At Macmillan Children’s Ebony Lane has been promoted to senior rights manager, rights and permissions. Catherine Kramer has been promoted to subsidiary rights associate. Finalists were announced for the PEN Center USA Awards, in 8 categories, with the winners to be named in September. (The original version of this was a bit mangled and has been corrected/updated.) It’s been a big month for cover reveals, which have included: Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green The Rooster Bar, by John Grisham You Can’t Spell America Without Me, by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen The TB12 Method, by Tom Brady And […]
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At Writers House, Maja Nikolic takes the new title of managing director, global licensing, continuing to oversee the international rights business. She will focus on adult fiction and non-fiction, overseeing and working closely with director of adult UK licensing Peggy Boulos Smith. Cecilia de la Campa has been promoted to the new role of executive director, global licensing and domestic partnerships, continuing to oversee the kids and YA international rights business, as well as now formally leading the agency’s expansion in domestic rights channels across their list – managing film/tv projects, theater adaptations, educational reprinting, and audio. Katie Stuart and […]
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Marlene Kelly has been promoted to senior marketing manager for Amazon Publishing. Meg Reid has been promoted to director of Hub City Press effective July 1. Founder and current director Betsy Teter will retain the title of editor and director of development. Also starting July 1, Hub City Press titles will be distributed by Publishers Group West. Alongside his attorney and his existing representation for publishing, novelist John Irving signed with Gersh Agency for theatrical representation. Antonia Byatt will serve as interim director of English PEN. The Guardian conducted an informal study investigating the gender gap in UK book publishing, “following up anecdotal […]
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ICM Partners promoted Rich Green to head of media rights (which sells book-to-film rights). He joined the agency in 2014. Co-heads of the publishing department Sloan Harris and Esther Newberg and fellow board member Kevin Crotty said in the announcement: “Intellectual property is the lifeblood of media in all formats. With Rich at the helm of our media rights department, we are poised to build on the strength of our publishing department, providing the best opportunities to expand the work of our clients.” Additionally, Hillary Jacobson, Heather Karpas, and Zoe Sandler have each been promoted to agent in the New […]
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Brooks Sherman will join Janklow & Nesbit as a literary agent on May 23, continuing to represent fiction for young adult and middle-grade readers, picture books, select literary and commercial adult fiction, and nonfiction in the areas of humor, pop culture, and narrative nonfiction. Most recently he was an agent at The Bent Agency. Nicola Barr is leaving Greene & Heaton and joining The Bent Agency with her existing list of clients, helping to expand the agency’s UK business. Liz Tzetzo has joined Macmillan as vice president of client publisher services. Previously, she was vice president of marketing and sales director for Basic […]
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Beth Ryan has been promoted to senior director of sales for ministry services at Harper Christian. With the recent closing of Tyrus Books, the imprint’s founder and publisher Ben LeRoy is leaving Simon & Schuster. Andrea Hall has been promoted to associate editor at Albert Whitman. Eden Sugay has joined Chronicle Books as trade show coordinator. Previously, she was gift sales and support representative at Ingram. National Book Foundation director of marketing and special projects Sherrie Young is leaving the organization today. Forthcoming Stephen Colbert‘s MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS, a book based on the segment of the same name from his television show, in which […]