John Joseph Adams will join Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as editor at large, running the company’s new science fiction & fantasy line under the John Joseph Adams/HMH banner. The first three titles in the line — reissued print versions of Hugh Howey’s SHIFT, DUST, and BEACON 23 — will be published in February simultaneously as hardcovers and trade paperbacks (Howey will continue to publish the ebook editions.) HMH svp, publisher Bruce Nichols said in the announcement: “Science fiction and fantasy have been among the most exciting and creative literary genres in recent years. This fall, we added the first-ever BEST AMERICAN […]
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Kelly O’Connor has been promoted to associate editor at Voyager. Geoff Shandler‘s new imprint at HarperCollins will be called Custom House and has announced some of their acquisitions from the past year. Lauren Grand Lubell has joined Chronicle Books as junior industrial designer. In addition, Marie Oishi has been promoted to managing editor, art, while Elizabeth Smith has been promoted to assistant managing editor, children’s. Bloomsbury’s Public Library Online has hired the former managing director and development manager of the Dutch national digital library Diederik van Leeuwen and Mark Knijnenburg to “drive sales and business development of the platform in the UK and Europe.” […]
Funke Breaks with US and UK Publishers Over Editing; Will Launch Own Publisher
International bestselling author Cornelia Funke is parting ways with both Little, Brown Children’s in the US and Chicken House in the UK after disagreeing with editorial requests from each house. Instead, she will publish the third volume in her Mirrorworld series, The Golden Yarn, through her company, Breathing Books, in November. In both cases, the publishers have reverted rights to the first two books in the series to Funke, and Breathing Books will re-release the first two titles in November as well. Funke will use the UK titles for all three books. (In the US, the first two books were […]
People: Fotinos to Lead Combined Tarcher Perigee
John Duff has decided to retire after 23 as publisher of Perigee Books, leaving at the end of the month. Penguin Publishing Group president Madeline McIntosh writes to staff, “He will be missed not only for his accomplishments on behalf of the business, but also as a warm and generous mentor to so many. I know you will join me in thanking him for everything he has done for our books, our authors, and for Penguin.” She adds in a separate memo, “John himself is irreplaceable, but he has brought his characteristic careful attention to helping plan a smooth transition for […]
People: ICM Pairs with Helen Brann Agency
ICM announced “it has entered into a succession plan with The Helen Brann Agency,” while Helen Brann, 82, continues to work along with ICM in representing her clients. Brann says in the announcement, “Although I have no plans to retire from this job I love, I thought it important to put a plan in place to ensure the future success of my clients, and Esther [Newberg] and her team at ICM became the apparent choice to work alongside me in this process. I’m proud to work with them to represent my clients.” Brann already works with Newberg on books commissioned with the Robert Parker estate (represented […]
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At Penguin Random House, head of global corporate finance Milena Alberti is being promoted to chief financial officer as July 1, succeeding Coram Williams as he returns to Pearson as their CFO. Alberti will join the Penguin Random House board of directors, as well as the company’s North American board and global executive committee. James Johnston is being promoted to the new position of svp, deputy chief financial officer under Alberti, serving in both worldwide and U.S. capacities. Kate Geraghty has been promoted to vp, communications for Macmillan Higher Education and Macmillan New Ventures. At Grand Central Publishing, Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski has been promoted to […]