As noted before, if Digital Book World is on your calendar for next month (March 7 – 9, at the Hilton in NYC), make sure to lock in your tickets today before the last main price break expires tonight. Use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices. With our biggest “Day Zero” line-up yet, the value-packed Total Access Pass gets you three full days of programming — starting with your choice of the always-rich Launch Kids (the country’s leading show just for children’s publishers, now author keynoter Jenny Han); the brand-new Mostly Marketing Masterclasses, […]
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From Headlines to Expert Sessions: Lock In The Early DBW Prices
As we have noting, your best chance to save money on the upcoming Digital Book World in NYC (March 7 – 9) expires on Monday — and please use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices. Conference chair Mike Shatzkin explains how recent headline-making stories tie directly in to featured speakers and sessions in a blog post, and Launch Kids chair Lorraine Shanley covers some of the highlights of our fifth annual full-day children’s publishing conference. And Total Access Pass buyers will get to choose from among our biggest “Day Zero” […]
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At Random House, Andrea Walker and Noah Eaker have both been promoted to executive editor; Caitlin McKenna and Kaela Myers have both been promoted to editor; and Mika Kasuga and Molly Turpin have both been promoted to associate editor. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Sarah Murphy and Anne Speyer have both been promoted to associate editor, and Julia Maguire has been promoted to assistant editor. Gwyneth Stansfield joins Blue Rider Press/Plume as publicity manager on February 8. She was most recently publicity manager at Regan Arts and prior to that worked at Scribner. In addition, Molly Pieper has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Carolyn Pittis has rejoined Welman Digital, a management consulting firm working […]
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At Ingram Content Group, chief information officer Pep Carrera will change roles and become chief operating officer at their VitalSource Technologies unit, relocating to Raleigh, NC. In turn, VitalSource coo Kent Freeman will take on the newly-created role of chief strategy and development officer, “supporting Ingram’s continued transformation and leading the delivery, management and incubation of Ingram’s future successful strategic partnerships and products.” At Penguin Young Readers’ sales department, Cristi Navarro has been promoted to director of national accounts. Kevin Cotter has joined Anonymous Content as director of literary affairs. Previously he worked in a similar role at Floren Shieh Productions. […]
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At Atria, Ariele Fredman has been promoted to assistant director of publicity; Kathryn Santora has been promoted to senior publicist; Tory Lowy moves up to publicist; and Emily Bamford is now associate publicist. The Texas Book Festival has hired Julie Wernersbach as literary director, starting later this month. She has been marketing director at BookPeople for the past five years. Tammy Brown joins the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators as director, community marketing and engagement, based in Los Angeles, starting March 1. Bonnie Bader work for the organization as a consultant, with the title of publishing advisor, based in New York. Kat Meyer recently joined the Book Industry Study […]
The Week to Save for Digital Book World
As noted recently, the big rescheduled Digital Book World Conference is a little more than a month away, set for March 7 – 9 in New York City — which makes this the best week to lock in your tickets before the prices go up. As always, use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices (with the best available discount). We told you this year will offer our biggest “Day Zero” programming yet for Total Access Pass holders — and that roster just got bigger with the posting of the […]