Sam Raim has joined Hachette Books as senior editor. He was previously editor at Penguin Books. Anna Cooperberg and Sun Robinson-Smith have each been promoted to assistant editor at the Workman imprint. Scott Trebing has joined as reprint and display manager, and will be responsible for all of the Workman and Algonquin reprints as well as all company point-of-purchase displays. He was previously senior production manager at Simon & Schuster. At Welbeck Publishing, Nico Poilblanc will join as UK sales director and Angie Willocks as international sales director at the end of March. Both are moving over from Bonnier Books UK […]
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Workman Publishing director of international publishing Kristina Peterson is retiring on March 31 after 15 years with the company. Workman ceo Daniel Reynolds said, “over the years, international sales have become increasingly important to the health of our industry, and Kristina has done a terrific job at the helm of this crucial department, consistently growing our business each year.” Sara High has been promoted to director of international sales. Kendra Poster becomes rights director. Margaret Southard has joined Simon & Schuster as an assistant director of publicity, and Brianna Scharfenberg has joined as a senior publicist. On the Simon & Schuster indie […]
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Elizabeth Mendez Berry has joined One World as vice president and executive editor. She was previously with the Nathan Cummings Foundation, where she was the director of their arts and media portfolio. Gabriella Doob has been promoted to editor at Ecco. Lauren Diethelm has joined Random House Children’s as production associate. She was previously production assistant at professional sports publications. Bebe Barrow has joined Chronicle Books as sales operations coordinator. Lizz Skelly will join Bonnier Books UK as head of publicity for children’s books on February 17 (she is currently at PRH UK), and Emma Quick joins the company today […]
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Anna Paustenbach has been promoted to editor at Harper One. At Metropolitan, Grigory Tovbis has been promoted to senior editor. Brian Lax becomes assistant editor. At Trident Media Group, Alice Fugate and Logan Harper have both been promoted to associate agent. Kurestin Armada has joined Root Literary. She was previously at P.S. Literary Agency. Megan Barnard has joined the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency as associate agent. In the UK, Rose Tomaszewska will stay on at Virago, where she has been working parental leave cover for the past seven months. And Alex Hardy has returned to Hachette UK, in the […]
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Quarto has hired Polly Powell, owner of what now operates as Pavilion Books, as chief executive officer of the company’s UK operations, and executive director of the company. Powell had been working as an advisor to lead owner CK Lau since this past October. Andrea Giunti Lombardo, whose family bought 6.2 million shares in Quarto in its recent capital raise, has also joined the board, as non-executive director of the company. He replaces Michael Mousley. Powell said, “I am excited to be joining the Board of Quarto. I have enormous respect for CK, and I think that having Italian publisher and […]
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Hannah Braaten has joined Gallery Books as a senior editor. She was previously at St. Martin’s. Nick Amphlett has been promoted to editor at William Morrow. Kate Roddy has joined Sourcebooks as assistant editor. At Penguin Random House, Randi Rosenkranz has been promoted to senior vice president, sales development. Jessica Wells has been promoted to senior director, customer operations.