Phoebe Yeh will join Random House Children’s Books as vp, Publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers on June 21, reporting to Barbara Marcus. Yeh was most recently editorial director at HarperCollins Children’s. ““I have known Phoebe for many years and admire her as a highly creative and versatile editor with an excellent track record for discovering and nurturing new voices,” said Marcus in a statement. “I am so pleased to welcome her to Random House, where her expertise in nonfiction and commercial middle-grade books will perfectly complement and further strengthen our list.” Genoveva Llosa has joined HarperOne as senior editor. […]
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People, Etc.: Levesque, Gersh + Diversion, Lehrer Returns?
Jennifer Levesque will join Rodale Books on June 17 as editorial director, reporting to Mary Ann Naples. Previously Levesque was editorial director of adult trade books at Abrams. “Over the past 20 years, Jennifer’s list has included a wide range of Rodale-style books—everything from cooking and lifestyle to gardening and sports/active living titles. Her experience with, and passion for, these subjects—along with her strong management expertise—makes Jennifer an ideal leader for the trade editorial team,” Naples said in the announcement. At Red Wheel/Weiser, Kat Salazar has been promoted to publicist and Jordan Overby moves up to associate production director. The […]
People, Etc.
Bill Harris has joined BookEnds Literary Agency as director of digital content. Formerly a senior managing editor at Penguin, he has most recently been a freelance editorial and web development consultant. In addition, Beth Campbell has been promoted to literary assistant and rights coordinator. Skyhorse and Start Publishing have finalized their joint acquisition of Night Shade Books, an agreement reached “following a spirited and public debate” among authors, agents, fans, and publishers. According to a statement, Night Shade had net sales in 2012 of approximately $1.5 million. In Denmark, Lindhardt and Ringhof has acquired independent Danish literary house Per Kofod […]
Up Next: Comprehensive Marketing, and Publishing Services
With the long stretch of BEA events now over, Publishers Launch Conferences is pairing with Digital Book World on a new event to put on your calendars for September: The Marketing + Publishing Services Conference & Expo This “mini-convention” is actually multiple shows under one roof, targeting at a variety of key publishing functions. The full-day Marketing Conference builds on DBW’s marketing show from 2012 with additional programming expertise Publishers Launch and will be the first event for book marketers that presents a comprehensive strategy for marketing in a digital world. Meanwhile, on the second floor of our space to […]
China Signs Off; Penguin and Random House to Merge In July
China’s antitrust authority has “cleared the planned merger of Penguin Group and Random House without conditions,” the two publishers reported, and they “welcome the Beijing authorities’ decision as an important step toward the combination of their respective publishing companies.” This was the final international approval required for the deal to go through, so “subject to the integration planning, Bertelsmann and Pearson are confident about being able to close the transaction in July 2013.”
People, Awards, Etc.
Wiley has hired John Kritzmacher as evp, chief financial officer, starting July 1. Current cfo and chief operations officer Ellis Cousens, who previously announced his retirement at the end of fiscal 2014, will “retain responsibility for certain global operations and oversee the company’s $80 million restructuring program.” Kritzmacher, 52, recently served as svp, business operations and organization planning at WebMD and was previously cfo of Lucent Technologies and Global Crossing. On Friday at BEA, the Publishing Hackathon awarded first prize to Evoke — which maps how characters in fiction are emotionally similar to each other as a way of discovering […]