LaSharah S. Bunting will join the Simon & Schuster imprint as vice president and executive editor, starting May 3, and acquiring nonfiction and fiction. She was most recently director/journalism at John S. and James L. Knight Foundation At Gallery Books, Molly Gregory, Max Meltzer, and Maggie Loughran have each been promoted to associate editor. Awards Carmen Maria Machado‘s In the Dream House won the 2021 Rathbone’s Folio Prize. Australia’s Stella Prize announced its 2021 shortlist, with the winner to be named April 22: Fathoms, by Rebecca Giggs Revenge, by S.L. Lim The Animals In That Country, by Laura Jean Mckay Witness, […]
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Book Excerpt: The Story Behind Ingram’s Abandoned Sale to Barnes & Noble
Ingram Content Group celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year and is commemorating the occasion with the publication of THE FAMILY BUSINESS: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books on April 20. Author Keel Hunt conducted extensive interviews with many of the key participants in building ICG over the years. Former Simon & Schuster ceo Jack Romanos says in the book, “If you look at the last fifty years of trade publishing in America, Ingram’s evolution is as important as anything that’s happened…. I wouldn’t have wanted to have to run a great publishing company without Ingram’s help and support.” But […]
New Books Published March 23
Big chills this week, with new thrillers from Camilla Sten, Heather Graham, and Janet Evanovich and Steve Hamilton, as well as novels including Andrea Lee’s Red Island House and Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars. Nonfiction brings wisdom and perspective from a delightful breadth of sources–Finnish educators, Francis Bacon, Cleopatra, and Nipsey Hussle, to name just a few. 7 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-march-23 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_March_/219177 7 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-march-23 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_March_/219178 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 […]
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At Harper Children’s Jessie Gang has been promoted to design manager, and Cecilia Payseur has been promoted to senior designer. Phillip Loken will join University of North Carolina Press as associate digital marketing manager. Natalie Todoroff has joined Jane Starr Literary Scouts as scout. She was formerly at Foundry Literary + Media. Launches Founder of Twitter pitch event #DVpit and literary agent Beth Phelan has created DiverseVoices, Inc., a nonprofit for marginalized book creators. Phelan is president, joined by Kat Cho (vice president), LeKesha Lewis (treasurer) and Norma Perez-Hernandez (secretary). The programs team includes Nina Grauer and literary agent Peter Knapp. The […]
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Jen Long has been promoted to vice president, deputy publisher of the Gallery Books Group, reporting to Jen Bergstrom. Sareena Kamath will join Zando as associate editor on March 29, reporting to Emily Bell. She was most recently assistant editor at Mulholland Books. Caolinn Douglas will join as executive coordinator and assistant editor on March 29, reporting to Molly Stern and Emily Bell. She was most recently at Bookouture in the UK. Sarah Lyn Rogers has been promoted to associate editor at Soft Skull Press. At Simon & Schuster, Kaiya Muniz has been promoted to national account manager for Barnes […]
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Following the reorganization of Knopf Random House Canada into Knopf Canada and Random House Canada last December, the company made a number of personnel announcements. At Random House Canada, Craig Pyette and Pamela Murray will remain on the team, both in the role of senior editor. Deirdre Molina stays on as senior managing editor. Sarah Jackson has been promoted to associate editor. Evan Klein will work with the Random House Canada team as imprint sales director, reporting to group sales director Val Gow. At Knopf Canada, Lynn Henry will stay in the role of publishing director. Amanda Betts has been promoted to the […]