F+W president Sara Domville is leaving company on July 15 after 17 years there, writing “it is time for me to enter a new chapter in my career.” At Dutton, Jessica Renheim has just been promoted to editor. At Penguin, Ryan Murphy has been promoted to digital marketing manager for Penguin Books, and Nora McCarthy has been promoted to marketing coordinator. At Berkley, vp, director of marketing Jeanne-Marie Hudson has been promoted to vp, associate publisher. Rick Pascocello has joined Glass Literary Management as a literary agent after 23 years at Penguin Random House, most recently as vp, director of marketing.
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Juliana Horbachevsky has joined Harmony Books as senior publicist. Previously she was a publicist at Abrams. At Norton, Elisabeth Kerr has been promoted to director of subsidiary rights, adding oversight for domestic rights sales and licensing agreements to her responsibilities; and Mary Kate Skehan moves up to assistant manager of subsidiary rights, responsible for most audio, book club, first and second serial, and large-type rights, alongside her work in foreign rights, reporting to Kerr. The Center for Fiction highlights 25 accomplished fiction debuts with the longlist for their First Novel Prize. Nominees will be named in September.
The Full Buzz Books Romance Roster
We were delighted to see the full release of our new Buzz Books: Romance sampler greeted enthusiastically yesterday, including coverage from the AP, USA Today’s Happily Ever After, and Sarah Wendell, who contributed the seasonal preview and is also a fan. Yesterday’s PL announcement was missing some links, so as a reminder, the “trade version” is available from NetGalley — or you can get an EPUB from PM and find it on Edelweiss. The consumer edition is free at every major ebookstore, still in promotional rotation at iBooks and already ranking high at Amazon. Below is the complete list of […]
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At Ecco, Sara Wood has been promoted to associate art director. Andrea Cascardi will rejoin Transatlantic Agency as a literary agent based out of New York. Previously she was managing director of Egmont USA from 2013 to 2015, and before then spent ten years as an agent at TLA. Jennifer Metzger has joined Insight Editions as sales manager. Bookselling Anne Hollander answered the open call from Deep Vellum Publishing head Will Evans and will join him as co-founder of the Deep Vellum Books bookstore in Dallas. The store is expected to set an official grand opening shortly. Alliance Scholastic has a multi-year licensing […]
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Deb Brody will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as editorial director for lifestyle & culinary on July 18. Previously she was executive editor at William Morrow. Michael Strother has joined Harlequin Teen as editor. Previously he was an editor at Simon Pulse. Jermey Matthews will join MIT Press as acquisitions editor, physical sciences, engineering and math. Previously he was books editor at Physics Today. Patricia Kelly has been appointed general manager of Lonely Planet’s Oakland, CA location, in addition to her current role as director of sales, Americas. Cliff Manko has joined Beacon Press as chief financial officer. He was svp finance […]
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At Scribner, Shannon Welch has been promoted to executive editor. At Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency, Danielle Burby has been promoted to agent and foreign rights manager. Paula Canal will join Indent Literary Agency as a literary agent and foreign rights director. She has spent the past 17 years as foreign rights manager at Anagrama and will continue to handle all foreign rights for the company from her post at Indent. At New World Library, Jason Gardner has been promoted to executive editor. At McGraw-Hill Professional, Cheryl Ringer has been promoted to editor, business group. At the UK’s Folio Prize, executive […]