Wattpad is building on their previous book publishing partnerships and experiments to launch their own book publishing line. Debuting in fall 2019 with six young adult titles, Wattpad Books will be distributed by Macmillan in the US and Raincoast Books in Canada. Ashleigh Gardner leads the division, with recently-hired Deanna McFadden managing operations. But the company says they will rely on machine learning to “identify and publish stand-out stories” from the Wattpad corpus, with the humans adding “special consideration for stories written by diverse authors.” Separately, Wattpad competitor Radish, which focuses on serialized short-form fiction for mobile, has hired Sue […]
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Harper Children’s UK publisher Rachel Denwood will move to Simon & Schuster UK, where she will be managing director for the children’s publishing division, reporting to ceo Ian Chapman. Denwood will also join the publisher’s UK board. Chapman says, “Rachel is highly talented with a wealth of experience and great energy and passion for children’s books. She is the perfect publisher to take the helm of this vital and growing area of our business.” Denwood adds, “After ten happy and successful years at HarperCollins it is hard to say goodbye, but the opportunity to lead and build the gem-filled Simon […]
Children’s Publishing: Executives Buy Bonnier’s US Children’s Lines; Sourcebooks Adds Three Imprints
Continuing last year’s developments that saw changes in leadership at Bonnier Books’ English-language divisions and a slimming of their lines (including the sale of Weldon Owen to Insight Editions), the company has sold the children’s publishing lines that comprised Bonnier Books USA. CEO Shimul Tolia and cfo Thomas Morgan have bought the division from Bonnier Books. Tolia and Morgan founded Little Bee in 2014, as the first part of Bonnier Books US. The company will continue to publish under the established three imprints: Little Bee Books, BuzzPop, and Yellow Jacket. They will remain in their current offices, and continued to be distributed by […]
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Trish Daly will join Portfolio as senior editor, acquiring narrative nonfiction and big idea books in the business and economics space, starting January 14. Most recently, she was editor at Little, Brown. Claire Potter will join Basic Books on January 14 as editor. Most recently, she was associate editor at Crown. Andy Ward has been promoted to senior vice president of the Random House imprint, and Molly Turpin moves up to editor. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Sara Weiss has been promoted to executive editor; Emily Hartley and Elana Seplow-Jolley to editor; Bridget Kearney to publishing coordinator, business insights; and Thomas Yuhas to […]
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Claire Eddy has been promoted to executive editor at Tor/Forge Books. Carina Guiterman joined Simon & Schuster editor as editor. She was previously at Little, Brown. Jackson Howard was promoted to assistant editor at Farrar, Straus. Alexis Gilbert has joined Grand Central Publishing’s marketing team as assistant director of advertising. Caroline Eisenmann has been promoted to agent at Frances Goldin Literary Agency. At Hachette Book Group, Dylan Hoke has been promoted to the newly created role of senior vice president, publishing operations and strategy. Ruiko Tokunaga becomes executive director, print production. In the UK, former Ebury executive Jake Lingwood will join Octopus […]
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Lindsey Rose will join Dutton as executive editor, acquiring commercial fiction including thrillers and suspense, starting January 22. Most recently she was senior editor at Grand Central. At Crown, Meghan Houser has been promoted to editor; Rose Fox to associate editor; and Jon Darga and Jillian Buckley to assistant editor. Donna Loffredo has been promoted to senior editor for Harmony Books and Rodale Books, and Michele Eniclerico moves up to associate editor for the two lines. In the Crown rights department, Rachel Berkowitz becomes deputy director of foreign rights and Claire Posner moves up to associate manager, subsidiary rights. Lisa Yoskowitz has been promoted to editorial director, nonfiction at Little, Brown Children’s. […]