Amazon shipped at least some copies of Margaret Atwood’s much-anticipated The Testaments to some customers a full week early, in violation of the strict worldwide September 10 embargo. On Twitter and Instagram, several users reported receiving their early copies. A spokesperson for Penguin Random House told PL, “A very small number of copies of Margaret…
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Maggie Lehrman has been promoted to editorial director, fiction for Abrams Children’s. At Knopf, Julianne Clancy has been promoted to assistant director of marketing. Emily Murphy moves up to marketing manager. Joanna Cárdenas has been promoted to senior editor at Kokila. Marisol Salaman has been promoted to publicist at Portfolio/Sentinel. Carla Bruce-Eddings has joined Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft…
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People At Random House Children’s, Laura Hernandez joins as associate manager, digital marketing. She was previously marketing coordinator at DK. Nicole Valdez joins as marketing & publicity manager for Random House Graphic. She was previously publishing publicity specialist for DC Entertainment. Carol Ly has joined the middle-grade design team as senior designer. She was previously…
More Halperin “Interviewees” Apologize
The Washingtonian rounded up additional apologies and comments from Democratic politicians who commented on the record for Mark Halperin’s just-announced book, including this from former secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius: “I knew that Mark Halperin was a well-known author and political journalist but unfortunately was not as aware of the details of…
People, Etc.: Halperin and Regan Return, Together
Mary Francis will take over as director of Penn Press at the University of Pennsylvania on September 23. She has been editorial director of University of Michigan Press since 2015 and spent more than 16 years at University of California Press. At Chronicle Books, Rebecca Hunt has been promoted to editorial director, entertainment. Christina Amini…
Salinger eBooks Are Released; New Works Will Take Another 5 to 7 Years
Little, Brown announced that they will release ebook editions of J.D. Salinger’s four books for the first time on August 13. His son Matt Salinger notes in the release, ‘There were few things my father loved more than the full tactile experience of reading a printed book, but he may have loved his readers more—and…