Steven Tran has been promoted to sales associate at Soho Press. Jessica Tribble has been promoted to senior editor at Thomas & Mercer. Rachel Cass, head buyer for trade books at Harvard Book Store, will expand her role to also become buying & inventory manager, taking on responsibility for all merchandise buying for the company. Awards The Man Booker International Prize announced its shortlist, with the winner to be named on May 22: Vernon Subutex 1, by Virginie Despentes, translated by Frank Wynne (MacLehose Press) The White Book, by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith (Portobello Books) The World Goes […]
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Lori Burke will move over to Clarkson Potter as executive director, licensing & strategic publishing partnerships, reporting to Doris Cooper. She was executive director, license acquisitions and media at Penguin Children’s. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Liz Anderson has been promoted to senior marketing manager, Lisa McAuliffe moves up to marketing associate, and Alia Almeida is now marketing manager at HMH Children’s. Diana Ventimiglia has joined Sounds True as acquisitions editor. Previously she was editor at North Star Way. MJ Johnston has been promoted to assistant editor of Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Landmark. Matt Carlini has joined Javelin as a literary agent/foreign rights […]
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Michelle Howry will join Putnam as executive editor on May 7, reporting to Sally Kim. Previously she was executive editor at Hachette Books. Juliana Horbachevsky has joined Little, Brown as publicity manager. Most recently she was with Crown Publishing Group. Nicole Angeloro, editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, will take on the additional role of editorial manager of Mariner Books. Angeloro will continue to oversee The Best American publishing program. Allison Sundstrom has been promoted to senior designer at Sourcebooks. Following her promotion to ceo of Penguin Random House US, Madeline McIntosh will now also join Bertelsmann’s group management committee, which “advises and […]
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David Kopp, vp, executive editor of Convergent Books, will retire on May 1. Kopp began his book publishing career in 1994 at Multnomah Publishers, moving with it to Random House in 2006, and helped to launch Convergent in 2014. Gary Jansen has been promoted to executive editor at Convergent Books, and will continue to act as director of Image. Hanna Lee has been promoted to senior manager, digital marketing at Random House Children’s. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lori Glazer has been promoted to svp, executive director of publicity. Gabbie Piraino has been named foreign rights manager at DeFiore and Company. Carina Mathern will join Harper Germany […]
Skyhorse Cuts 16 Jobs, 25 Percent of New Titles
Skyhorse Publishing announced “a major reorganization” that includes significant job cuts and plans to reduce their new-title output. The company says that 16 full-time positions were eliminated from a workforce that had totaled 77 people, and they plant to reduce new titles published by “approximately 25 percent” in 2018, down from an abundant 1,120 titles published in 2017. President and publisher Tony Lyons indicated the changes are “in response to shortfalls in Skyhorse revenues in 2017 and in early 2018, including issues related to its distribution deal and paper shortages, as well as changes in the marketplace in general,” according to […]
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Pat Eisemann has been promoted to executive director of publicity at Holt. Emma Joss has been promoted to associate publicist for Doubleday. At Workman Publishing, Jodi Weiss has been promoted to executive director, gift and mass merchant sales; Liz Hunter is taking on the role of associate director, field sales; Caitlin Kleinschmidt will be taking on the additional responsibility of managing Workman’s relationship with Baker and Taylor in addition to her other duties as national account manager; Angela Campbell moves up to director of sales operations; and JT Green has been promoted to sales analyst. Terri Ruffino will join the company’s art department as director, […]