Jennifer Egan will succeed Andrew Solomon as president of PEN America. She will be the first to oversee the newly unified PEN America and PEN Center USA, which announced the completion of its consolidation into a single entity. Rachel Rosenfelt will join the New Republic as publisher and vice-president on March 12. She is the founder of online magazine The New Inquiry and has been creative director for Verso Books. CEO of BookPeople in Austin, TX Steve Bercu will retire from full-time bookselling in June. Elizabeth Jordan, who has worked at the store since 2002, has been promoted to general […]
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Shawn Foster has been promoted to executive director of children’s sales for Hachette Book Group. At Orbit, Ellen Wright has been promoted to associate publicity director. Sarah Stanton has joined Shambhala Publications as editor. Previously she was executive editor at Rowman & Littlefield. Noted Bertelsmann’s Offset Paperback Manufacturing facility in Wilkes-Barre, PA was evacuated Tuesday morning, “when employees fell ill from the release of a chemical commonly used in the printing industry.” Eleven employees went to the hospital with reportedly minor symptoms “in an abundance of caution.” The building was cleared for reopening later that day. Harper Lee‘s will was […]
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At Basic Books, Ann Kirchner has been promoted to designer; Connie Capone to associate publicist; Brian Distelberg to senior editor; and Carrie Napolitano to assistant editor. Justin Lovell and Miriam Riad have both been promoted to assistant editor at Da Capo Press. At Running Press and Black Dog & Leventhal, Jessica Schmidt has been promoted to vp, associate publisher for Running Press; Frances Soo Ping Chow to creative director for all Running Press imprints; Frank Sipala to senior production manager and manager of product development; Shannon Connors Fabricant to senior editor; Amy Cianfrone to marketing and publicity manager; and Kara Thornton to senior publicist, focusing on Black Dog & Leventhal. Rosie Welsh, previously of the Jonathan Clowes Literary Agents and The Wylie Agency, will join Eccles […]
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Group ceo of Bonnier Publishing Richard Johnson is stepping down immediately, an abrupt move announced by the company on Friday. He has run the fast-growing division for the past nine year. COO and CFO of parent unit Bonnier Books Jim Zetterlund will serve as acting CEO. In headline results for 2017 released on February 12, Bonnier Group noted that, “Our UK-based book publishing house Bonnier Publishing has had several years of great expansion and acquisition, but during 2017 sales lagged and write-offs affected profits.” It was one of two “business areas that performed weaker than expected.” The company added that, “After […]
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At Andrews McMeel, Patty Rice has been promoted to executive editor; Julie Phillips to executive design director; Ben Accardi to senior editor for calendars; and Melissa Rhodes to associate editor. Lucas Wetzel moves over to the book group as editor, from AMU’s syndication division. Ashleigh Gardner has been promoted to deputy general manager for Wattpad Studios, publishing. Carrie Pestritto has joined Laura Dail Literary Agency as an agent. Previously she was an agent at Prospect Agency. At Portfolio/Sentinel, Merry Sun has been promoted to associate editor, Vivian Roberson has been promoted to assistant editor, and Katherine Valentino has been promoted to […]
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Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi has joined the board of Ingram Industries, the privately-held owner of businesses including Ingram Content Group. Currently non-executive chairman of Elsevier, Chi had worked at Ingram Micro as a director and later vp and general manager, Asia Pacific, and had served as chief operating offcer at Ingram Book Group and co-founder and chairman of Lightning Source. Shaughnessy Miller has joined Random House Children’s as school & library marketing coordinator. She previously worked in marketing and communications roles at Bloomsbury and Abrams. Trevor Dolby has joined Toby Mundy Associates as associate agent, focusing on nonfiction. He was the founding publisher of […]