Agent Sara Megibow, who recently left the Nelson Literary Agency, is joining KT Literary. At Farrar, Straus, Brian Gittis and Steve Weil have both been promoted to assistant director of publicity. In addition, Sarah Scire has been promoted to publicist, and Lis McAvoy moves up to assistant publicist. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Stephanie Kim has been promoted to publicity manager. Rick Pascocello will leave his position as vp, executive marketing director at Penguin Random House at the end of the month after 23 years in publishing, mostly at Penguin. He can be reached at rpascocello@gmail.com. Imprint News: Carole Tonkinson‘s new inspirational lifestyle imprint at […]
New Imprints
Coming Soon from Regan Arts
Judith Regan’s start-up publishing line Regan Arts (backed by Phaidon Global), has not formally announced their publishing list — but with a steady trickle of pre-publication announcements-as-deals coming in, we took a closer look. After issuing one title last fall (a Virtual Reality Beginner’s Guide, with Google Cardboard inspired VR viewer), the line starts publishing in earnest shortly. Distributor Simon & Schuster’s web site lists roughly 30 forthcoming titles in all, from ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, due out soon, to James Riswold’s HITLER SAVED MY LIFE: What’s So Funny About Hitler, The Reign of Terror, Napoleon, Crucifixion, […]
Harper One Launches Mind/Body/Spirit Imprint
Harper One in San Francisco is adding a new mind/body/spirit imprint, Harper Elixir, launching in fall 2015 under the direction of Harper One associate publisher Claudia Boutote. Libby Edelson has joined the company as senior editor for the imprint (she was at Ecco most recently), and in other respects Elixir will draw on the rest of the team at Harper One. The lead title will by a new book by Don Miguel Ruiz, author of the bestselling THE FOUR AGREEMENTS. The line is expected to build to 15 books a year. Harper One publisher Mark Tauber says in the announcing, “Forming […]
Bookspan Plans Book-of-the-Month Club Relaunch, and Adds Affiliated Publishing Lines
Still the largest family of book clubs in the US, Bookspan has been quietly at work on ambitious new plans, PL has learned. A few months ago, with little fanfare, their “flagship” Book of the Month Club went dormant as a stand-alone club, integrating BOMC members in the companion club, The Literary Guild. (As best we can determine, the transition happened around August 1. The Wayback Machine last captured a BOMC home page in late July, and by August 7 the page was redirecting to the Literary Guild, which welcomed the old BOMC members. Also, the BOMC Facebook page went […]
Corporate: Faber Press, Harper Takes Control of Nelson Brasil, and More
In the UK, Henry Volans will lead a new Faber Press division as director. It comprises poetry, drama, film and classical music publishing in all formats, and incorporates Faber Fine Press, Faber Finds, and Faber Digital as well. CEO Stephen Page says: “Henry takes on a very wide brief with this role, looking at how we create value for our authors, and for our readers. With the materials at hand – the extraordinary backlist, the talented editors, there is a huge amount that can be done. Faber Social was our prototype for this without even knowing it, finding out what readers want and […]
People, Etc.
Abrams will launch a new gift and stationery imprint, Abrams Noterie, in February 2015. The line, which launches with four product collections and two journals, will comprise guided and blank journals, notecards, postcards, desk accessories, small gift books, and other inventive paper product formats. Overseeing Abrams Noterie is Karrie Witkin, who has the new role of editorial director, gift and paper products. (She has worked at Potter Craft and Metropolitan Museum of Art.) The creative team includes associate art director Hana Nakamura, who was at Mucca Design. CEO Michael Jacobs says in the announcement, “The addition of a stationery and gift imprint is […]