Taylor & Francis has hired Annie Callanan to take over as ceo, succeeding Roger Horton. Most recently ceo of healthcare company Quantros, Callanan had been ceo at Bowker and chief operating officer at ProQuest. Shigenori Hamaguchi has joined HarperCollins Japan in the new position of publishing director, reporting to Frank Foley. Most recently, he was editor-in-chief for Elle Decor Japan. Kristi Smith has been promoted to director of marketing for Thomas Nelson’s W Publishing Group. Carol Burrell has joined Workman Children’s as senior editor. Most recently, she was a freelancer, with prior experience as the editorial director for Graphic Universe, the […]
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Benjamin Steinberg will join Dey Street Books in the newly created role of associate publisher. Previously, he was director of partnerships and imprint consumer marketing for Knopf Doubleday. Gayley Avery has joined Bonnier Publishing USA as director of marketing and publicity for Little Bee Books and Weldon Owen. Previously, she was marketing director for Scholastic. The NYT looks at “qualms and questions” over the release of Curtis Dawkins‘ debut collection The Graybar Hotel from Scribner this week. An MFA grad of Western Michigan University, Dawkins is serving a life sentence without parole for murder. (His low-six-figure advance goes into an education fund for his children.) Director […]
Booksellers’ July Picks
Spoonbenders, by Daryl Gregory is Amazon‘s spotlight pick for July, and Goodbye, Vitamin, by Rachel Khong is their featured debut (both Indie Next selections as well). The other titles on their best of the month list are: Sting-Ray Afternoons, by Steve Rushin Afterlife, by Marcus Sakey When the English Fall, by David Williams American Fire, by Monica Hesse Who Is Rich?, by Matthew Klam What We Lose, by Zinzi Clemmons The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo, by Ian Stansel The Outer Cape, by Patrick Dacey iBooks goes their own direction, with July selections that include two titles (noted with an asterisk) […]
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In the UK, former president and coo of Parragon Paul Gregory will become chief executive of Bonnier UK’s Igloo Books Group, on September 11, reporting to Perminder Mann. Abby Ranger, formerly senior editor for HarperCollins Children’s has left to launch editorial freelance business Abby Ranger Editorial. Picks The Costco Pennie’s Pick for July is Kiss Carlo by Adriana Trigiani. Bookselling Miami’s Bookstore in the Grove, which was headed for closure earlier in June, remains open as owner Felice Dubin is “in discussions with a potential new owner to take over the store.” Most inventory is on sale. Penguin Random House’s Signature Views posted a five-minute “mini-doc” shot as […]
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Marlene Kelly has been promoted to senior marketing manager for Amazon Publishing. Meg Reid has been promoted to director of Hub City Press effective July 1. Founder and current director Betsy Teter will retain the title of editor and director of development. Also starting July 1, Hub City Press titles will be distributed by Publishers Group West. Alongside his attorney and his existing representation for publishing, novelist John Irving signed with Gersh Agency for theatrical representation. Antonia Byatt will serve as interim director of English PEN. The Guardian conducted an informal study investigating the gender gap in UK book publishing, “following up anecdotal […]
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Carolyn Savarese has joined Kneerim & Williams as an affiliated agent. She was group vice president for global licensing, international sales and marketing, contracts and legal affairs for Perseus Books Group, where she worked for 18 years. She will look for “authors of influence and books that matter — on subjects personal or political, historical or scientific, cultural or culinary.” Christopher Goff, senior vice president and general counsel for HarperCollins will retire on September 30 after 28 years with the company. Bill Adams, currently senior vice president and associate general counsel at Penguin Random House, will succeed him as general counsel worldwide. The general […]