Simon & Schuster is launching a new imprint, Avid Reader Press, inspired by “the spirit invoked” in former Simon & Schuster editor-in-chief Robert Gottlieb’s memoir Avid Reader, with its first titles launching in late 2019 or early 2020. Jofie Ferrari-Adler will serve as vice president and publisher of the new line, and Ben Loehnen is vice president…
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Best of 2018 Lists Begin with Publishers Weekly, Indigo
Publishers Weekly named its best books of 2018, in a number of categories. Their overall top ten leads with Lisa Halliday’s Asymmetry, Tara Westover’s Educated, and Kiese Laymon’s Heavy. The rest of the list: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, by Alexander Chee Insurrecto, by Gina Apostol The Largess of the Sea Maiden, by Denis…
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Rex Ogle has joined Aevitas Creative Management as director of book packaging & story development. He was previously editor at DC Comics, Scholastic, and senior editor at Little Brown Children’s. Ruby Rose Lee has been promoted to assistant editor at Henry Holt. Awards The Kirkus Prize winners were announced, in three categories: Ling Ma’s Severance won for fiction;…
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Hai-Yen Mura has expanded her role to associate publisher, Amazon Publishing US. At Tom Doherty Associates, Rebecca Yeager has been promoted to advertising and promotions manager; Sara Di Blasi to marketing assistant, Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing; and Renata Sweeney to digital marketing manager, Tor, Forge Books, Tor Teen, Starscape. Anthony Parisi joins as associate…
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Adam Guerriero has joined Hachette Book Group as vice president, pricing. He was most recently director of pricing analytics at Macy’s. Rosie Mahorter and Abigail Novak have both been promoted to senior publicist at Scribner. Sydney Morris has been promoted to associate publicist at Touchstone. Katie Quinn has joined Macmillan Children’s as marketing manager. Previously, she was…
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At Scribner, Sarah Goldberg has been promoted to associate editor; Sally Howe to associate editor; and Julia Lee McGill to publishing manager. Eliza Swift has joined Sourcebooks as senior editor for Fire and Jabberwocky. Most recently she was editor at Albert Whitman, and she previously worked for Alloy Entertainment. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Jessi Smith has been…