Matthew Benjamin has joined Harmony and Rodale Books as executive editor, reporting to Diana Baroni. He was most recently at Atria. Christopher Sergio will join Holt as vp, group creative director, starting August 19 and reporting to Ben Shrank. He was previously vp art director at Penguin Random House. He will oversee the creative product…
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Brenda Marsh, founding managing director of the UK joint venture Abrams & Chronicle, will return to the US. UK and export sales director at Hardie Grant Inez Munsch will take over as managing director on September 23. Online used bookseller ThriftBooks has hired Ross Mignoli as cfo. He is a former partner at Arthur Andersen…
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Jennifer Weis will join the Ross Yoon Agency as senior literary agent based in New York, representing book club and women’s fiction, thrillers, memoir, narrative and platform-driven nonfiction, psychology and health. She was previously executive editor at St. Martin’s. At Princeton University Press, Fred Appel is promoted to publisher, religion and anthropology; Ben Tate to…
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Paul Whitlatch will join Crown as executive editor, starting July 29 and reporting to Gillian Blake. He was most recently at Hachette Books. In addition to acquiring and editing nonfiction for Crown, he will also contribute to the Currency imprint. Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has joined Holt as director of brand strategy. Paul W. Morris, vice president…
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Sally Marvin is joining the Gallery Publishing Group as vice president, director of publicity, starting July 22 and reporting to Jennifer Bergstrom. She was previously director of Random House events and event partnerships. Jennifer Robinson will step down from day-to-day management of the publicity department, moving to the new position of vice president, executive publicist,…
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Cate Hart has joined Harvey Klinger as agent, focusing on middle grade, young adult and women’s contemporary and historical fiction. She previously was at Corvisiero Literary Agency as rights director and agent.At Chronicle Books, Olivia Roberts has been promoted to assistant editor, entertainment. Natalie Nicolson has joined as marketing manager, entertainment. Previously she was publicist for…