Lauren Spiegel has been promoted to executive editor at Touchstone. Frank Bumbalo will join Bloomsbury as director of sales on September 4. Previously, he was senior sales manager at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Margot Mallinson has been promoted to assistant editor at Mira. Molly Fletcher has been promoted to marketing associate, ecommerce at Sourcebooks. Wiley’s svp and managing director of research publishing Jay Flynn takes on the new role of chief product officer for Wiley’s research business. In addition to leading the research publishing group, he adds responsibility for the society portfolio and digital product strategy for the business. Bookselling This fall, The […]
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Hotchkiss and Associates is changing its name to Hotchkiss Daily & Associates, as Sean Daily is promoted. Founder Jody Hotchkiss comments: “I like to say that agenting is about ‘chopping the wood and hauling the water each day’—doing the work. Sean has certainly done the work since the day he started here, and he has also brought great insights while at the same time developing into an effective and respected agent.” Matthew Barblan will join the Association of American Publishers as vice president, public policy on August 27. He was most recently the executive director of the Center for the Protection […]
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Lindsay Sagnette will join Atria Books as vp, editorial director on September 10, reporting to Libby McGuire. She has been editorial director for fiction at Crown and helped launch both the Hogarth and Sarah Jessica Parker for Hogarth imprints. Sagnette will supervise the Atria Books editorial staff and acquire and edit her own titles. Peter Borland will continue reporting to McGuire as vp and editor in chief of the Atria Publishing Group. He will focus on acquiring and editing his own list, and overseeing the editorial strategy for Howard Books, Keywords, and Skybound imprints. Caitie Hawthorne will join Atria as associate […]
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Suzannah Bentley has joined Scribd as content acquisition associate focused on ebooks from international markets. Previously, she was foreign rights coordinator at Janklow & Nesbit. Emma Paterson will move to Aitken Alexander as an agent in October. She has been at Rogers, Coleridge & White the past five years. Also at the agency, Anna Watkins has been promoted to head of the translation rights department, continuing to report to rights director Lisa Baker. Picks Former president Barack Obama posted a new reading list on Facebook, writing: “This summer I’ve been absorbed by new novels, revisited an old classic, and reaffirmed my faith in […]
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Stacy Horowitz has joined Random House as partnerships manager. She was most recently with Hay House. Kristine Enderle has been promoted to editorial director of Magination Press, the children’s book imprint of The American Psychological Association. Sarah Fell has been promoted to senior editor and will start acquiring and developing books. Colson Whitehead was named New York’s 12th state author and Alicia Ostriker was named the 11th state poet. Joseph Vallely, 74, literary agent best known for his political and military nonfiction, died in his sleep on August 15 at his home in Front Royal, VA. His clients included Peter Schweizer, Bill […]
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Annette Pollert-Morgan joins Bloomsbury Children’s as editorial director. She was editorial director at Sourcebooks Fire. Distribution Hopkins Fulfillment Services, a distributor for university presses and non-profit institutions, will begin distributing Wesleyan University Press in January 2019. Ingram Publisher Services will distribute science fiction and fantasy publisher Grim Oak Press. Bookselling Tara Goldberg-DeLeo and Kristy Bodnar have purchased the Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA near Pittsburgh. They plan to expand the children’s section and increase the store’s online presence. Run for Cover Books & Cafe is set to open in San Diego, CA later this year. Bronx River Books will […]