Charlie Conrad will join Gotham Books as executive editor, starting January 7. He had been vp and executive editor at Crown, and worked at Random House Inc. and Bantam Doubleday Dell for 22 years. F+W Media chief financial officer Jim Ogle has been promoted and adds the additional title of chief operations officer. He has responsibility for all financial functions of the company, as well as all legal matters, production, information technology, and logistics, and “will play a significant role in the development and execution of the company’s strategic plan.” In Germany, Blessing editorial director Tilo Eckardt will join Swiss-based Mohrbooks […]
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Conklin Tops February Indie Next List
The ABA has released their Indie Next picks for February. In the meantime, Bookateria features the January picks–with books by George Saunders, Jojo Moyes, Sean Pidgeon, and Jeff Backhaus drawing critical praise (and landing on other booksellers’ January lists). You can also view all of the 2012 No. 1 picks. No. 1: The House Girl: A Novel, by Tara Conklin The Dinner: A Novel, by Herman Koch Ghostman: A Novel, by Roger Hobbs Schroder: A Novel, by Amity Gaige The Aviator’s Wife: A Novel, by Melanie Benjamin Indiscretion: A Novel, by Charles Dubow The Lost Art of Mixing: A Novel, by Erica […]
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At the Columbia Publishing Course, longtime director Lindy Hess is taking a leave due to health issues, with assistant director Susan Caplan running the program during her absence. At Trident Media Group, Mark Gottlieb has been promoted to audio rights agent. Kate Rados has joined the Crown Publishing Group in the new role of director of community development, reporting to director of marketing Jill Flaxman. Previously she was group digital marketing director for F+W Media. Emily Davis has been promoted to assistant marketing manager, reporting to Rados. Justin Hargett joined Basic Books this week as a publicist. Most recently he was a publicist at […]
January Is Digital Book World Month
We’ve already had strong enrollment for the fourth annual Digital Book World Conference and the associated events, and now that the new year is here it’s really just about two weeks away–convening January 16 and 17, at new space in the New York Hilton. As with all of the book trade’s major events, there is always a big wave of sign-ups as the date gets close. This year there are lots of good reasons to put DBW IV on your calendar if you haven’t already. The opening morning keynote sessions alone paint a powerful picture, with the Obama campaign’s digital […]
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Former publisher of Perseus’s Vanguard Press Roger Cooper is launching a publishing consulting firm, Roger Cooper Associates. He will be working with publishers and literary agents with ebook publishing programs to acquire digital content, and with business authors and companies to develop print and digital properties. He can be reached at rcoopernyc@gmail.com. Esther Fleece has joined Yates & Yates as an agent and vp of marketing. Most recently she was a senior leader at Focus on the Family, and in 2012, she was chosen by CNN as among the five women in religion to watch. The Guardian ran their annual feature in which […]
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At Writers House, Stephen Barr has been promoted to senior agent. Brian Jud will take over as executive director of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN) on January 1, following the resignation of Brad Flora. Jud is an author, book-marketing consultant, seminar leader, television host and a partner in Premium Book Company. Rachel Burkot has been named assistant editor for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. Danielle Plafsky will join Knopf as assistant marketing manager on January 2. Previously she was a marketing associate for Harper. Daniel L. Knotts has been named coo of R.R. Donnelley, replacing John R. Paloian, who is retiring after over 25 […]