At Harper Children’s, Sarah Homer has been promoted to associate editor and Arianna Robinson to assistant editor. Anaïs Loewen-Young becomes advertising coordinator at Penguin Random House Canada, reporting to director, consumer engagement Shannon Poos. Bookselling Over 30 community members came together to buy the building that houses La Jolla, CA’s long-established bookstore Warwick’s to outbid another prospective buyer and ensure a longtime home for the store. They paid $8.35 million for the building, and gave Warwick a 10-year lease, with two renewal options. Real estate broker Steve Avoyer said, “People understood it as an important social investment. Warwick’s is a […]
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Lynn Dilger has been promoted to senior vice president, chief technology officer at Sourcebooks. Dominique Raccah, Sourcebooks Publisher and ceo, said, “Lynn has built her career around excellence and strategic wins that keep us in sync with our clients and peers—building the technology infrastructure and the operational systems we use daily. She’s also thrilled with new technology and always striving to find new ways to bring books to readers.” Alyson Forbes has been promoted to coo of Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull, overseeing the business and operations teams, including marketing, publicity, sales, finance, and the writing program at Catapult. Emily Carleton has joined […]
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Johanna Gustavsson has joined Politikens as head of foreign rights, based in Sweden and running Politiken Literary Agency along with responsibility for sales/exports of Politikens in Denmark and Polaris in Sweden. She was previously vp, senior scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates, which scouts for Politikens. Hachette UK ceo David Shelley has taken over as president of the Publishers Association in the UK, with Bloomsbury ceo Nigel Newton serving as vice president. Rhoda Ackerson Weyr, 83, the first woman literary agent hired by William Morris Agency in 1972, died on April 25 in Palm Beach, FL. Weyr created her own […]
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At Scholastic Trade, Klutz publisher and creative director Netta Rabin will take over as leader of te line, reporting to Ellie Berger. She succeeds Stacy Lellos, president of Klutz, who is stepping down on May 31 to seek new opportunities. Vanessa Han has been promoted to art director, Klutz; Emily Heddleson to director, library & educational marketing; Vicki Kopidakis to marketing associate, advertising; Taylan Salvati to senior publicist; Sydney Tillman to senior publicist; Jordana Kulak to associate publicist; Susan Lee to associate production director; Melissa Schirmer to senior production editor; Maya Marlette to editor, Scholastic Press; Tiffany Colón to associate editor, Scholastic Press; […]
New Books Publishing April 27
John Grisham’s latest leads the week’s new fiction (joined by new titles from Danielle Steel and Jhumpa Lahiri), while new nonfiction releases include Malcolm Gladwell’s The Bomber Mafia, Cindy McCain’s memoir, and Oprah Winfrey’s conversations on trauma, resilience, and healing with Dr. Bruce D. Perry: 6 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-april-27 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_April_/219311 10 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-april-27 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_April_/219312 We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can see our lists for the coming three months through this reference page. But if you want to make sure your key titles are on our radar, now you can […]
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Vedika Khanna has been promoted to associate editor at William Morrow. Penelope Belnap has joined Vintage and Anchor as associate publicist. She previously worked in publicity at Random House. At Penguin Random House Canada, Susan Burns will become senior managing editor of Knopf Canada, while continuing her roles as senior managing editor of Appetite by Random House, and as director, managing editorial. Cristina DaPonte has been promoted to the role of associate publicist. Matthew McGhee has joined Harper Christian as associate publisher for the Spanish division, which includes Vida and Grupo Nelson. He was previously worked for Ligonier Ministries, the […]