Kara Watson has been promoted to executive editor at Scribner. John Meils has joined Workman Publishing as senior editor. He was most recently senior editor at Sterling Publishing. Ronnie Kutys has been promoted to manager, sales at Harper Collins. Raven Andrus has been promoted to sales support coordinator. Carol Brightman, 80, author of Writing Dangerously and Sweet Chaos, died on November 11. Picks GMA doesn’t seem to understand that monthly book club picks are expected at the beginning of the month. After an underwhelming launch of their Cover to Cover Book Club in October, last week they named Lisa Jewell‘s The […]
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Legal Audible attorney Emily Reisbaum advised the court on Thursday that they are still in discussions with publishers regarding a potential resolution of the Captions lawsuit. Their next progress report will come on or before December 3. Awards Julia Lovell won the 2019 Cundill History Prize for Maoism (Knopf). Bookselling Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in San Diego needs to vacate their Balboa Avenue storefront in 60 days — their lease expired in August — and “unless a new buyer and new location are found immediately, Mysterious Galaxy will be forced to close its doors.” They have been looking for a new […]
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Seniqua Koger has joined Kensington Publishing as special markets director. Koger was most recently special markets director, retail at Hachette Book Group. Derek Warker has joined The New Press as Publicity Manager. He was previously publicist at Columbia University Press. Alicia Brooks has joined JVNLA as a literary agent. She was previously editor at Picador and St. Martin’s Press. Baker & Taylor Publisher Services will represent Tachyon Publications for sales and fulfillment starting January 1. Awards Lucy Ellmann‘s Ducks, Newburyport won the UK’s Goldsmiths Prize for fiction that “breaks the mold.”
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Marianne Velmans, publishing director at Doubleday UK, will retire in April, after 31 years with the imprint. She will be succeeded by Kirsty Dunseath who joined as publishing director in March. Transworld manager director Larry Finlay told The Bookseller, “Not only is Marianne a wonderful editor and publisher but she is also a lovely, warm, supportive person. It has been a huge pleasure to work with her for so long. She is smart, dedicated, and a fabulous champion both of her authors and her colleagues. So many have benefitted from her wisdom and care over the years. We will all […]
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