Robin Straus and Andrew Nurnberg have jointly acquired the Wallace Literary Agency, four months after the death of Lois Wallace, who founded the agency in 1988. Jeff Hoffman, who worked for the agency for the past 18 years, will stay on staff. Nurnberg handled foreign rights for her clients for over thirty years, while Straus was a vice-president of an earlier incarnation of Wallace’s agency in the 1980s. The two agents said in an announcement: “We were great admirers of Lois’s literary taste and business acumen and we are committed to representing the distinguished list of the Wallace Literary Agency […]
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Louise Braverman has been promoted to director of publicity for Penguin Books and Penguin Classics. Jennifer Schuster has been promoted to executive editor at NAL/Celebra. The Tarcher and Perigee imprints announced a number of promotions and new hires. Sara Carder has been promoted to editorial director, Tarcher, while Joanna Ng moves up to assistant editor. Brianna Yamashita takes on responsibility for Perigee as executive director of publicity and marketing in tandem with Tarcher. Kevin Howell has been promoted to senior marketing manager for both imprints, while Jillian McElgunn moves up to marketing coordinator. Finally, Lindsey Ruthen has joined as senior […]
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Jason Weidemann has been promoted to editorial director of University of Minnesota Press. He succeeds Richard Morrison, who left after fifteen years at UMP to become editorial director at Fordham University Press last month. At Macmillan, Krista Loercher has been promoted to director, Amazon sales. Sam Caggiula has joined Skyhorse as senior publicity manager. Previously he was a publicist at Rowman & Littlefield. Former Bertelsmann executive Richard Sarnoff has been named head of KKR & Co.’s Americas media and telecoms team, as well as a managing director of KKR. Sarnoff, a former co-chairman of Bertelsmann’s U.S. division, has been a […]
David Mitchell Tops September Indie Next List
The Bone Clocks is the top selection of ABA booksellers for September. Their list also includes 5 of our Publishers Lunch Fall/Winter Buzz Books — by Matthew Thomas, Jessie Burton, Katy Simpson Smith, Nayomi Munaweera, and Tana French — Download our free sampler from any ebookstore (or from the Buzz home page) to read substantial excerpts from all 5 Indie Next authors and more now. #1: The Bone Clocks, by David Mitchell Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel Neverhome, by Laird Hunt We Are Not Ourselves, by Matthew Thomas The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton Accidents of Marriage, by Randy […]
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Ten Speed Press announced a number of promotions and new hires. In the publicity and marketing departments, Lorraine Woodcheke has been named marketing & publicity manager, cookbooks, while Natalie Mulford moves up to marketing and publicity manager, Watson-Guptill and Amphoto Books. In the design department, Betsy Stromberg has been promoted to senior art director while Chloe Rawlins moves up to senior design manager. Kara Plikaitis has been named senior art director and Ashley Lima joins as art director. Finally, Tatiana Pavola has been named junior designer, while Anitra Alcantara joins as production designer. At Potter Style, Jay Sacher has been […]
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Marcie Lawrence has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as designer. She is a recent graduate from the School of Visual Arts MFA Design program, and was previously at Wenner Media. In addition, Maggie Edkins has been promoted to assistant designer. Susan Peterson has joined CodeManta as svp, sales. Most recently she was president of Blackwell Book Services, North America, prior to which she was svp of digital business at Baker & Taylor. Author, journalist, and NYC correspondent for National Public Radio Margot Adler died in New York City on July 28. DRAWING DOWN THE MOON was her well-known work […]