Lisa Yoskowitz will join Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as executive editor on July 21. Previously she was senior editor at Disney-Hyperion. At Chronicle Books, Kelli Chipponeri has been promoted to editorial director, children’s. Noah Ballard has joined Curtis Brown as a literary agent. He had previously been with Emma Sweeney Agency. He will continue to represent literary fiction, thrillers and narrative non-fiction. 800-CEO-READ announced a number of changes following the retirement of founder and president Jack Covert. Sally Haldorson has been promoted to general manager and will oversee day-to-day operations of the company. Aaron Schleicher takes over as […]
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Cain Tops August Library Reads; Target Picks Joshilyn Jackson; and More
Chelsea Cain’s One Kick tops the August Library Reads list, which includes 3 of our fall/winter Publishers Lunch Buzz Books titles you can start reading right now: Lock In, by John Scalzi The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton The Magician’s Land, by Lev Grossman [The first two are excerpted now on the Buzz site, as well.] The rest of the list features: Lucky Us, by Amy Bloom Heroes Are My Weakness, by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty The Truth about Leo, by Katie MacAlister An Unwilling Accomplice, by Charles Todd The Story Hour, by Thrity Umrigar Separately, the August Target Book Club Pick is […]
Welcome, @penguinrandomhouse.com
The consolidated email domain for North American employees of Penguin Random House has been implemented and everyone has been issued a new email address based on the default protocol of firstinitiallastname@penguinrandomhouse.com. But the previous email addresses, for both penguingroup.com and randomhouse.com, will continue to work “in perpetuity,” spokesperson Stuart Applebaum tells us. No other Penguin Random House e-mail domain changes have been implemented yet for other territories.
People: Nadine Gordimer Dies
Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, 90, died at home in Johannesburg. Gordimer won the Booker in 1974 and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in 2002, along with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. Jamil Ahmad, 83, author of THE WANDERING FALCON, died at his home in Islamabad after a long illness. Ahmad’s debut novel was published in 2011 when he was 79 after being excerpted in the “Pakistan” issue of Granta. At St Martin’s, Nancy Trypuc has been promoted to vp, creative services. Jerry Bilek will join the Minnesota Historical Society Press as sales manager on August 1. Bilek is the owner of Monkey […]
FTC Sues Amazon for Knowingly Allowing Children to Incur App Charges without Parental Approval
The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Amazon in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, ask the court to order refunds of “millions of dollars in unauthorized in-app charges incurred by children” through apps in the Amazon appstore and on devices such as the Kindle Fire. FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said in annoucing the suit, “Amazon’s in-app system allowed children to incur unlimited charges on their parents’ accounts without permission. Even Amazon’s own employees recognized the serious problem its process created. We are seeking refunds for affected parents and a court order to ensure that Amazon […]
People: McGrath Named EIC At Riverhead
Sarah McGrath has been promoted to editor in chief at Riverhead, where she has worked since 2006, joining editorial director Becky Saletan and publisher Geoff Kloske in the editorial leadership of the imprint. At Canada’s House of Anansi, Janie Yoon has been promoted to editorial director, and Laura Meyer has been promoted to publicity director, taking over as longtime publicity director Laura Repas leaves the company on August 1 (relocating with her family to Vancouver). Emily Mockler returns from leave next month as senior publicist; Cindy Ma is being promoted to publicist; and Jenna Simpson has been hired full time, […]