Now that the Canadian government has officially signed off on Simon & Schuster Canada’s expansion of its editorial and publishing activities, the company announced that president Kevin Hanson is taking the additional job of publisher, continuing to report to Michael Selleck. S&S ceo Carolyn Reidy said in a statement that Hanson “is perfectly suited to lead Simon & Schuster Canada in this exciting endeavor, which will increase our ability to publish authors from the entire English-speaking world on a global scale.” In addition, director of sales operations Alison Clarke has been promoted to associate publisher, while Phyllis Bruce will oversee […]
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Greg Stadnyk has joined Little, Brown Children’s as associate art director. He was at Penguin Children’s. Iris Blasi has been named marketing director, senior editor at Pegasus Books, effective August 12. She was formerly marketing manager at Open Road Integrated Media. Longtime Amazon employee Sarah Jane Gunter, who has worked most recently in the company’s Luxembourg and Paris offices, will become publisher of the Amazon Crossing imprint on September 1. As the company explains in a job listing, they are starting a branch of Crossing in Germany (Amazon Crossing DE), “to establish new foreign authors in Germany.” The Book Industry […]
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Susan Batcheller has been promoted to group commercial operations director of the Walker Books Group, while continuing in her role as vp, marketing services and sales operations at Candlewick. In addition, David Macmillan has joined as group export product and sales manager. Previously he was senior US sales manager for Templar Books in the UK. In the UK, Penguin veteran and legal and human resources director Helena Peacock has been named group legal director for Penguin Random House UK, reporting to Ian Hudson. Random House UK human resources director Neil Morrison has been made Penguin Random House UK group HR […]
Michaels Leaves Hachette for New Role at Macmillan Science
Hachette Book Group USA president and chief operating officer Ken Michaels is leaving to join Macmillan Science and Education in the new role of global chief operating officer at the end of August. Reporting to ceo Annette Thomas, Michaels will be based in both New York and London. Michaels says in the announcement, “There has never been a more exciting time to be in publishing, and the bringing together of Macmillan’s portfolio of science and education businesses represents a powerful opportunity, to make a major impact on learning and discovery around the world. I am looking forward to what we […]
People: Levin Named Acting Publisher of Hyperion, and More
Former publisher of Free Press Martha Levin will be reunited with Hyperion (where she was publisher from 1998 through 2001) on August 5 in the role of acting publisher, reporting to Michael Pietsch. Levin will work there “for at least six months to publish the books under contract and fully incorporate Hyperion’s backlist into HBG’s systems,” Pietsch said in an announcement to staff. In addition, Betsy Hulsebosch will remain with the reconstituted Hyperion, promoted to associate director of marketing and publicity. Levin is “assembling a team” for Hyperion, to include an editor, designer and support staff to work on the […]
August Bookseller Picks
The monthly bookseller recommendations for August are out, and Amazon and Barnes & Noble agree on five of the month’s new releases (including Rob Sheffield’s memoir, which you can start reading right now in our free Buzz Books ebook): The Telling Room, Michael Paterniti The Sound of Things Falling, Juan Gabriel Vasquez Lawrence in Arabia, Scott Anderson Turn Around Bright Eyes, Rob Sheffield Night Film, Marisha Pessl And at Costco, the August Pennie’s Pick is Amanda Coplin’s The Orchardist (first previewed in our inaugural Buzz Books ebook a year ago). The other picks are, from Amazon: Babayaga, Toby Barlow Manson, […]