Crown will launch a new dedicated religion imprint, Convergent Books, in Fall 2013. Aiming to publish between 8 and 10 books annually, it will “explore the contemporary faith experience for a broad range of Christians who are drawn to an open, inclusive, and culturally engaged exploration of faith.” The line will be headed by publisher of Crown’s Christian imprints Stephen Cobb and run out out of Colorado Springs, CO. The first list includes titles by David Anderson, Philip Gulley, Elizabeth Esther, Holly Burkhalter and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. Former president of Penguin Canada Mike Bryan has been named executive director of Bloomsbury Information, reporting […]
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Expanding Children’s
Next month Ruckus Media will expand their children’s ebook platform with a revamped Ruckus 2.0 app/store release and in advance, the company has announced a number of “ebook partnerships for digital distribution” with other publishers. Their new relationships include deals with Little, Brown Children’s, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s, Thomas Nelson and Charlesbridge Publishing, covering “about three dozen new titles” at launch with more titles to be added on a monthly basis thereafter. Licensed titles include THE POLAR EXPRESS, TOOT AND PUDDLE, many CURIOUS GEORGE titles, some Margaret Wise Brown titles, and HEAVEN IS FOR REAL FOR KIDS Release That announcement […]
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Abby Ranger has joined the early childhood group at Harper Children’s as senior editor. Previously she was an editor at Disney-Hyperion. In addition, Jocelyn Davies returns to the division as editor from Razorbill, where she held the same position. Donna Condon will move to Harlequin UK in January as editorial director, UK, responsible for Mills & Boon, Mira and Mira Ink. She has been senior commissioning editor at Piatkus Books. PGW will distribute Bilingual Books, which produces language learning product titles, as of January 1, 2013. 1973 National Book Award nominee for Apostles of Light, Ellen Douglas, 91, died Wednesday after […]
World Book Night Picks; Ferrari’s Wins Top French Prize
World Book Night has announced the 30 titles they will give away in the US and the 20 titles they will give away in the UK next April 23. The honorary national chairs in the US are authors Ann Patchett and James Patterson. US executive director Carl Lennertz notes in the announcement: “This isn’t a best-books-of-all-time list; these are contemporary or classic books that appeal to a wide range of new readers. We looked for diversity and variety in all things: subject matter, age level, gender, as well as ethnic and geographic considerations. Last year’s givers also got to nominate books…. And we thank […]
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Melanie Tortoroli is joining Viking as associate editor, reporting to Wendy Wolf. She was previously an assistant editor at Norton and will focus on acquiring and editing nonfiction at Viking. Katie Levine has joined HarperCollins as assistant manager, corporate communications. Previously she was a communications specialist for employee communications at HBO. At Simon & Schuster, Charlotte Gill has been promoted to director, retail field sales. Allison Carroll has been named editorial assistant for Harlequin Desire and Romantic Suspense. She was previously editorial assistant and website manager for Dorchester Publishing. This Thursday night’s “not-quite annual gathering” of hundreds of San Francisco […]
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Philip Rappaport has joined Open Road as senior editor, focusing on nonfiction and serving as editorial liaison for Open Road’s publishing partners. Most recently he was executive editor at McClelland & Stewart, and worked at Bantam Dell and the Free Press. Michael Szczerban has been promoted to editor at the Simon & Schuster adult trade imprint. As you may have noticed, Leslie Kaufman is covering books and publishing for the New York Times while Julie Bosman is on maternity leave. Recently she has been writing obituaries and prior to that Kaufman covered environmental issues for the paper. The AAP has […]