Joshilyn Jackson’s Someone Else’s Love Story is the independent booksellers’ top pick on the December Indie Next List. (It’s the sixth No. 1 pick in the last 8 months that was excerpted pre-publication in one of our Buzz Books ebook samplers.) And in more monthly picks, another Fall/Winter Buzz Books selection — Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites — is Pennie’s Pick at Costco for November. Here is the rest of the Indie Next list: Death Comes to the Village, by Catherine Lloyd Tuscan Rose, by Belinda Alexander Stop Here, by Beverly Gologorsky Brown Dog, by Jim Harrison Jeeves and the Wedding Bells: […]
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Creamer to Leave Touchstone as Moldow Takes Over As Publisher, and More
Announced right after Lunch mailed yesterday, Touchstone publisher Stacy Creamer will leave the company on November 15 after more than four years at the imprint. Scribner Publishing Group president Susan Moldow said in the announcement that she will serve as publisher of Touchstone “until further notice,” adding: “I am looking forward to taking a more active role in the day-to-day operations of the imprint, and working closely with the top-notch group of editors and publishing professionals she has assembled as we look to build upon their success to date.” Moldow commended Creamer’s “sharp eye for talent, both on the page and […]
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Suzanne Herz has been promoted to evp, executive director of publishing at Doubleday, continuing to report to Tony Chirico, who in the announcement deemed her “a driving force behind some of our most successful publishing campaigns” for the likes of Dan Brown, John Grisham, and others. Former Crown deputy publisher Michael Palgon has joined Open Road as svp, distribution & business development. He will lead their distribution arm, powered by Ingram, which launched with Albert Whitman and Ed Victor’s Bedford Square as clients. Palgon will also “build new editorial verticals including religion and business.” Mary Ann Zissimos has joined Disney […]
Everything Amazon and A Lot More
There’s a lot of discussion about Amazon in the wake of Larry Kirshbaum’s departure from the publishing division in January (much of it completely wrong, as we noted Friday), and following the release earlier this month of Brad Stone’s book THE EVERYTHING STORE. January’s big fifth annual Digital Book World conference will feature a prominent morning block of presentations and discussions about Amazon on its second day. Stone will be among the presenters and analysts, with sessions including a close look at Amazon’s financials, and insights into their less-publicized inroads into library and educational markets. Those timely panels are just […]
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As reported Friday afternoon, longtime Amazon veteran Daphne Durham has already been assigned Larry Kirshbaum’s responsibilities as publisher for Amazon’s trade publishing lines, in advance of his departure on January 17. Durham has been editor-in-chief of Amazon’s adult publishing imprints for the past year. In the UK, Charlotte Greig is joining Open Road as a strategic advisor for acquisitions, reporting to publisher Tina Pohlman. Greig will acquire backlist titles and help form partnerships with UK publishers. Currently a consultant, Greig was previously an editor at Picador UK. Blaise Bace has been named associate director of online marketing for HarperCollins, effective […]
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John Siciliano has been promoted to executive editor, Penguin Classics. At Atria, Lisa Sciambra has been promoted to deputy director of publicity, while Valerie Vennix moves up to associate publicist. At Harper, Amy Bendell has been promoted to senior editor. The winners of the remaining CWA Dagger Awards were announced Thursday evening at the Crime Thriller Awards Ceremony: Gold: Dead Lions by Mick Herron (Soho Crime) Ian Fleming Steel: Ghostman by Roger Hobbs (Knopf) John Creasey New Blood: Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller (HMH) Alice Munro‘s daughter, Jenny, will accept the Nobel Prize for Literature on her mother’s behalf […]