Joerg Pfuhl is stepping down as ceo of Holtzbrinck in Germany at the end of June. “After four intensive years, I would like to look for another challenge again and thank all of my colleagues for the good cooperation,” he said in a press release. Managing director for sales, marketing and digital Alexander Lorbeer, who joined Holtzbrinck in September 2018, will take over from Pfuhl. At Macmillan Audio, Emily Dyer was promoted to marketing manager; Kathryn Carroll to assistant manager, audio publishing; Abigail Starr to associate manager, design; and Hayden Biggs to design associate. Steve Wagner joined as producer. Chris Bucci has joined Aevitas […]
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Sally Kim has been promoted to senior vice president, publisher, Putnam. Christine Ball becomes senior vice president, publisher, Berkley and Dutton. Ashley McClay and Alexis Welby at Putnam will now report to Kim. At Simon & Schuster, Greg Andonian has been promoted to director, customer financial services reporting to Deepak Daswani, vice president and controller. Karyn Basso has been promoted to director, order management and customer service, reporting to Chris Wagner, vice president, operations and distribution services. Joy Harjo was appointed to a second term as poet laureate, announced by the Library of Congress. In the UK, Jocasta Hamilton will […]
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Colleen Suljic has joined Princeton University Press in the newly created role of chief digital marketing strategist. She was most recently western region senior manager at McGraw-Hill. Sarah Knight has been promoted to UK adult sales director at Bloomsbury Publishing. Sally Wilks joins as UK children’s sales director. She was previously with HarperCollins Children’s. At Bastei Luebbe in Germany, Joachim Herbst will join the company earlier than previously announced as CFO, in early August, and he will become spokesman of the management board at the annual meeting on September 15, when ceo Carel Halff will relinquish his executive responsibilities. Supply Chain […]
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Gregory Henry has joined Apollo Publishers as publicist. Previously he ran Gregory Henry Literary. At a virtual meeting, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) approved three new board members, who will start their terms on July 1: Joshua Boisvert, ReaderLink; Allen Johnson, Baker & Taylor; and Joshua Tallent, Firebrand Technologies. At Canongate, Hannah Knowles has been promoted to editorial director and Vicki Rutherford moves up to head of editorial management. Stuart Weir has joined Yale University Press London in the newly created role of production director, overseeing editorial, production and design for London-originated titles. He was most recently publishing operations […]
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People Alessandra Bastagli has left her position as executive editor at Dey Street Books for a new opportunity to be announced shortly. Distribution Welbeck Publishing Group will be sold and distributed in the US by Two Rivers Distribution, starting July 2020. Forthcoming Dey Street Books will reportedly publish a biography of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle titled THOROUGHLY MODERN ROYALS: THE REAL WORLD OF HARRY AND MEGHAN by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand on August 11. The couple is said to have cooperated with the authors and provided an interview. The book was initially planned for June publication. Relief Laid […]
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Mirabelle Korn has been promoted to editor at Chronicle Books. Claire Fallon has been promoted to publicity and operations associate at Coffee House Press, and Enrique Olivarez has joined the company as development director. Bookselling Bay Books in Coronado, CA has reopened in their new space, after the original location nearby was closed at the end of 2019. For now, the store accepts pickup orders from 10 AM to 2 PM and is providing free delivery within Coronado. Relief Stephen King and John Grisham will hold a free online conversation discussing their new books on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:00 […]