Andrew Rein will join Zando as head of sales & retail content development on April 13. He has been at Penguin Random House for the past 13 years, most recently as vp, director of mass merch national accounts. Emily Hillebrand has been promoted to assistant editor at Diversion Books, acquiring in the categories of self-development, pop culture, current events, science, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Elizabeth Lazowski has been promoted to assistant editor, children’s at Chronicle Books. Jenny Choy has been promoted to director, school and library marketing at Abrams Children’s. At Penguin Random House Canada, Rachel Guglielmelli is joining the production […]
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Picks GMA Book Club chose Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia for April (as noted yesterday, a recent Buzz Books selection that was also featured in our virtual BB Editors Panel). The Costco Pennie’s Pick for the month is Remember by Lisa Genova. Events The London Book Fair has backpedalled on their promise again. In an “update statement,” LBF director Andy Ventris says, “We promised to update the trade about plans for the 2021 Fair by the end of March. Given the continuing uncertainty around international travel, we are currently planning for all scenarios and will update with a final […]
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Aliya King Neil will join Gallery Books as a senior editor on April 5. She was previously editor-at-large at Medium. At Hachette Book Group, Megan Fitzpatrick has been promoted to executive director of marketing & publicity for Hachette Audio; Barbara Slavin to senior director of digital sales and business development; and Mary Urban to associate director of digital sales. Terri Lancaster has been promoted to senior production coordinator, reprints at Chronicle Books. Rick Garcia has joined Harper Collins as director of digital advertising for the general books group. He was previously head of programmatic advertising at Penguin Random House. Connor […]
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Sharon Stone’s memoir is grabbing headlines, but this week’s nonfiction is a spectacular of extraordinary women: Eleanor Roosevelt; Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Margaret (in Andrew Morton’s latest); the abolitionist agitators Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright, and Frances Seward; and the record-breaking mountain climber Vanessa O’Brien. In fiction, Libertie, by Kaitlyn Greenidge, and Of Women and Salt, by Gabriela Garcia — both excerpted in our free Buzz Books sampler and both featured in our Winter Buzz Books Editors’ Panel — are among this week’s rich new works. 7 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-30 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_March_/219203 13 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-30 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_March_/219204 […]
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Christina Loff is leaving her role at Chronicle Books as senior marketing and publicity director to launch her own digital marketing and publicity agency where she will work with creative companies, artists, authors and publishers. George R.R. Martin has a new deal with HBO to develop additional programming for them over the next 5 years, THR reports, “worth mid-eight figures.” Obituaries Beverly Clearly, 104, author of the Ramona Quimby books, died on Thursday in Carmel, CA. Larry McMurtry, 84, author of more than 30 books including Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture show, died on Thursday in Archer, Texas. Unions […]
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Christine Palomino has been promoted to director, specialty retail field & category sales, Penguin Random House. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group: Danielle Fiorella has been promoted to art director; Young Lim to senior associate art director; and Jonathan Bush to senior associate art director. A memorial service for literary agent Frances Goldin will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2:00 PM at St. Mark’s Church in New York City (131 E 10th St.) with indoor and outdoor seating planned. The event will also be livestreamed. Anyone wishing to share a testimonial for Frances can submit a video of under two […]