Sarah Murphy will join Flatiron Books as senior editor on January 26. Previously she was an editor at Harper Wave. Amber Hoover has joined Perseus Books as director of subsidiary rights. Previously she was foreign rights manager at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Allegra Green has joined Macmillan Children’s as associate marketing manager. She was most recently assistant manager of brand and licensed marketing at Little, Brown Children’s. In addition, Morgan Rath has joined as associate publicist. Previously she was an assistant publicist at BookSparks. Maria Whelan has joined Dutton as a senior publicist. She was previously a publicist at Other Press. Heather […]
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At Random House, Caitlin McKenna and Anna Pitoniak have both been promoted to senior editor, while Emma Caruso moves up to assistant editor. Stephanie Doig has been promoted to associate editor at Harlequin. Michelle Meade has been promoted to the associate editor at Mira Books. At Graywolf Press, Casey O’Neil has been promoted to sales director. Caroline Nitz has been promoted to senior publicity manager. Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed US scout for Greek publisher Metaichimio. In the UK, Jenny Savill has joined the board of directors at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. Picks Books-A-Million named Matt Haig’s novel How to Stop Time as its […]
New York and Los Angeles PEN Branches Unify Under PEN America Name
In a long-overdue move, the two separate PEN chapters in the US — PEN America, based in New York, with over 5,700 members, and PEN Center USA, based in Los Angeles, comprising about 900 members — will merge into a single entity going forward under the PEN America name. Suzanne Nossel, director of the New York office, will lead the newly-combined PEN America, while Michelle Franke will continue to direct the Los Angeles office. The current board of trustees, overseen by Andrew Solomon, will incorporate PEN USA’s board of directors, including chair Marvin Putnam, vp Jamie Wolf, and director Franklin Leonard. […]
Macmillan CEO: “We will not allow any president to achieve by intimidation what our Constitution precludes”
John Sargent, ceo of Macmillan — the parent company of Henry Holt, the publisher of Michael Wolff’s FIRE AND FURY — sent the following letter to the company’s employees on Monday morning, provided to Publishers Lunch: To: All Macmillan Employees From: John Sargent Last Thursday, shortly after 7:00 a.m., we received a demand from the President of the United States to “immediately cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination” of Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. On Thursday afternoon we responded with a short statement saying that we would publish the book, and we moved the pub date forward to the next day. […]
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Penguin Random House announced a number of recent promotions in the sales department. Julie Black has promoted to senior vice president, sales strategic planning, while Tom Cox moves up to svp, mass merchandise & sistributor sales. In addition, Kim Shannon is promoted to svp, retail sales, and Jeff Weber moves up to svp, online & digital sales. Isabelle Bleecker and Jennifer Thompson are launching Nordlyset Literary Agency (which means The Northern Lights in Norwegian), a new agency offering full rights services for independent publishers and agencies, as well as author representation worldwide. Previously they worked together for fifteen years handling […]
People, Etc.: Jordan and Eakin Join the NYTBR, and More
The New York Times Book Review announced personnel changes, with Greg Cowles moving up to senior editor for the Books desk. Previously he was a preview editor for fiction and poetry. Two new hires will replace Cowles and Jennifer Szalai, who was recently named nonfiction book critic. Tina Jordan, formerly the books editor for Entertainment Weekly, will become a fiction preview editor and Inside the List bestseller columnist. She will “work on literary fiction, as well as science fiction and fantasy, horror, thrillers and romance coverage.” Emily Eakin has joined as preview editor, covering fiction and nonfiction reviews and editing essays for the Book Review. She previously […]