The New York Times‘ first ebook with Byliner, John Branch’s SNOW FALL, which was set for release today, has been postponed. NYT spokesperson Danielle Rhoades Ha says “it is pegged to a news story that will run in the Times, which was held.” A revised publication date is to be determined. To see the full list of 25 launch titles in their TimesFiles line of ebooks, which did launch today (available for now from Amazon and the iBookstore), visit this page in the NYT Store. Quayside Publishing Group will distribute lines from some of parent company Quarto’s UK lines. They […]
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Random House’s legal department has promoted Kathy Trager to evp, general counsel, while Matthew Martin and Anke Steinecke have been named svp, associate general counsel, respectively. Former London Book Fair Director Alistair Burtenshaw has launched his own publishing industry consultancy and project management business, Publishing Connections Ltd. Melissa Sarver has joined Folio Literary Management as the co-director of international rights and will continue to represent authors in the areas of Young Adult, select literary and upmarket adult fiction, narrative non-fiction, business books and cookbooks. She was previously at The Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency. At Little, Brown, Heather Fain has been promoted to […]
People: Graham Promoted to SVP, Publisher at Scribner
Nan Graham has been promoted to svp, publisher of Scribner, reporting to Scribner Publishing Group president Susan Moldow. “As if Nan hadn’t amply proven how deserved this promotion is by her firm hand in shaping the list and staff and insuring the growth of the Scribner imprint over the last eighteen years, her performance of late surely demonstrates that she continues to exercise her singular editorial instincts, abilities, and leadership qualities at the highest levels,” Moldow said in the announcement. “[Graham’s] tireless work and shining insights for every book on the Scribner list have made Nan’s contribution to the success […]
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Jennifer Garza has joined the Simon & Schuster publicity department as publicity manager. Previously she worked at Media Connect. Novelist Jennifer Egan and Knopf Doubleday executive editor Erroll McDonald are joining the PEN American Center board of trustees. Ben Fountain won the 2012 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction for his novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. The award was presented at a ceremony in New York Tuesday night that also honored New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman with the organization’s Maxwell E. Perkins Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Fiction.
Wool Author Makes Print-Only Deal with Simon & Schuster
Author of self-published NYT and USA Today ebook bestseller WOOL Hugh Howey has made a print-only deal with Simon & Schuster, which will release his title in both hardcover and paperback editions simultaneously in March 2013 while Howey continues to control the ebook version. He had already made a traditional publishing deal in the UK (with Century) and agent Kristin Nelson and her sub-agents have already licensed the book in over 18 territories. Spokesperson for the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group Julia Prosser told us, “Not one size publishing fits all, and Simon & Schuster wants to publish the most […]
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Emma Patterson and Emily Forland will join Brandt & Hochman as agents effective January 1. Both Patterson and Forland were previously with the Wendy Weil Agency, and were the two principal agents looking after the agency’s business following Weil’s death in September. Amber Qureshi is joining Seven Stories as associate publisher and executive editor in January. She was most recently an executive editor at Viking. Korea will be the “market focus” country at the London Book Fair in 2014.