The “driving force” behind Scotland’s Freight Books, co-founder and director Adrian Searle, has left the company. He said: “Following differences over strategic direction, and after six years as publisher at Freight Books, and eight years as a director of Freight Design, with much regret I have decided to leave the business I own jointly and resign as a company director to pursue other interests.” Lena Khidritskaya Little has joined Little, Brown as assistant director of publicity; previously, she was with NatGeo Books. John Glynn has joined Hanover Square Press as editor. Previously, he was associate editor at Scribner. Author of bestseller Zen […]
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Emily Angell has left St. Martin’s Press. Chris Kepner is no longer affiliated with Victoria Sanders & Associates. Foreign rights inquires for the agency may be directed to Jessica Spivey. Heather Rose won Australia’s Stella Prize for The Museum of Modern Love (Allen & Unwin). Patricia Spears Jones won Poets & Wrtiers’ $50,000 2017 Jackson Poetry Prize. The Authors Guild is rolling out a Guide to e-Publishing on a chapter-by-chapter basis, as part of a broader new online Writers’ Resource Library. Editorial manager at Editora Rocco in Brazil Vivian Wyler, 63, died on April 16, after battling cancer for many years. She was about […]
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Former president of F+W Media Sara Domville will reunite with her old boss, joining America’s Test Kitchen under ceo David Nussbaum on April 24 in the new role of chief revenue officer. She “will be responsible for driving revenue growth in a number of key company divisions including sponsorship, licensing, underwriting and book sales.” Domville left F+W last July. Bookseller and publisher Donald Weiser, 89, died on April 12. He worked alongside his father at the Samuel Weiser Bookstore in New York and led the publishing company Samuel Weiser, Inc., which was sold in 2000 and became Red Wheel/Weiser. He was a founding member in 1975 […]
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By a narrow margin of 69 votes, consultant and president of non-profit Information New Wave Loida Garcia-Febo was elected president-elect of the American Library Association. She will serve as president-elect for one year before taking over as president at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Emma Berry has been promoted to editor at Crown. Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has been meeting with prospective literary agents, the Hollywood Reporter notes, “to discuss a book that is envisioned as a reflection on how her personal and professional lives collided during the campaign.” Clinton is said to have blessed the project. The New York Public […]
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Matthew Daddona has been promoted to editor at Dey Street Books. Megha Parekh has joined Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer as editor. Previously, she was editor at Grand Central Publishing. Former publishing director at Harper Collins in Australia and New Zealand Shona Martyn has joined Lingo Pictures as their book scout. Former editorial director at Harper UK Martin Redfern will join Diane Banks Associates as a nonfiction agent in April. The Books for a Better Life Awards will induct publisher Esther Margolis and authors Gretchen Rubin and Mary Higgins Clark into their Hall of Fame at their April awards ceremony. Robert B. Silvers, 87, founding […]
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Valerie Steiker will join Scribner as executive editor on April 17. Previously, she was the longtime culture editor at Vogue. Reporting to Colin Harrison and Nan Graham, she will acquire and edit fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and lifestyle books. Parisa Ebrahimi joins the Crown and Hogarth fiction team today as editor. She moves over from Chatto & Windus in London and reports to Lindsay Sagnette. Rebecca Marsh has joined Viking/Penguin Books as publicity manager. Previously, she was a senior publicist for Crown Archetype, Harmony, and Three Rivers Press. Forthcoming Audio Robert Caro has written and narrated an audiobook-only title, ON POWER, releasing on May 9, […]