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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At Quirk Books, Brett Cohen has resigned from his position as president and publisher after 20 years with the company. Quirk Books founder and owner David Borgenicht will return to his role as president. Jhanteigh Kupihea has been promoted to publisher and will lead the creative group. Nicole De Jackmo has been promoted to the new role of svp, sales, marketing, and publicity. Additionally at Quirk, Megan DiPasquale has been promoted to vice president of finance; Andie Reid to art director; Jane Morley to managing editor; Mandy Sampson to senior production and sales manager; and Kelsey Hoffman to senior publicity […]
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At Tom Doherty Associates, Stephanie Sirabian has been promoted to senior associate director of advertising and promotion; Anthony Parisi to senior associate director of marketing and school & library; Megan Barnard to associate creative director, advertising and promotion; Michelle Foytek to senior manager of publishing operations; Alex Cameron to senior brand manager; Jennifer McClelland-Smith to senior marketing manager; Isa Caban to senior marketing manager; Amanda Melfi to digital marketing coordinator; Andrew King to marketing coordinator; Natassja Haught to marketing coordinator; and Ariana Carpentieri to marketing coordinator. At Fairchild Books, Emily Samulski has been promoted to sr acquisitions editor; Jenna Lefkowitz to […]
E L James to Move Backlist to New Sourcebooks Imprint for Entrepreneurial Women
Author of the Fifty Shades Trilogy and other titles E L James will have her entire backlist distributed by Sourcebooks in print and ebooks starting April 1. James is the “keystone author” in a new imprint providing a “joint publishing model” to “entrepreneurial women authors who want to benefit from all that a top publisher has to offer, including powerful retail relationships and deep distribution channels.” The company says the role line will let “established entrepreneurial authors to take greater control in the creation, development and marketing of their books.” Pamela Jaffee will head publicity and marketing for the imprint. […]
People, Etc.: Maria Guarnaschelli Dies
Maria Guarnaschelli, 79, “the editor behind the most highly acclaimed and successful cookbooks of our time, including the monumental 1997 revision of The Joy of Cooking and the new classic The Food Lab,” died February 6 of complications of heart disease. During her four-decade book publishing career, most recently at Norton from 2000 to 2017, she introduced and edited books by culinary visionaries including J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Judy Rodgers, Rick Bayless, Maricel Presilla, Jim Lahey, Stella Parks, Dave Arnold, and Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn, among many others. She also acquired and edited works by authors including David Quammen, Steven […]
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Emily Meehan joins Sterling Books as chief creative officer & publisher, leading what Barnes & Noble calls a “relaunch” of their publishing division. She was most recently publisher at Disney Book Group. She takes over from Sterling president Theresa Thompson, who is apparently excused from duty. Meehan calls it an “exciting new chapter not only for me, but for Sterling and Barnes & Noble. There is a lot of opportunity to publishing in bigger, forward-thinking ways with a keen eye for the best quality in editorial, design, and production.” Avideh Bashirrad has been promoted to senior vice president, deputy publisher […]