At Bonnier Books UK, Ciara Lloyd has been promoted to editorial director at John Blake Publishing. Beth Eynon becomes senior editor at Blink Publishing. Madiya Altaf moves up to to assistant editor at Blink Publshing. Marina de Pass and Niamh O’Grady have both been promoted to associate agent at The Soho Agency. Former longtime editor…
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Schwartz and Wade to Establish Separate Imprints at Random House Children’s
Random House Children’s is discontinuing Schwartz & Wade Books, with the imprint’s final list publishing in Spring 2021. Anne Schwartz and Lee Wade, will each become vice president and publisher of their own imprint, Anne Schwartz Books and Random House Studio, respectively. Anne Schwartz Books will focus on “publishing critically acclaimed titles by renowned authors…
Kaepernick Pairs with Audible, Will Self-Publish Memoir
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has a deal to release an audio version of his memoir through Audible later this year. He will self-publish the print version through Kaepernick Publishing, with Two Rivers distributing and working in partnership with Melcher Media. His publishing company is also said to have a “a multi-project deal with Audible…
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Otto Penzler has taken sole ownership of the Mysterious Press, after nine years of operating as an imprint at Grove Atlantic. The line will publish 10 books through Grove Atlantic in 2020, and starting in 2021 the Mysterious Press will be distributed by Norton. (Norton already distributes Penzler Publishers two other imprints.) Penzler said in…
Briefs: Neon Literary, Bloomsbury’s China JV, and More
Agency News Anna Sproul-Latimer and Kent Wolf have joined to launch Neon Literary, with offices in New York and Washington, DC. Sproul-Latimer has been at the Yoon Ross Agency for almost 15 years, and Wolf has been at the Friedrich Agency. They say in their announcement “it was the eventual realization that their clients were…
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Amar Deol will join Atria as editor, moving over from Simon & Schuster and reporting to editorial director Lindsay Sagnette. Cara Duckworth joins the AAP as vice president, communications, reporting to John McKay. She has been at the Recording Industry Association of America since 2007, most recently as svp, communications. In the adult books group…