Veronica Jordan has been promoted to executive vice president, general counsel of Simon & Schuster, reporting to president and ceo Carolyn Reidy. She succeeds Hazel-Ann Mayers, who moved over in February to evp, chief business ethics & compliance officer at CBS Corporation. Jennifer Weidman has been promoted to senior vice president, deputy general counsel. Reidy said, “It speaks volumes about Simon & Schuster and the overall strength of our legal department that in Veronica Jordan and Jennifer Weidman we have two such experienced, versatile and well-qualified attorneys in-house and at the ready to take on new and greater responsibilities in […]
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The U.S. Copyright Office named Karyn Temple register of copyrights. Temple has been the acting registrar since 2016. Lilla Weinberger, 78, co-owner of Readers’ Books in Sonoma, CA died on March 24. She founded the store with her husband Andy Weinberger in 1991. HarperCollins Italia launched its first children’s list, beginning with 25 titles in 2019. It plans to expand the list to 100 titles a year over the next few years. Sabrina Annoni, editorial director of HarperCollins Italia said, “HarperCollins has a strong history in Children’s publishing and remains one of its global leaders—we are excited to continue this […]
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Karen Murgolo has joined Aevitas Creative Management as an agent. Previously she was editorial director at Grand Central Life & Style. At Sourebooks, Heather Hall has been promoted to associate managing editor and Cassie Gutman to senior production editor. Twenty-First Century Books editorial director Domenica DiPiazza is retiring on March 29. She has been with the company for more than 27 years. Also at Twenty-First Century Books, Shaina Olmanson is being promoted to associate editorial director starting April 1. Copyright Law With a vote of 348 to 274, the European Parliament has passed the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive, […]
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T.S. Ferguson, has joined Jimmy Patterson as editor. He was previously editor with Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press. Olivia Peluso has joined The Experiment as associate editor. She was previously editorial assistant at Portfolio/Sentinel. At Sourcebooks, Ashlyn Keil has been promoted to marketing associate, children’s and YA. Katie Stutz has been promoted to author relations associate. Brittany Russell has been promoted to PR specialist at Amazon Publishing. Tess Callero has joined Europa Content as agent. She was previously with Curtis Brown. Film/TV At the Apple TV+ event on Monday, Oprah Winfrey announced that one of her projects for streaming service would be […]
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At Bloomsbury, Laura Keefe has been promoted to senior director, marketing and publicity, adult trade; Tara Kennedy to publicity director; and Ellen Whitaker to marketing associate reporting to Nicole Jarvis. Erica Barmash has been promoted to senior director, marketing and publicity, children’s trade. Mat Nichols has been named associate director of sales at Bloomsbury Academic, reporting to Liza Murphy. Claire Draper has joined the Bent Agency as an agent. She was previously an assistant at Inkwell Management. Booksellers The NYT looked at Mitchell Kaplan‘s role in “putting literary Miami on the map,” saying he “is celebrated as the man who […]
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Ken Holland, vp, director, field sales, will be retire from Macmillan on May 14, after 22 years at the company. Holland joined Macmillan in 1997 as national sales manager. Jenn Gonzalez, evp, trade sales, said, “Beloved by booksellers and the field alike, Ken is well known for being a fierce champion of the independent channel. He has tirelessly traveled across the country to visit accounts and reps, building relationships and selling strategies that have allowed Macmillan to remain competitive. A discerning and enthusiastic reader, he could always be relied on for insight into the books that would work best in […]