New Ventures Arthur A. Levine announced details about his new venture at the Bologna Book Fair. Levine Querido is a partnership with Holland’s Querido (an imprint of Singel). Levine says: “I’m starting this company with enormous optimism about the importance and potential for making outstanding books in an independent environment. We can give something of enormous value to children. And to have an ally in Querido for whom I have such profound admiration, is a great blessing.” He adds, adds: “Great stories come from everywhere. I want my new company to seek them in the beautiful diversity of America, and […]
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Joe Davidson is joining Black Dog & Leventhal as editor, starting April 8. Previously he was an editor at Rizzoli. Acquisitions Charleston, SC-based Arcadia Publishing has an agreement to acquire “the significant majority of [the] assets” of New Orleans-based Pelican Publishing, which has a list of over 2,000 titles. The transaction will close in May. Arcadia ceo David Steinberger says in the announcement, “It is a publisher that fits well with Arcadia’s mission, which is to connect people with their past, with their communities and with one another.” Pelican president and publisher Kathleen Calhoun Nettleton, whose family has owned the […]
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Scholastic Trade announced a number of promotions and new hires. Dan Moser has been promoted to director of field sales & special markets; Jarad Waxman to director of library sales, direct & wholesale; Rachel Matson to assistant editor, Cartwheel & Orchard Books; and Jeremy West to coordinator, global licensing, media & brands. In new hires, Hannah Frank has joined Scholastic as assistant manager, social media. She was previously at Penguin Children’s. Meghan Templehof has joined as designer for Klutz. She was previously a freelance designer at Big Duck and Mudpuppy. Abha Dasgupta has joined as designer for Klutz. Previously, she […]
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Pilar Queen has joined the publishing department at United Talent Agency, after more than a decade at McCormick Literary. Maureen Moretti has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate agent based in New York. At Trident Media Group, Adrienne Santamaria will expand her responsibilities to represent foreign rights for a broad range of adult titles, as well as all children’s and YA projects, and all Asian co-agented markets. Jennifer Helinek has been promoted to foreign rights agent, overseeing other co-agented markets, backlist, and e-book originals. Sasha Henriques joined Random House Children’s as an associate editor. (She was at Jimmy Patterson.) Anthony […]
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Emi Ikkanda is working as an independent editor at Emi Ikkanda Editorial. She was previously senior editor at Spiegel & Grau. At IPG, Cynthia Sherry has been promoted to group publisher of Chicago Review Press and Triumph Books. Noah Amstadter has been promoted to publisher, Triumph Books. Jeff Palicki has been named vp, director of national accounts, including Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Amazon. Annette Hobbs Magier joins as vp, marketing & publicity. She was formerly director of sales & marketing at Albert Whitman & Company. Kelly Peterson moves over from IPG’s INscribe Digital division to the marketing and publicity […]
April Bookseller Picks
The Spring Girls by Anna Todd is the Costco Pennie’s Pick for April. Amazon‘s spotlight pick for the month is Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl and the featured debut is Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton. Also on the list are Lori Gottlieb’s Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and Meredith May’s The Honey Bus, both excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: The Last Stone, by Mark Bowden Lights All Night Long, by Lydia Fitzpatrick A Woman of No Importance, by Sonia Purnell Hotbox, by Matt Lee […]