Todd Noden has been promoted to president at Books-a-Million. He was chief operating officer and chief financial officer, and now he adds leadership of the company’s store operations group to his other responsibilities. James Meader left his position as vp, associate publisher at Picador last week and will join Vintage Anchor on December 16 as executive director of publicity and social media, reporting to Suzanne Herz. Register of Copyrights Karyn Temple will leave her position on January 3 to join the Motion Picture Association of America as global general counsel. At Scholastic Trade, Zachary Clark becomes senior editor. Rachel Matson […]
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Executive director of publicity, Knopf and Pantheon Paul Bogaards has been promoted to the additional role of deputy publisher, reporting to Tony Chirico. He will have additional responsibility for overseeing marketing for Knopf and Pantheon while continuing to serve as group spokesperson and lead publicity liaison. Newly reporting to Bogaards is svp, associate publisher, Knopf and Pantheon Chris Gillespie. Robyn Bender has been promoted to senior vice president, business operations and strategy at Penguin Children’s. Adam Kane will join Naval Institute Press as director. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at University of Oklahoma Press. The American Library Association sold their longtime […]
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George Witte has been promoted to senior vice president and editor-in-chief of the St. Martin’s publishing group. Tina Jordan has been promoted to deputy editor at the New York Times Book Review. David Kelly become managing editor. Elizabeth Egan joins as preview editor; she was previously Glamour’s books editor and worked at Workman and Simon & Schuster. Lauren Truskowski has joined Gallery as associate director of publicity. She previously worked at Penguin and HarperCollins. In the UK, Ebury will focus on nonfiction, and publishing director Gillian Green will leave in spring 2020 as a result after 12 years there. The […]
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At Simon & Schuster Audio, Tiffany Frarey has been promoted to senior associate producer; Gaby Audet to marketing coordinator; and Desiree Vecchio to senior editor. Tamar McCollom has been promoted to assistant editor at Scribner. At Waterbrook Multnomah, Laura Barker has been promoted to vice president and publisher. Andrew Stoddard becomes editorial director. Kristopher Orr is moving to the newly created position of designer for Christian books, starting January 1. He will be working within the Random House Creative Services department, based in New York, reporting to senior director Annette Melvin. Ericka Weed has been promoted to ad operations coordinator. […]
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Brian Belfiglio has been promoted to vp, director of publicity and marketing at Scribner, continuing to report to Nan Graham. He will oversee a merged department “in order to publicize and promote our books most effectively.” A new marketing director will be hired under Belfiglio. VP, associate publisher Roz Lippel continues in her role, still leading the marketing and branding efforts on Stepehen King titles. Following her work on the revision of Joy of Cooking, she will also focus on developing new cooking, health and lifestyle titles. Dina Davis has been promoted to associate editor at Harlequin for the Love Inspired and […]
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Daniel Loedel will join Bloomsbury as senior editor, starting on January 6. He was at Scribner. Catherine Tung is now an associate editor at Beacon Press. She was an assistant editor at Vintage. Mary Gaule has been promoted to associate editor for Harper and Harper Perennial. Megha Majumdar was promoted to editor at Catapult. Associate publisher, sales & marketing at Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull Jenn Abel Kovitz announced on Twitter that she is leaving the company in mid-January. The Gernert Company has opened a West Coast office in Culver City. Seth Fishman is managing the new office after three years in Los […]