Ursula K. Le Guin, 88, died January 22 at her home in Portland, Oregon. Her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, told the NYT “she had been in poor health for several months” but did not specify a cause of death. Le Guin was the author of more than 20 novels, including the “Earthsea” series and The Left Hand of Darkness, as well as collections of poetry, short stories, and essays. Her most recent work, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt at the end of 2017, was No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters. Her editor, Naomi Gibbs, said in a statement: […]
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At Penguin Random House Audio, Kelly Atkinson has been promoted to managing editor and Ruby Liu has been promoted to project management coordinator. Heather Job has joined as associate publicist. She was previously publicity assistant at Macmillan Children’s. Kate Rados has been promoted to vice president, consumer platforms at Penguin Random House’s corporate consumer development group. Kristen Fritz moved up to vice president, executive editor, content marketing. Ann Marie LaCasha joined Sourcebooks as director of brand marketing. She was previously senior product manager, global marketing at Abbott. Brianna Yamashita joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as director of marketing, lifestyle and business. She was previously associate publisher, executive director of […]
People: Morrison Leaving HarperCollins, and More
HarperCollins general books group president & publisher Michael Morrison will leave the company at the end of January, as he “has decided not to renew his contract.” Morrison, who spent nearly 19 years at HarperCollins, said in the announcement: “After 35 years of going to a Manhattan skyscraper every day, I thought it was about time I experienced a different life.” As a result, Jonathan Burnham will be promoted to president and publisher for Harper, overseeing Harper, Harper Paperbacks, Harper Perennial, Harper Business, Harper Design, Harper Wave, Broadside Books, Amistad, and Ecco. Liate Stehlik moves up to president and publisher […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Commercial Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming commercial titles from authors including Araminta Hall, Kristan Higgins, Ann Mah, Beatriz Williams, and more. As usual, we begin our free ebook with an exhaustive overview of the upcoming publishing season featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Kindle, Nook, iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), and Kobo, among other online retailers. With Winter Institute 13 set for next week in Memphis, we’ll be presenting extracts from that seasonal preview over the […]
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Anke Steinecke has been promoted to chief legal officer of Penguin Random House worldwide, and will continue as executive vice president, general counsel, Penguin Random House US reporting to ceo Markus Dohle in both capacities. Anna Dobben has joined the National Book Foundation as awards and relationships manager. She was previously publicist at Knopf. John Sellers will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on January 29 as publicity director for children’s books. He has been children’s reviews editor at Publishers Weekly since 2009. Sarah Brohman has joined LifeTree Media as editorial director. Previously she worked at Random House Canada and ran a freelance editing, content […]
Buzz Books Spring/Summer Preview: Literary & Debut Fiction
Our Buzz Books 2018 Spring/Summer sampler excerpts an array of great forthcoming literary and debut fiction from authors including Patrick DeWitt, Aminatta Forna, Sheila Heti, Ottessa Moshfegh, and more. As usual, we begin our free ebook with an exhaustive overview of the upcoming publishing season featuring hundreds of notable titles on the way. Did you download your copy yet? Get the “trade edition” from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or find the consumer editions from Kindle, Nook, iBooks (where they are being promoted on a number of high-profile pages), and Kobo, among other online retailers. With Winter Institute 13 set for next week in Memphis, we’ll be presenting extracts from that seasonal preview […]