Random House Publishing Group will partner with former Rodale executive David Zinczenko for an imprint, a multi-book contract, and a distribution deal. The imprint, Zinc Ink, will issue 6 to 12 lifestyle and nonfiction titles a year starting in 2014 in a profit-sharing arrangement. Titles signed include Maria Menounos’s The EveryGirl’s Diet and boxer and trainer Michael Olajide Jr.’s Sleekify. Zinczenko’s colleague at Galvanized Brands, chief operating officer Stephen Perrine, will be co-publisher alongside BBD publisher Libby McGuire. They will acquire along with BBD nonfiction editorial director, Jennifer Tung. Zinczenko will write three books to be determined on exercise, diet and […]
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Maha Khalil has joined the Crown Publishing Group as marketing director for Clarkson Potter, Potter Style, Potter Craft, Watson-Guptill and Amphoto. Maha was previously sales director at Hyperion. Also at the Potter group of imprints, Allison Renzulli has been promoted to senior marketing manager; Carly Gorga moves up to associate marketing manager; and Kevin Sweeting has been promoted to associate. At the S&S imprint, Meg Cassidy has been promoted to publicity manager. Bloomsbury will consolidate its three New York-based units into a single new office space at the end of April, at 1385 Broadway. They are bringing together the Bloomsbury […]
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Christian Trimmer will join Simon & Schuster Children’s as senior editor on April 15. Previously he was senior editor at Disney-Hyperion. Wah-Ming Chang has joined Melville House as managing editor. Previously she was a production manager at FSG. In addition, Alex Shephard has been named director of digital marketing, as well as managing editor of the publisher’s MobyLives blog. Shephard is editor-in-chief of online literary magazine Full Stop. At Random House, Jennifer Javier has been promoted to regional sales manager, International Sales, covering Indonesia and the Philippines. Javier will be based in Manila. At Hachette Book Group, Ali Coughlin has been […]
Corporate; Melville House Adds UK Branch; Wimpy Kid Stationery
Melville House is creating a UK-based operation. Zeljka Marosevic, formerly of Fourth Estate, will run Melville House UK. Dennis Johnson tells the Bookseller the unit “would at first concentrate on marketing its 60 frontlist titles, as well as selected backlist, distributed in Britain through Turnaround.” He hopes to hire an editorial director before the end of the year with the aim of “crafting a list distinct from that of the US company.” Abrams has partnered with Galison Publishing to launch a line of Wimpy Kid gift and stationery products. They will be made and marketed in coordination Galison’s Mudpuppy brand, […]
New Imprints: Jonathan Cape Children’s Revives Fiction Publishing; Penguin Australia Unveils Young Readers Program
Jonathan Cape Children‘s, which has been publishing new picture books and backlist titles by Roald Dahl and Joan Aiken, will now publish new fiction, led Random House Children’s UK publisher Annie Eaton. In a statement she said she would acquire “some very special future children’s classics.” RHCP m.d. Philippa Dickinson added: “Annie has an enviable track record for publishing established literary greats as well as debut fiction. She has a knack for seeking out new names, and nurturing them to become commercial and award winning successes, as can be seen with Wonder by R J Palacio and Itch by Simon […]
Amazon Publishing Adds A Literary Imprint, Little A
Amazon Publishing will now publish literary fiction, story collections, and memoir under what they are calling a new literary imprint, Little A. That imprint will also publish a digital-only series “focused on short stories from debut writers” in North America and the UK under a separate moniker, Day One. The launch titles for Little A include A.L. Kennedy’s just-published THE BLUE BOOK, Alison Lynn’s THE EXILES (July) and James Franco’s ACTORS ANONYMOUS (10/15). Day One officially started with Kodi Scheer’s February 5 Kindle Single story, “When a Camel Breaks Your Heart.” Next up is Bridget Clerkin’s “Monster,” releasing March 19. […]