Little, Brown announced a number of promotions across several departments. In editorial, John Parsley has been promoted to vp, executive editor, while Wes Miller moves up to editor, Mulholland Books. Victoria Matsui has been promoted to associate editor, while Frederica Bepler moves up to associate editor, paperback manager, and Malin von Euler-Hogan has been promoted to assistant editor. In marketing and publicity, Heather Fain has been promoted to vp, deputy publisher and marketing director, a new title “that acknowledges and reflects the crucial role Heather plays in all aspects of our publishing process.” Reporting to Fain is Pam Brown, newly […]
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Julia Kardon joins Mary Evans as a foreign rights director and agent. Previously she was an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic. At Hachette Book Group, Sophie Cottrell has been promoted to svp, corporate communications. Amanda Englander has joined Clarkson Potter and Potter Style as associate editor. Previously she was an editorial assistant at Grand Central. At Chronicle Books, Ben Laramie has been promoted to senior industrial designer; April Whitney moves up to senior publicist, Entertainment; and Lisa Tauber has been promoted to associate editor. Bloomsbury UK’s director of trade marketing and publicity Katie Bond has “taken voluntary redundancy and [is] […]
People: Rebecca Smart to Lead Ebury, and More
CEO of Osprey Group Rebecca Smart will move to Penguin Random House UK at a date to be determined to take over as managing director of Ebury. Longtime Ebury leader Fiona MacIntrye is retiring after nearly 30 years with the unit. PRH UK ceo Tom Weldon says that MacIntyre had postponed her retirement until after the Penguin Random House merger was completed: “I confess I was stunned when Fiona told me last year that she had decided to retire and I am deeply grateful that she agreed to stay on for 12 months, so she could support me and her […]
People: NYT’s Julie Bosman Leaves Publishing Beat As Paper’s Midwest Correspondent, and More
After four years of covering publishing at the New York Times, Julie Bosman is rotating to her “dream job” of working as a Midwest correspondent for the paper in April, based in their Chicago office. (Bosman grew up in Wisconsin.) The memo from national editor Alison Mitchell and deputy national editor Ethan Bronner, reproduced by Capital New York, does not indicate who will take over the publishing beat. In other personnel news, Readerlink svp, marketing and inventory Tara Catogge is moving to Quarto Publishing Group USA as vp, sales director, Publishing Trends reports. Shimul Tolia has been named president of Bonnier […]
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Sanj Kharbanda has been promoted to svp, digital markets at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In his expanded role “he will be responsible for driving digital market strategy across all consumer facing touchpoints in the corporation,” looking beyond trade to include their K-12 and consumer markets. Grand Central Publishing announced a number of recent promotions. In editorial, Emily Griffin, Michele Bidelspach, and Alex Logan have been promoted to senior editor. Megha Parekh has been promoted to associate editor, while Libby Burton and Lindsey Rose move up to assistant editor. Sonya Cheuse has been promoted to deputy director of publicity, while Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski […]
Zevin Tops April Indie Next List
Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry from Algonquin is the No. 1 pick on the April Indie Next list. It includes one of our PL Spring/Summer Buzz Books, Maggie Shipstead’s second novel Astonish Me, which you can preview right now in our free ebook. (Another Buzz Book, Sally Green’s Half Bad, which publishes next week, is featured in the today’s WSJ. With rights sold in 45 languages plus a film option, her agent Claire Wilson says the deals total almost $1.6 million.) In other lists, Costco’s Pennie’s Pick for March is the modern classic Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin. […]