Kirkus Reviews editor in chief for over six years Claiborne Smith is resigning to “focus on writing books” and supporting the San Antonio Book Festival, where he will be literary director. Newsday books editor Tom Beer will take over at Kirkus on June 17, reporting to ceo Meg Kuehn. She says in the announcement, “Tom Beer brings the literary sensibility Kirkus; readers have come to expect from us along with experience and keen instincts for reporting on books in a way that connects with reading enthusiasts.” Sourcebooks has hired Molly Cusick, as editor for Jabberwocky, Young Readers, and Fire; and […]
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Georgia Bodnar has been promoted to editor at Viking. Amy Sun has been promoted to associate editor at Viking. Jeramie Orton has been promoted to associate editor at Pamela Dorman Books. John Glynn has been promoted to senior editor at Hanover Square Press. At Random House Children’s, in the marketing department, Elizabeth Ward has been promoted to director, digital strategy; Alison Folino to executive managing producer; Kristin Schulz to senior marketing manager; Jules Kelly to marketing manager; and Michael Caiati to senior marketing designer. In the art department, Xiomara Nieves and Melanie Bermudez both become senior designer. At Harper Children’s, […]
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At Simon & Schuster, in the marketing and publicity department, senior director of the copy team Maria Tahim will relocate to Germany for the next two years, where she will telecommute part-time from Heidelberg. Rachel Behr has been promoted to senior copywriter starting June 3. Mary Mudd will join as children’s copywriter, starting June 10. She previously worked at Disney/Hyperion. Janice Potter is retiring from her role as senior contracts director on May 31. James Horobin will join Wellbeck Publishing as group sales, marketing and publicity director near the end of 2019. He was previously with Zaffre. Cheryl Lew has joined Holiday House […]
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Nicole Counts has been promoted to editor and publishing manager at One World. Kayleigh George has joined the William Morrow Group as marketing director, reporting to Benjamin Steinberg. She was most recently with Penguin Random House. Marketing manager Joe Scalora will now report to George. Madison Furr has been promoted to associate publicist at Macmillan Children’s. Cameron Chase will join Pippin Properties on June 10 as manager of subsidiary rights. He was senior subsidiary rights associate at Hachette Book Group. The American Booksellers Association’s board of directors appointed Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Company, in Seattle, WA to fill […]
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Colleen Boyle has been promoted to publicity manager at Penguin Press. Morgan Rath has been promoted to publicist at Macmillan Children’s. Steven Tran has been promoted to sales manager at Soho Press. Books Inc. director of operations Andy Perham will take over as president and ceo when Michael Tucker retires later this year, and operations manager George Seamer will move up to director of operations. Publicist and book marketer Claire McKinney has founded Plum Bay Publishing, providing assisted self-publishing and some traditional publishing. Hachette Book Group announced a number of promotions in its sales department. In wholesale, Julie Hernandez is promoted […]
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Stuart Roberts has been promoted to senior editor at Simon & Schuster. Lauren Clauss joins Random House Children’s as associate editor (she was assistant editor at Disney Press); and Rachel Chlebowski has been promoted to associate editor. Mariam Quraishi has joined Chronicle as a designer, children’s. Previously she was junior designer at Viking Children’s. At Shambhala Publications, Claire Kelley has been promoted to marketing and publicity director, Roost Books; Katelin Ross has been promoted to publicist; and Adria Batt has been promoted to marketing associate. WH Smith group chief executive Stephen Clarke “has decided to step down” on October 31 […]