Doubleday vp, executive director of publicity Alison Rich will take on the additional role of associate publisher, Nan A. Talese Books, continuing to report to Suzanne Herz. In her new role Rich will be responsible for providing additional marketing and publicity support and “building social media followings and digital promotion” for the imprint. At Random House Canada, Lynn Henry is moving from Doubleday Canada to the new role of publishing director at Knopf Canada, reporting to Anne Collins. Amy Black will become associate publisher at Doubleday Canada, reporting to Kristin Cochrane. (Nita Pronovost and Tim Rostron will report to Black). Martha […]
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Launch Kids and DBW
Friday we recapped the amazing line-up of keynotes and speakers set for Digital Book World on January 14 and 15, but DBW actually kicks off on the January 13 with our fourth annual Publishers Launch Kids conference. The biggest gathering in children’s publishing to look at the business opportunities in the digital transition, this year’s program features major movement in education (from Google and News Corp.’s Amplify), as well as such new developments as the rise of online fandom; Kickstarter for children’s literature; personalization; ebook subscriptions just for children’s books; new adventures in storybuilding; and more. (A few notable panelists […]
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Sarah Odedina “has decided to leave” Hot Key Books in the UK, which she started for Bonnier Publishing in 2011. Odedina is stepping down from her position as managing director immediately, but will stay with the company until April 30, 2015. Ed Park is leaving Amazon Publishing’s Little A imprint to join Penguin Press as an executive editor, focused on growing their fiction list. Editor of Amazon’s literary journal Day One Carmen Johnson will take over Park’s responsibilities at Little A. The NYT bills it is as “a major setback” — though his last announced acquisition was 16 months ago. Separately, Amazon’s […]
Amazon Picks Top Books, Naming Ng’s “Sleeper” Novel As Top Pick
Amazon published their lists of best books of the year, including their top 100 titles, and 10 favorites, plus “editor’s picks” across 20 categories. Hachette Book Group lands just four titles on Amazon’s top 100, and all four are the only hardcovers offered at full retail price, without any discount. In order, they are: Those Who Wish Me Dead, by Michael Koryta (29); To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel, by Joshua Ferris (54); The Fever, by Megan Abbott (96); and The Farm, by Tom Rob Smith (97). Their pick for “book of the year” is Celeste Ng’s novel. 1. Everything I Never Told […]
Another Chance
As we have noted before, our sixth annual Digital Book World Conference already features our best programming line-up ever, with an amazing group of timely keynotes that includes: Russ Grandinetti at Amazon in conversation with Mike Shatzkin and Michael Cader; Harper ceo Brian Murray; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ceo Linda Zecher; serial entrepreneur and bestselling author Seth Godin, bestselling authors Ken Auletta and Walter Isaacson; data analysis expert Hilary Mason; content marketing expert Joe Pulizzi; NYT news analytics director James Robinson; Atria publisher Judith Curr (on the author’s decision between self-publishing and traditional publishing); and still more. And the roster of 30 […]
People: William Morrow to Absorb Harlequin Nonfiction
The first tangible editorial change following HarperCollins’ acquisition of Harlequin has been announced, and Harlequin Nonfiction titles acquired for publication in August 2015 and beyond will become part of the William Morrow list. President and group publisher for the US and Canada Michael Morrison wrote in a memo: “Since the acquisition of Harlequin, we have been looking at ways we can work together in order to be most effective and provide the greatest benefit to our authors. As a result, the one area we have decided to align is nonfiction. We feel that our longstanding expertise and strength in nonfiction publishing will benefit […]