Building on the transition from mid-2016, Jen Enderlin becomes the sole publisher at St. Martin’s Press and will have all of the division’s publishing units reporting to her. Enderlin will report to Don Weisberg, as SMP president Sally Richardson takes the new role of chairman, also reporting to Weisberg. He writes: “Sally Richardson has been at SMP for 48 years, and has come to represent all that is good about the company. In her new job, Sally will help chart the future for St. Martin’s Press. She will continue to read and buy books and will bring her vast experience […]
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At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Emily Hartley and Elana Seplow-Jolley have both been promoted to associate editor. Leonicka Valcius has joined the Transatlantic Agency as assistant agent. Valcius was most recently a title analyst at Penguin Random House Canada. Suzanne Rafer, executive editor and director of cookbook publishing at Workman Publishing, retired on February 2 after almost 44 years with the company. Executive chair and president of Workman Publishing Carolan Workman said, “Workman without Suzanne is unimaginable…. It’s impossible to overstate how much she’s contributed to this company. Always with good nature and humor and love.” Obituary Former longtime Barnes & Noble director of merchandising Bob Wietrak, 69, […]
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Penny Makras has been promoted to associate director of marketing for Harper Wave and Harper Business. Harper Christian announced a number of promotions across several imprints. John Kramp has been promoted to svp, group publisher Bibles, while Doug Lockhart takes on the role of svp, Bible marketing and new initiatives. At Zondervan, Melinda Bouma has been promoted to publisher. Finally, Daniel Marrs moves up to publisher, Thomas Nelson Bibles. Lathea Williams has joined Workman as publicity manager. Most recently, she was assistant publicity manager at Sourcebooks. Nicole Counts has been promoted to associate editor at One World. At Scholastic Trade, Keith Fretz has […]
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Maja Thomas has been promoted to chief innovation officer at Hachette Libre and joins the company’s international executive board. Previously svp of Hachette Digital and Audio at HBG USA, Thomas rejoined Hachette Livre last year as director of Hachette’s Innovation Program. Based in California, Thomas “works internationally across the company’s divisions to facilitate collaboration with start-ups and established global technological players, and accelerate digital transformation.” In her new role she “will further support all of Hachette Livre teams as they test, innovate and break new ground, in particular using big data and artificial intelligence.” CEO Arnaud Nourry says in the […]
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Rachel Ekstrom Courage has moved to Folio Literary Management as an agent representing adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction and select nonfiction projects. Previously she was an agent at the Irene Goodman Literary Agency. At Sterling Lord Literistic, Laurie Liss has been promoted to executive vice president and managing partner, and Nadyne Pike moves up to chief operating officer. (Doug Stewart and Celeste Fine were both made vice president, as well.) At Knopf Children’s, Marisa de Novis has been promoted to assistant editor. Macmillan Children’s announced a number of promotions: Liz Dresner has been promoted to associate art director; Rebecca […]
People: Curr to Leave S&S
Simon & Schuster ceo Carolyn Reidy announced in a memo this morning that president and publisher of the Atria Publishing Group Judith Curr “has decided to leave” after 19 years with the company, effective at the end of day. She was the founding publisher of Atria Books in 2002, and became head of the Atria Group in 2012. “Smart, creative, personable, and always keen to try out new ideas and methods of publishing,” Reidy writes, “Judith was also deeply committed to bringing new and underserved voices to readers and has been a true champion of diversity both on her staff […]