Yes, as noted briefly last week, this looks different. And with luck, better! After many months of development, we are pleased to introduce a fresh look and improved coding for our daily newsletters. The initial, and primary, goal was to make Lunch display better on mobile viewports and across the wide variety of common email services (all of which have their own special ways of mangling email code). As with most renovations, that starting point quickly turned into an opportunity to rethink and revise a lot of our common features and ways of presenting information every day. At the same […]
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Imprints: Quarto and Bonnier UK’s New Lines
As previewed previously, Quarto will launch a new children’s imprint, Happy Yak, led by associate publisher Rhiannon Findlay. First titles will debut this summer, and the list will include board books, picture books, and more for children up to seven. The Bonnier Books UK music imprint led by Pete Selby will be called Nine Eight Books and launches in November with THE A-Z OF QUEEN by music journalist and author Mark Blake. Selby says in the announcement, “Our aim is to publish books which will not only appeal to music afficionado’s [sic] and fans but also curious readers who simply love […]
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Leis Pederson has returned to Berkley as editor at large acquiring romance and mysteries. Heather Kelly has been promoted to assistant art director, Appleseed and Abrams Childrens. Gabrielle Nugent has been promoted to associate publicist at Norton. At Harper Christian, Becky Monds has been promoted to associate publisher, Laura Wheeler to acquisitions editor, and Jodi Hughes to senior editor for Thomas Nelson and Zondervan.
Initiatives
The ABA is bringing back its #BoxedOut campaign for Amazon Prime Day 2021, which will take place on June 20 and 21. Launched on last year’s prime day to build awareness for indie bookstores during COVID-19, the event featured social media initiatives, posters, and displays pushing back against Amazon. Penguin Random House has launched All Ways Black, an initiative that “showcases and celebrates the many facets of the Black experience.” The publisher will partner with Cree Myles, who created the initiative, and “will work alongside the Penguin Random House Creative Strategy team to develop editorial content and original programming that highlight […]
Obituaries
Janet Malcolm, 86, New Yorker writer and author of The Journalist and the Murderer died Wednesday of lung cancer.
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Danielle Dieterich and Gabriella Mongelli have each been promoted to editor at Putnam. At Random House Children’s, Sarah Hokanson has been promoted to art director, and Nicole Gastonguay has been promoted to assistant art director. Taline Boghosian has joined as designer. She was previously a designer at Starry Forest Books. Miriam Vance has been promoted to contracts & rights associate at Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull Press. Latoya Smith at LCS Literary and Felice Laverne at Art + Deco have launched a new agency, ArtHouse Literary Agency, which will “acquire talent across genres in the adult and young adult markets while proudly standing […]