At Crown, Julian Pavia has been promoted to executive editor. Porter Anderson is taking over as editor of Publishing Perspectives from Ed Nawotka, who has run the publication since it was founded in 2009. Anderson was associate editor at FutureBooks, where he is replaced by Molly Flatt. In Germany, Piper publisher Michael Hartges will leave his position at the end of the month after 7 years there, following a disagreement with management over editorial direction. At Winter Institute in Denver today, retiring Tattered Cover owner Joyce Meskis was honored with a proclamation from Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, who appeared before the booksellers […]
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Coming Soon: Digital Book World Is Close
Winter Institute is the big industry event starting this weekend, but coming up soon on the calendar is our seventh annual Digital Book World, which moved to March 7 – 9, still in New York City. There is still some early pricing available now through early February, so it’s a good time to get serious about your plans (and please use the registration link for Publishers Lunch readers to save hundreds of dollars on the individual ticket prices). DBW has just released a great free white paper with over 10 essays and q&as from a number of the featured speakers that anyone […]
People: On David Hartwell
Longtime Tor editor David Hartwell, 74, died on Wednesday from head trauma suffered in a fall. As Tor notes, he was nominated for the Hugo Award 41, winning the awards for Best Professional Editor in 2006 and Best Editor Long Form in 2008 and 2009, as well as editing Nebula and Hugo Award-winning novels. Tor’s Tom Doherty writes: “David Hartwell was a brilliant editor. I met David in the early 70s when he was working for Berkley and got to know him better as he was creating Timescape an imprint at Simon and Schuster. I’ve worked with him closely for the last 33 […]
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Chris Lupo has joined Chernin Entertainment as the company’s book scout, based in New York, reporting to the head of film and television. Previously he was a senior literary scout at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. At Random House Children’s, Jennifer Moreno has been promoted to production manager; Natalia Dextre moves up to associate production manager; Thomas Marshall has joined as production manager, moving over from the Penguin Random House Audio Group; and production associate Alice Rahaeauser will now work with the Licensed team, newly reporting to Patty Collins. Lithub.com announced a new group of contributors to the site, including: Manager […]
People: F+W Hires Beusse, and More
F+W has hired Tom Beusse as ceo, effective immediately, filling the position vacated by David Nussbaum last September (with coo Jim Ogle working as interim ceo since then). Beusse founded and ran as president the USA Today Sports Media Group until leaving in 2013. Prior to that he was ceo of radio content syndication company Westwood One for a brief period; he was also president of Time Warner’s Time4 Media subsidiary, and president of magazine publishing at Rodale. Beusse says in the announcement: “I am excited about the opportunity to lead F+W forward in the ever-changing media landscape. The deep relationship F+W brands have […]
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Former PGW president Susan Reich has teamed up with financial advisor and consultant David Lamb to form Book Advisors, “to advise publishers on mergers and acquisitions in addition to providing consulting on strategic planning, digital publishing, distribution, and operational issues.” Reich is based in Oakland, CA and Lamb is in New York. Reich says in the announcement, “I’ve known David for twenty years and worked with him on the sales of PGW and Avalon Publishing. Combining my operational experience with David’s financial advisory background will give Book Advisors clients the best of both worlds.” Molly O’Neill has joined the Waxman […]