On Monday, Random House president and publisher Gina Centrello announced a number of assignments for the division’s support teams as they “create a fully integrated group,” having “worked to make sure that the combined group represents the collective wisdom and experience of both Crown and Random House.” She notes, “In the short time since we have united, I have become even more excited about the possibilities we can achieve for our books, authors, and readers. We will be able to provide more-in-depth resources to our publishing programs than ever before.” Separately, note that on Friday, a Random House spokesperson replied […]
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Veronica Park has joined Fuse Literary as an associate agent. She was previously literary agent and marketing specialist at Corvisiero Literary Agency. Alexandra Franklin has been promoted to associate agent at the Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. Maya Baran has joined Viking Penguin as publicity manager, returning to publishing full-time. Most recently she has assisted Broadside PR and The Countryman Press. The ALA has named Melinda Gates the honorary chair of National Library Week, starting April 7. At Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA, Leila Meglio has joined as events manager. Most recently, she was publicity associate at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Sarah Rettger becomes […]
Corporate: New Amazon Imprint, Hachette Buys Board Game Company, and More
Amazon Publishing is adding an Amazon Crossing Kids imprint, publishing children’s picture books in translation, with three announced titles, for publication beginning in July. Two Lions editorial director Kelsey Skea is editorial director of Amazon Crossing Kids as well, working in collaboration with Two Lions editor Marilyn Brigham and Amazon Crossing editorial director Gabriella Page-For. Separately, Random House Children’s announced the launch list of three titles, starting in September, for Christopher Myers‘ Make Me A World imprint, which started in 2016, originally aiming for a 2018 debut. He says in the release: “Imagine inviting all the smartest people, the artists and […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Young Adult Preview
To help you sift through the many thousands of planned spring and summer titles, we’ve compiled a preview of the notable YA books, divided into fiction and nonfiction. You can sample some of the highlighted titles right now in Buzz Books 2019: Young Adult Spring/Summer; they are noted with an asterisk. Download our free Buzz Books collections in major ebookstores (the “download” button here links to them all). To get the trade editions — with publicity and marketing info, and click-throughs for full galleys, go to NetGalley. And please remember: because we prepare this preview many months in advance, titles, content, and publication dates are […]
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Another Crown employee gets a new assignment, as Donna Passannante moves to Penguin Random House Audio on February 4 as senior vice president, marketing & publicity, reporting to president & publisher, Amanda D’Acierno. She was vice president & executive director, marketing at at the Crown Publishing Group. Newly reporting to Passannante are Katie Punia, vice president, publicity, and Heather Dalton, vice president, marketing. At Chronicle Books, Madison Killen has been promoted to digital marketing manager, children’s; Jennifer Yim moves up to marketing and publicity coordinator, children’s; and Jenna Homen is now digital marketing manager, Adult. At Random House Children’s, Kelly McGauley has […]
New EL James Novel The Mister to Publish on April 16
EL James has finally written a new book — not just another retelling of the Fifty Shades of Grey series — and THE MISTER will be published in English on April 16. Vintage will once again publish it as a trade paperback original in North American and the open market, with PRH UK’s Arrow publishing in the UK and Commonwealth, excluding Canada. Vintage and Anchor publisher Anne Messitte acquired rights from Valerie Hoskins at Valerie Hoskins Associates, with Susan Sandon buying UK rights. Vintage will issue a Spanish language edition in North America later in the spring, and ILA is selling […]