At Chronicle Books, Kathleen Miller has been promoted to sales manager, specialty. Emily Malter becomes associate sales manager, specialty. Kait Feldman has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as senior editor, specializing in picture books and select graphic novels. She was previously with Scholastic. Jacob Surpin has been promoted to senior editor/associate publisher at Parallax Press. Anne Tibbets has joined Donald Maass Literary Agency as a literary agent. She was at D4EO Literary Agency.
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At Knopf, Daniel Halpern will join as executive editor, starting July 1. He founded Ecco in 1971 and led the line until last September, when he was “immediately…transition[ed]” to editor-at-large and then left at the end of 2020. Diana Tejerina Miller has been promoted to executive editor and Andrew Miller moves up to vice president, executive editor. Charles Linsmeier has been promoted to evp, general manager of Macmillan Learning. Josalyn Moran has joined Welbeck Publishing Group as director of business development for children’s books, North America. She was most recently senior director for children’s books at Barnes and Noble. Katie […]
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Mary Marotta will move over to Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group as senior vice president, group sales, staring March 8. She has been senior vice president, DK North America. She succeeds Chris Dufault and will report to Jaci Updike. Matty Goldberg, vice president of sales and acquisitions at Ingram Content Group, is retiring at the end of March. He was with Perseus Book Group for 17 years, and joined Ingram with the acquisition of Perseus’ distribution business in 2016. Sabrina McCarthy, vp and general manager, writes, “Matty and I have worked together for the past 23 years, and I’ve seen first […]
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Nina Wiener has joined Mayo Clinic Press in the newly created position of editor-in-chief. She was previously managing editor of Taschen. In the new role, Wiener will “guide its evolution from a trusted publisher of consumer health guides, to a multi-platform publishing house.” Noleen Robinson has been promoted to head of insight at Harper Collins. Based in the UK, she will oversee their global insight program while continuing as head of insight for UK, Australia, and India. Nicole James has left Chalberg & Sussman to start her own agency, The James Literary Agency. Adria Goetz has been promoted to senior […]
New Books Publishing February 16
In fiction, a new Sarah J. Maas title drops today. Nonfiction highlights include Bill Gates’s How to Avoid a Climate Disaster and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s The Black Church, the companion book to an upcoming PBS series. 13 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-february-16 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Fiction_Publishing_February_/218835 11 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-february-16 https://shop.aer.io/publishers_lunch/cl/New_Nonfiction_Publishing_February_/218836 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 use this form to submit brief details as […]
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Kaitlyn Sanchez is joining Red Fox Literary as agent. She was previously associate agent at Olswanger Literary. In the publishing operations department at Penguin Random House, Hanna Glidden and Amanda Rodell are promoted to director, and Kim Wiley is promoted to manager. Sarah Weinman, author of The Real Lolita, editor of crime anthologies including Unspeakable Acts and Women Crime Writers, and former news editor at Publishers Lunch, has joined the New York Times Book Review as crime columnist. Marilyn Stasio, who has written the crime column since 1988, is retiring. Disney Television Studios has formed a new creative acquisitions department, focused […]