Mary Marotta has been promoted to senior vice president, DK North America, reporting to coo Shaun Hodgkinson. The US senior management team will report to Marotta, with Prima Games publisher Mike Degler continuing to report to Hodgkinson. Amy Cloud has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s as senior editor, acquiring middle grade and young adult. She was previously at Aladdin. Pamela Peterson joins Cave Henricks Communications as associate director of publicity on May 21. She was senior publicity manager at Fortier Public Relations. Harassment Files The Washington Post reported another complaint against University of Virginia professor and National Book Award winner John Casey. […]
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Daniel Houghton has left his position as ceo of Lonely Planet, “in order to take on a new CEO role with another digital company.” Travel site Skift reports that it “has also learned that parent company NC2 is said to be pursuing a sale of Lonely Planet.” The publisher said, “The rest of Lonely Planet’s leadership team remains in place and will be continuing with business as usual.” Real estate billionaire Brad Kelley’s NC2 media bought the publisher from the BBC in early 2013 for £51.5 million ($77.3 million), and implemented significant layoffs shortly thereafter. Brant Rumble will join Hachette Books […]
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Tracey Guest has been promoted to vice president, executive director of publicity for St. Martin’s. Franklin & Siegal Associates has added adult scouting to their work for Aschehoug in Norway, while continuing with YA and middle grade. Imprints Random House Children’s is launching a new graphic novel imprint, Random House Graphic, in fall 2019. Gina Gagliano will lead the line as publishing director. She joins from from First Second Books, where she was most recently the associate director, marketing & publicity. Gagliano says, “From awards to bestsellers, graphic novels have been advancing from success to success over the past decade. It’s the perfect time to […]
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Kayleigh George has been promoted to director of marketing for Plume, in addition to her current role as associate Director of marketing for Dutton. Erin Reback has joined William Morrow as senior publicity manager. The ABA elected two new board members to three year terms: Kelly Estep of Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, KY and Angela Maria Spring of Duende District Bookstore in Washington, D.C. Additionally, Pete Mulvihill of Green Apple Books in San Francisco, has been elected to a second three-year term, and Politics & Prose’s Bradley Graham was chosen to complete the unexpired term of former ABA president Robert Sindelar. Jonathon Welch […]
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Kamilla Benko has joined Bloomsbury Children’s senior editor/brand manager, overseeing Bloomsbury’s lead YA fantasy franchises. She was previously an editor at Glasstown Entertainment. At Henry Holt, Catryn Silbersack has been promoted to publicity coordinator in the adult trade division. Heidi Sachner has left her position as vp at Ingram Publisher Services/Two Rivers Distribution, Publishing Trends reports. The Australia Book Industry Awards were presented, with Jessica Townsend‘s debut Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow winning as book of the year (along with taking awards for new writer of the year and book of the year for younger readers). The Center for […]
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National Endowment of the Arts chair Jane Chu will step down on June 4 after 4 years. Elle Keck has been promoted to associate editor at William Morrow/Avon. Mike Salisbury has been promoted to literary agent at Yates & Yates. Chi Ming Publishing in Taiwan has appointed Eccles Fisher Associates as its UK scout. A BuzzFeed article highlighted Kensington’s efforts to diversify romance publishing, with an emphasis on senior editor Esi Sogah, art director Kris Noble, and author Alyssa Cole, the African-American trio behind the book An Extraordinary Union. Sogah credits president Steven Zacharius with the company ethos of “try it and see what […]