Will Murphy has joined the ghostwriting and publishing services firm Kevin Anderson & Associates as senior executive editor-at-large. He was previously executive editor at Random House. Kim Daly has been promoted to copy chief at Workman Publishing. Awards Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld‘s The Discomfort of Evening (Graywolf) won the International Booker Prize. At 29, they are the youngest author to ever win the prize. They will split the £50,000 prize with translator Michele Hutchison. Bookselling The Barnes & Noble store in Roxbury, NJ closed yesterday after 26 years, as part of a redevelopment of the mall where they were housed. […]
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Christina Miller is joining the Nancy Yost Literary Agency as administrative coordinator. She was previously at InkWell Management. Tishana Williams has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s in the newly created position of brand manager, novelty & licensed publishing, reporting to Valerie Garfield. She previously held positions in Disney’s Consumer Products Group, and most recently at Authentic Brands Group. Olenka Burgess has been promoted to production manager at Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull. Speculation continues about the backing of the new Pete Micelli-led Hollywood management and production company. The Hollywood Reporter has two sources that say hedge fund mogul Steve Cohen “is believed to have […]
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Kurt Mueller is joining Inkshares as coo. He was previously coo of The Onion for eight years. Cassie Mannes Murray has been promoted to associate agent at Howland Literary. Eugene Winick, 84, longtime president of McIntosh & Otis literary agency — which he acquired in 1985 — died August 21. Gail Sheehy, 82, author of bestselling Passages, died on August 24. Audio Audible has launched a new lower-priced subscription plan: For $7.95 a month, Audible Plus actually offers less. They provide “unlimited” access to what is actually a limited catalog of approximately 11,000 titles. The regular Audible subscription thus becomes […]
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Andy Bird will take over as ceo of Pearson, starting October 19. At that point, current ceo John Fallon will continue in the position until then, when he will step down from the board and remain as an advisor through the end of the year. Bird had been chairman of Walt Disney International most recently, and joined Pearson’s board in May. Board chair Sidney Taurel said, “Andy brings a wealth of international consumer experience, as well as significant expertise in building brands, transformational change and driving digital innovation. He is an inspirational and dynamic leader with an excellent track record […]
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At Macmillan, Cristina Gilbert takes the new role of svp, strategic publishing development, reporting to Dan Schwartz. She will help look across the company’s list — “What are we publishing too much of, too little? Where are there opportunities for entering into new genres and markets? How is our company’s advance risk distributed across our list and across time?” — to further a “holistic understanding of Macmillan’s publishing profile, its risk exposure as well as its potential.” Patricia Rivera will now report to Gilbert, as well as continuing to assist Don Weisberg. Filling Gilbert’s previous position, Malati Chavali moves over […]
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Amber Oliver will join Dutton/Plume as editor on August 31, working especially on the new Tiny Reparations Books, as well as acquiring fiction for Berkley. She was most recently associate editor at Harper. Larry Downs has joined Miami-based Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA as director and publisher for Origen, its Spanish-language religious division. Previously, he was a consultant to the imprint for two years and svp, publisher, Spanish publishing, Harper Christian. Stephanie Kim has joined New Leaf Literary & Media as literary agent. She was previously in publicity at William Morrow and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and also worked in […]