo was appointed to a second term as poet laureate, announced by the Library of Congress. In the UK, Jocasta Hamilton will […]
Majumdar’s A Burning Tops June Indie Next List
The ABA named A Burning by Megha Majumdar as its No. 1 Indie Next Pick for June. Also on the list are Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half and Sam Lansky’s Broken People, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2020 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: The Jane Austen Society, by Natalie Jenner Beach Read, by Emily Henry The Second Home, by Christina Clancy Catherine House, by Elisabeth Thomas Super Host, by Kate Russo Pizza Girl, by Jean Kyoung Frazier Something to Talk About, by Meryl Wilsner Reproduction, by Ian Williams You Exist Too Much, by […]
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Colleen Suljic has joined Princeton University Press in the newly created role of chief digital marketing strategist. She was most recently western region senior manager at McGraw-Hill. Sarah Knight has been promoted to UK adult sales director at Bloomsbury Publishing. Sally Wilks joins as UK children’s sales director. She was previously with HarperCollins Children’s. At Bastei Luebbe in Germany, Joachim Herbst will join the company earlier than previously announced as CFO, in early August, and he will become spokesman of the management board at the annual meeting on September 15, when ceo Carel Halff will relinquish his executive responsibilities. Supply Chain […]
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Gregory Henry has joined Apollo Publishers as publicist. Previously he ran Gregory Henry Literary. At a virtual meeting, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) approved three new board members, who will start their terms on July 1: Joshua Boisvert, ReaderLink; Allen Johnson, Baker & Taylor; and Joshua Tallent, Firebrand Technologies. At Canongate, Hannah Knowles has been promoted to editorial director and Vicki Rutherford moves up to head of editorial management. Stuart Weir has joined Yale University Press London in the newly created role of production director, overseeing editorial, production and design for London-originated titles. He was most recently publishing operations […]