At Ecco, Ashley Garland has been promoted to senior publicity manager. Ami Greko will start working at Penguin Random House UK next Monday, as product manager of their author portal, reporting to digital publisher Dan Franklin. She was book marketing strategist at Goodreads before relocating to London earlier this year. At Sourcebooks, Cat Clyne has been promoted to associate editor for Casablanca, their romance imprint. In addition, Skye Agnew has been promoted to associate managing editor. At Open Road Integrated Media, David Adams has been promoted to editor. Kerry Cahill has joined the Johns Hopkins University Press as sales director of the books division, […]
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Juan Felipe Herrera has been named Poet Laureate, the first Latino writer to receive the honor since its inception in 1936. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in the announcement that Herrera’s poems “champion voices, traditions and histories, as well as a cultural perspective, which is a vital part of our larger American identity.” Herrera told the Washington Post: “I’m looking forward to a whole new world — and a new me. The times now seem to be evolving with voices of color. All voices are important, and yet it seems that people of color have a lot to […]
Unified Structure for Penguin Random House Canada’s Adult and Children’s Publishing Groups
President and ceo of Penguin Random House Canada Brad Martin announced Tuesday that all of the company’s adult imprints, including Penguin Canada, McClelland & Stewart, and Random House of Canada, will be united under a single division, the Penguin Random House Canada Publishing Group, led by president and publisher Kristin Cochrane. In addition, all of the company’s children’s imprints, including Doubleday Children’s, Razorbill, and Tundra Books, will go forward under a single division, Penguin Random House Canada Children’s Publishing Group, led by publisher Tara Walker. Martin said in the announcement that the new structure will “retain and strengthen the unique […]
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BEA reported attendance data for the recent show in New York, and the numbers were consistent with the last couple of years. Professional attendance was down 1.2 percent, at 10,832 people (down by 133); with exhibitors included, overall attendance was up 5.2 percent, with 20,895 people. Will Heyward has joined Penguin Press as associate editor. Previously he was an assistant editor at Knopf. Michael Connole will join Quarto on September 1 as Chief Financial Officer. He is currently CFO of Global Radio Group. Stephanie Graham has joined Sourcebooks as marketing coordinator. Previously she was communications assistant at Marquette University’s Office of International Education. In addition, […]
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Hut Landon is retiring as executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association at the end of the year after more than 15 years in the role. In a note to NCIBA members Landon said his decision was “fueled by nothing more than a desire to have a bit more time to enjoy life outside of work.” NCIBA has formed a search committee to find a new executive director and hopes to have someone in place before the end of October. Reynold Levy has joined the National Book Foundation‘s board of directors. Levy has written four books, including They Told Me […]
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Karen Thomas will take over as publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions, following the resignation of Brenda Knight and other staff last month. Editorial and production offices will move to the Jersey City office of parent firm Start Publishing in July. Thomas was most recently executive editor at Grand Central Publishing and was the founding editor of Dafina Books. For clarity, Springer Nature has underscored that both Palgrave Macmillan academic imprint and the Palgrave higher ed line continue unchanged. As reported earlier this week, it’s the Palgrave trade imprint that was incorporated into St. Martin’s in 2014 that is retiring the Palgrave name.