May Chen has been promoted to executive editor at William Morrow/Avon. Scholastic announced new appointments across several imprints. At Scholastic Trade, Caitlin Friedman has been named vp, marketing, moving over from Scholastic Media, where she was vp, marketing & brand management. Colleen Prendergrast has also joined Scholastic as associate manager, licensed publishing. She was most recently rights coordinator at HarperCollins. At Klutz, Kristin Carder has been named designer, joining from Braid Creative, where she developed brands for small businesses. Vicky Eva has also joined Klutz as senior sourcing specialist. Previously she was a senior vendor account manager at One Kings Lane. […]
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Alexander Tops May Indie Next List
Poet Elizabeth Alexander‘s memoir THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD is the ABA’s No. 1 Indie Next pick for May. The rest of the list features the following (including 5 books, asterisked, you can start reading right now in our free Buzz Books 2015 ebook): Pieces of My Mother, by Melissa Cistaro* The Given World, by Marian Palaia The World Is on Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse, by Joni Tevis The Daylight Marriage, by Heidi Pitlor Whispering Shadows, by Jan-Philipp Sendker The Book of Aron, by Jim Shepard Church of Marvels, by Leslie Parry* Girl at War, by Sara […]
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Alex Merrill has joined Skyhorse in the newly created role of chief operating officer, reporting to Tony Lyons. Merrill was most recently group publisher at Morris Media Network. “Alex Merrill is the right person at the right time for Skyhorse Publishing,” said Lyons in the announcement. “I am confident that his strong management background combined with his entrepreneurial skills will help Skyhorse soar to the next level.” Stephanie Abou has joined Lippincott Massie McQuilkin, where she will continue working with literary and upmarket novelists as well as select authors of narrative nonfiction and pop culture works. She had been at Foundry. […]
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Leila Campoli has joined Stonesong as an agent representing nonfiction in the areas of business, economics, finance, science, pop culture, current affairs, and politics. She was most recently an editor at Palgrave Macmillan. Courtney Carbone is being promoted to associate editor at the Random House Children’s/Golden Books imprint. Alli Brydon is joining The Bright Group on April 6 as managing agent in their expanding US office. She has been a senior editor at Sterling Children’s, where she worked for over 9 years. She will oversee US agents James Burns and Anne Moore-Armstrong and help build their roster of US children’s book authors and illustrators. Faith […]
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At William Morrow, Molly Birckhead has been promoted to marketing director. Little, Brown announced a number of promotions: Carrie Neill has been promoted to publicity manager, Lauren Harms is now senior designer, and Malin von Euler-Hogan has been promoted to associate editor. On their James Patterson team, Sabrina Benun has been promoted to assistant marketing and publicity manager, Shawn Sarles moves up to project director and analyst, and Flo Yue is now art director, marketing. Brittany Hamblin has joined Grand Central Life & Style as editor. She was most recently editor at Dey Street Books. Lynn Cully is returning to Kensington […]
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Eric Myers has joined Dystel & Goderich Literary Management as an agent. Previously he was an agent at the Spieler Agency and will bring his client list with him to DGLM. Kathleen Quinlan has joined DK as assistant marketing manager. She was most recently events and marketing specialist at Media Source Inc. In addition, Kell Wilson has been promoted to marketing manager, licensing and children’s. Meghan Houser has joined Crown as assistant editor. Previously she was an editorial assistant at Knopf. In addition, Claire Potter has also been promoted to assistant editor. Bookselling Though membership rolls for the American Booksellers […]