At FSG, Laird Gallagher has been promoted to associate editor. Julia Ringo has joined as assistant editor; previously she was editorial assistant for Knopf. Camaren Subhiyah has joined Chronicle Books as senior editor for food and lifestyle. Previously she was editor for Abrams. Hafizah Geter has joined Amazon’s Little A imprint and digital literary magazine, Day One, as editor. Previously she was editor and publicity coordinator for Poets House. Shannon Criss has joined EverAfter Romance as senior acquisitions editor. Previously she was editor for Harlequin. Richard Brown will step down as director of Georgetown University Press on October 6 to become director of University of South […]
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At Macmillan Children’s Ebony Lane has been promoted to senior rights manager, rights and permissions. Catherine Kramer has been promoted to subsidiary rights associate. Finalists were announced for the PEN Center USA Awards, in 8 categories, with the winners to be named in September. (The original version of this was a bit mangled and has been corrected/updated.) It’s been a big month for cover reveals, which have included: Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green The Rooster Bar, by John Grisham You Can’t Spell America Without Me, by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen The TB12 Method, by Tom Brady And […]
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Ryan Doherty will be join Celadon Books, Macmillan’s new trade book division, as executive editor starting September 12. He has been vice president of literary development at Sony Pictures Entertainment (after a number of years as an editor at Ballantine). Celadon Books co-publishers Jamie Raab and Deb Futter say: “Ryan’s ability to identify high quality works of fiction and nonfiction that have strong commercial potential and his deep knowledge of the overall literary market are perfectly aligned with the mission of Celadon Books.” At William Morrow, Shelby Meizlik has been promoted to the new role of vp, special events and creative strategies; Kelly […]
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Brian Ulicky has joined The New Press as director of publicity and marketing. He was director of publicity for Blue Rider. At Melville House, Stephanie DeLuca has joined as director of publicity. Most recently, she was publicity manager for Gallery Books. Alexandra Primiani has joined as senior publicist. Previously he was publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and at Riverhead Books. Amazon has promoted director of consumables for Germany Rocco Braeuniger to country manager for Australia, where the company plans a significant expansion. They have chosen a location about 26 miles from Melbourne for their first warehouse, which will stock “hundreds of thousands of products for delivery […]
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Erin Vandeveer returns to Abrams in the new role of senior production manager, starting August 9. Most recently she was studio manager for St. Martin’s. Alana Yuster has joined Igloo Books as national account manager. Previously she was brand manager at Penguin Random House. Agnieszka Mizak has been promoted to the new role of managing director for APA publications, publisher of Insight Guides and Berlitz. Julie Dinneen has joined D4EO Literary Agency as agent, looking for literary fiction, commercial fiction, women’s fiction, all subgenres of romance and select memoir. Professor of English at Harvard Steph Burt and professor of English at Virginia Tech Carmen Giménez […]
Barnes & Noble Education Buys Online Writing Business for $58.5 Million
Barnes & Noble Education acquired Student Brands on Friday for $58.5 million in cash. Student Brands is a subscription-based writing skills services business, with properties in the US, Brazil, France and Mexico. BNED has been trying to buy its way to growth, so far without convincing investors. Earlier this year they paid the Riggios $174 million to buy MBS Textbook Exchange (and in 2016, their more modest acquisitions included LoudCloud, for $17.9 million, and Promoversity). Despite this year’s over $230 million in acquisitions, the company has a market cap of less than $340 million. Release In other acquisitions, Netflix made […]