Simon & Schuster is launching a new imprint, Avid Reader Press, inspired by “the spirit invoked” in former Simon & Schuster editor-in-chief Robert Gottlieb’s memoir Avid Reader, with its first titles launching in late 2019 or early 2020. Jofie Ferrari-Adler will serve as vice president and publisher of the new line, and Ben Loehnen is vice president and editor in chief, both moving over from their current positions as executive editors at S&S. They will hire “at least one more senior editorial partner who will specialize in fiction, while also building a dedicated staff across editorial, publicity, and marketing.” Ferrari-Adler and Loehnen […]
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Rex Ogle has joined Aevitas Creative Management as director of book packaging & story development. He was previously editor at DC Comics, Scholastic, and senior editor at Little Brown Children’s. Ruby Rose Lee has been promoted to assistant editor at Henry Holt. Awards The Kirkus Prize winners were announced, in three categories: Ling Ma’s Severance won for fiction; Rebecca Solnit’s Call Them by Their True Names won for nonfiction; and Derrick Barnes’ Crown won for children’s literature. Actor Nick Offerman will host the National Book Awards Ceremony on November 14. In the UK, the winners of the CWA Dagger Awards were announced in nine categories: the […]
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Hai-Yen Mura has expanded her role to associate publisher, Amazon Publishing US. At Tom Doherty Associates, Rebecca Yeager has been promoted to advertising and promotions manager; Sara Di Blasi to marketing assistant, Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing; and Renata Sweeney to digital marketing manager, Tor, Forge Books, Tor Teen, Starscape. Anthony Parisi joins as associate director Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing (he was formerly senior marketing manager at Simon & Schuster). Isa Caban is marketing manager, Tor Teen, Starscape, and school & library marketing (formerly YA associate marketing manager at Scholastic). Bonnie Rice has been promoted to associate publicist […]
People: Szczerban to Run New Illustrated Imprint
Little, Brown announced that it would create a new imprint for illustrated books, with Michael Szczerban promoted to editorial director of the new line. Launching in fall 2019, the imprint “will grow to publish 20 to 25 titles a year.” Associate editor Nicky Guerreiro will move over to the imprint, and new hires will include a dedicated marketer. Publisher Reagan Arthur says in the announcement, “The mission of the new imprint is to publish distinctive, bestselling illustrated books of the highest quality that entertain, inform, and inspire—while expanding the possibilities of visually-driven nonfiction and connecting readers to their passions. “The authors and […]
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Adam Guerriero has joined Hachette Book Group as vice president, pricing. He was most recently director of pricing analytics at Macy’s. Rosie Mahorter and Abigail Novak have both been promoted to senior publicist at Scribner. Sydney Morris has been promoted to associate publicist at Touchstone. Katie Quinn has joined Macmillan Children’s as marketing manager. Previously, she was publicist at Penguin Children’s. Stephanie Levasseur has joined Sourcebooks as sales account manager. She was most recently sales account representative at ReaderLink. Jessica Dartnell has joined Holiday House as a sales coordinator. She was previously client relations assistant at Ingram Content Group. Forthcoming Knopf will […]
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At Scribner, Sarah Goldberg has been promoted to associate editor; Sally Howe to associate editor; and Julia Lee McGill to publishing manager. Eliza Swift has joined Sourcebooks as senior editor for Fire and Jabberwocky. Most recently she was editor at Albert Whitman, and she previously worked for Alloy Entertainment. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Jessi Smith has been promoted to assistant editor for Simon Pulse; Jen Ung moves up to senior editor for Simon Pulse; Sally Hosokawa becomes assistant editor for Simon Spotlight; Sarah Jane Abbott has been promoted to associate editor for Paula Wiseman Books and Beach Lane Books; and Amy Beaudoin move up to associate marketing manager, education & library. Tara de […]