Jacqui Small will step down as group publisher for her eponymous imprint at Quarto at the end of 2017, after which she will work part-time as publisher at large. The imprint has been part of Quarto since 2004, following their acquisition of Aurum Press. Chief executive of Quarto Marcus Leaver, chief executive of Quarto says: “Jacqui’s…
New Imprints
Raab and Futter to Start Division at Macmillan In September
Former Grand Central publisher Jamie Raab and former Grand Central editor-in-chief Deb Futter will join Macmillan on September 12 to start a new division, Celadon Books. Raab will be president and publisher and Futter will be senior vice president and co-publisher. The line expects to publish “a highly curated list of 20 to 25 new…
Crown Relaunches Currency
Crown is launching what they are calling a new imprint focused on business books, bringing back an old moniker first used by Doubleday, called Currency, led by Tina Constable. Currency will take over from and expand upon the Crown Business line, which will be “retired over time.” Forthcoming Crown Business books will be published under…
Penguin Eliminates Blue Rider Press
Penguin Publishing Group president Madeline McIntosh has closed another of the group’s publishing lines, writing to staff that she had “made the difficult decision to discontinue Blue Rider Press as a standalone imprint.” President and publisher David Rosenthal, who came to Penguin in early 2011 to create the imprint, and associate publisher Aileen Boyle, who…
People, Etc.
Former publishing executive Dick McCullough, 67, died last week following a battle with brain tumors. Mike Shatzkin has posted a testimonial to “the best leader I ever met in the corporate world.” He notes: “Dick was not an unconventional person, but he loved eccentricity in other people. He wasn’t a brilliant thinker, but he gravitated…
Penguin Workshop Imprint for Kids Starts This Fall
Penguin Children’s will launch a new imprint this fall, Penguin Workshop, run by president and publisher of Grosset & Dunlap and Warne, Francesco Sedita. The new line will publish “new voices and established brands for readers ages birth to 12.” He says in the announcement, “Penguin Workshop is a laboratory for cultivating unique, new ideas….