HarperCollins celebrated their 200th anniversary one more time with drinks on the floor of the Frankfurt Book Fair towards the end of the business day, with ceo Brian Murray honoring “how resilient HarperCollins has been, and how resilient the publishing industry has been.” In a nod to yesterday’s remark by Andrew Wylie, Murray remarked, “Even though we may be bewildering to some people, I think at HarperCollins, we know that we know what we are doing.” Canada’s The Cooke Agency and The McDermid Agency have emerged to form CookeMcDermid. The new company will be owned in equal parts by McDermid owners […]
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People: Nguyen and Ward Win MacArthur Grants, and More
The latest class of 24 MacArthur Fellows was named, and they include novelist and critic Viet Thanh Nguyen, 46, and novelist and memoirist Jesmyn Ward, 40. Also winning grants were playwright Annie Baker, 36, who won the Pulitzer in 2014 for “The Flick,” and NYT Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones, 41. Hannah-Jones’s first book The Problem We All Live With is forthcoming from One World in 2019. Another winner, artist and geographer Trevor Paglen, 43, has also published a number of books. At Atria, Stephanie Mendoza has been promoted to senior publicist and Rachel Brenner has been promoted to associate publicist. Ingram announced […]
Briefs: New EL James, New Chandler Reps, Brzezinski Expands Concerns, and More
The surprise EL James book people at Penguin Random House have been whispering about was announced on Tuesday: DARKER: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian, continues the retelling of her trilogy from Christian Grey’s point of view that began with GREY. Vintage will publish the trade paperback on Tuesday, November 2. The publisher says they will be soliciting orders from accounts over the next week, and currently have paper on order and press time reserved for a first printing of more than one million copies. James says in the announcement, “The inside of Christian Grey’s head is a fascinating place to […]
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At The Bright Agency, Anne Moore Armstrong has been promoted to senior trade agent and James Burns has been promoted to managing agent. Editor and translator Elianna Kan has joined Regal Hoffmann & Associates as an affiliate agent, with a focus on representing Spanish-language titles. William Morris Endeavor will represent Dutch publisher Lebowski‘s titles in crime/suspense, true crime, and grounded sci-fi, for publishing rights outside of Holland as well as film and TV. Ellen Kokontis has been promoted to associate art director for Albert Whitman. Awards Richard Thaler, of the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, was awarded the Nobel Prize […]
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Following Kazuo Ishiguro‘s Nobel win, Knopf will reprint 200,00 copies of his assorted backlist, all with reprinted jackets bearing the Nobel seal. A poster was created for bookstores as well, with more promotional efforts on the way shortly. Julie Ertl is joining Vintage and Anchor as a senior publicist, starting October 9. She was most recently with Little, Brown. At Simon & Schuster, Stuart Roberts has been promoted to associate editor and Zachary Knoll has been promoted to assistant editor. Lara Jones has been promoted to assistant editor at Emily Bestler Books. At Touchstone, Shida Carr has been promoted to associate director of publicity […]
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Marian Lizzi has been promoted to vice president, editor-in-chief at Tarcher Perigee. Jennifer Heddle has been promoted to executive editor at Disney/Lucasfilm Publishing. Brooke Csuka has been promoted to senior publicist for Algonquin and Algonquin Children’s. Aileen Boyle has launched Audere Media, a publicity and marketing consultancy for authors, publishers and brands. She was most recently vp, associate publisher for Blue Rider Press. Caity Anast has been promoted to metadata and contracts supervisor for Albert Whitman. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron will both appear at the official opening ceremonies for the Frankfurt Book Fair next Tuesday. France […]