Nan A. Talese, president, publisher & editorial director of her own imprint at Doubleday, announced she will retire at the end of the year after six decades in publishing. She joined Random House in 1959 as a copyeditor and went on to work at Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin, founding the Nan A. Talese imprint in 1990. The release notes, “Nan’s grace, brilliance, and steel will (she has been given the nickname ‘the Velvet Hammer’) have endeared her to her writers, her coworkers, and the bookselling industry at large. The impact Nan has had on the literary landscape is […]
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At Macmillan Children’s, Mekisha Telfer has been promoted to senior associate editor at Roaring Brook Press; Luisa Beguiristain to assistant editor at Roaring Brook Press; Melissa Warten to associate editor at Farrar, Straus Children’s; Elizabeth Lee to assistant editor at Farrar, Straus Children’s; and Robyn Chapman to editor at First Second. CEO of Taylor & Francis Annie Callanan was elected president of the UK’s Publishers Association, taking over from Cambridge University Press ceo Peter Phillips. Hachette UK ceo David Shelley was elected vice-president and treasurer; Bonnier Books UK ceo Perminder Mann was named chair of the Consumer Publishers Council. Aylin LaMorey-Salzmann has […]
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Hannah Rahill has been promoted to senior vice president, backlist strategy and development at the Random House Group, reporting to Gina Centrello. She will collaborate with cross-functional teams including RH Digital, RH Analytics, Consumer Insights, and Sales Management, to collect and distill emerging trends and market data and identify opportunities. Dave Snow, vice president, human resources, at Simon & Schuster will lead S&S human resources and the Rockefeller Center facilities department, reporting to Carolyn Reidy. The human resources staffs in New York and Riverside, as well as the facilities staff in New York, will report to Snow, who will also […]
Briefs: Ingram Reports Hack, and More
Ingram Content Group announced on Thursday that they had “recently identified unauthorized access within” CoreSource, their digital asset management and distribution platform. They report “a CoreSource customer’s account was used for unauthorized downloads of some publishers’ titles.” Those publishers have been alerted and Ingram is “working directly with them to monitor the situation.” They note, “Immediately upon identifying the unauthorized access and suspect downloads, we launched a thorough investigation, took measures to disable the impacted accounts and blocked any further unauthorized access. We also engaged a third-party professional computer security firm to assist. We highly value the security and confidentiality of our […]
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At Abrams Children’s Books, Hallie Patterson has been promoted to director of publicity and Brooke Shearouse to publicity manager. In the UK, John Murray publisher Mark Richards and Profile Books commercial director Diana Broccardo have founded Swift Press. They expect to publish 6 to 8 titles in 2021. The principal investors are Geoffrey Faber Holdings and Set Copyrights, co-owners of Faber & Faber. It’s the first time they have invested in another publisher. Swift will join the Independent Alliance for sales. Duke University press editorial director since 2005 Ken Wissoker is staying with the house, now as senior executive editor, […]
Forthcoming: Gaga’s Book of Young People’s Stories, and More Ina Garten
Our deal reports are filling with London Book Fair-time acquisitions and announcements, even though the event has been cancelled, and this week should see more high-profile fall release news as well as a result. Lady Gaga’s Channel Kindness foundation has created a book of the same name: Feiwel and Friends will publish CHANNEL KINDNESS on September 22. It’s a collection of inspirational stories written by young people, and includes “personal notes of empowerment” from Lady Gaga.”These storytellers share how they felt, created safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth, and embraced kindness with every fiber of their being by helping others without […]