Steve Ross has created the Steve Ross Agency, while continuing to discuss a potential ongoing relationship with Abrams Artists, where he was director of the book division since 2010. Rebecca Suss has been promoted to corporate communications associate for Simon & Schuster. At Vintage UK, Rachel Cugnoni is moving up to publisher for the division, and while Beth Coates has been promoted to publishing director for Vintage UK Paperbacks. Stephan Moore has joined Open Road Integrated Media as digital marketing & analytics manager. James Barry has joined as senior manager, email marketing. In Germany, Aufbau Verlag is reorganizing its editorial team for […]
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People: Schrank to Take Over From Rubin At Holt
Holt president and publisher Steve Rubin wrote Wednesday, “It is my great pleasure to announce that I have found my successor. His name is [Razorbill publisher] Ben Schrank and, effective November 1, he will become senior vice president and publisher of Henry Holt, reporting to me.” They will “work hand in hand” for six months and on May 1, Schrank will become president and publisher, reporting to Don Weisberg. Rubin will become chairman, also reporting to Weisberg, “working with specific authors and perhaps even occasionally acquiring projects.” Rubin notes, “I have been doing this job for many moons, both at […]
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At Harper Collins, Catherine Barbosa Ross has been promoted to director, foreign rights, and Maureen Cole has been promoted to director of publicity for the Morrow Group. Hachette UK’s Lucy Hale has been promoted to the newly created role of deputy ceo for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, John Murray Press, and Quercus. Group ceo Jamie Hodder-Williams said, “She has a first-class commercial brain and a forensic knowledge of our markets at home and abroad. Working closely with our authors, she has demonstrated time and again that her peerless vision, her energy, dedication and enthusiasm in delivering campaigns ensures that every book reaches […]
More October Picks, Awards
Picks The October Pennie’s Pick at Costco is Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak. Target announced Book Club selections for both October and November, choosing Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land and The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel, respectively. The October title for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club Now Read This is American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee. Barnes & Noble‘s top fiction picks for the month include Buzz Books 2018 Fall/Winter title Virgil Wander by Leif Enger, as well as: The Clockmaker’s Daughter, by Kate Morton Every Breath, by Nicholas Sparks The Next Person You Meet […]
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Ebury deputy publisher Joel Rickett will take over as managing director on January 1, and Andrew Goodfellow will move up to publisher. Mary Gannon will become executive director of the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines on November 5. Gannon has been the associate director and director of content for the Academy of American Poets since 2013. Erin Galloway has been promoted to deputy publicity director for Berkley, and Tara O’Connor has moved up to associate publicist. Harassment Files Garrison Keillor‘s scheduled appearance at the Burlington Book Festival in Vermont has caused a controversy, with critics online calling his inclusion “tone deaf.” […]
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Liza Cassity has been promoted to associate director of publishing for Putnam, Dutton, and Berkley. With a new managing director to be named as Rebecca Smart leaves for DK, Ebury deputy managing director and publisher Jake Lingwood has decided to leave as well after more than 20 years there, saying it is “the perfect time to leave and try something new.” William Brandt joins Arcadia Publishing today as director of IT, managing a transition to improved and upgraded systems and applications. He was with C&S Wholesale (previously Piggly Wiggly). Forthcoming McClelland & Stewart will publish an anonymous political thriller, THE KINGFISHER […]