At Crown Publishing Group, Diana Baroni has been promoted to vice president, associate publisher, editorial director, Harmony and Rodale Books, reporting to Aaron Wehner. Crown has also hired a number of former Rodale employees, following its January acquisition of Rodale Books: Gail Gonzales has been appointed vice president, director, publishing strategy, Harmony, Rodale Books, and Clarkson Potter; Dervla Kelly has joined as senior editor, Rodale Books and Ten Speed Press; Brianne Sperber has been named senior marketing manager, Harmony and Rodale Books; and Holly Smith has joined as senior digital marketer. European publisher World Editions, dedicated to publishing English-language translations of literary fiction from around the world, […]
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Tracy Behar‘s new nonfiction imprint will be named Little, Brown Spark. She says in the announcement that the name was chosen “to reflect our mission to publish books that spark ideas, feelings, and change.” As previously announced, launching in fall 2018, the line is focused on health, lifestyle, psychology, and science. Alongside senior editor Marisa Vigilante, Behar is joined by associate editor Ian Straus, and associate director of marketing Jessica Chun. Steven Wallace has joined the University of Georgia Press as director of marketing and sales. Previously he was business development manager at New Leaf Distributing. Awards Shortlists were announced for the UK’s Carnegie and […]
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Leslie Meredith has joined Mary Evans as a literary agent, representing memoirs and works on psychology, science, health, nature, animal behavior, spirituality, and mind-body-spirit. She was most recently an editor for 15 years at Simon & Schuster imprints Atria and Free Press. Flatiron Books publisher Amy Einhorn has been promoted to executive vice president, now with all of editorial, both fiction and nonfiction, reporting to her. Melissa Edwards will provide consultation services under MLE Consulting, her new publishing contract service for literary agents and authors, while continuing as literary agent at Stonesong. Serena Longo has been promoted to marketing and events manager for […]
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Stephanie Smirnov has joined Scholastic as evp, head of global corporate communications, reporting jointly to chairman, president, and ceo Richard Robinson and chief strategy officer Iole Lucchese. Smirnov was previously managing director, brand practice at Edelman New York and ceo for the US region of DeVries Global. The Authors Guild elected Monique Truong, author of The Book of Salt and Bitter in the Mouth, as vice president. D.T. Max, author of Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story, has joined the governing council as a member. Chelsea Handler and Daniel Novack have each been named senior counsel for Penguin Random House. Publisher […]
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Macmillan announced promotions in its sales & technology division. Jennifer Gonzalez is being promoted to svp, trade sales, where she will oversee sales into traditional channels in the US for both adult and children’s trade books, including retail booksellers, wholesalers and the merchandise channel. In addition, Tom Stouras moves up to svp, online and digital sales, sales operations and analysis, and Leslie Padgett has been promoted to svp, technology. At Grand Central Publishing, Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski has been promoted to deputy director of publicity; Jordan Rubinstein to associate publicist; Amanda Pritzker to director of marketing and campaign strategy; Andrew Duncan to director of […]
People: Angel to Succeed Galassi As Farrar, Straus Publisher
Faber & Faber publisher for adult publishing Mitzi Angel, 43, will return to the US to take over as publisher and senior vice president of Farrar, Straus “later this year,” as Jonathan Galassi, 68, relinquishes that position. (The Bookseller says she will leave Faber at the end of June, but FSG tells us the exact timing of her start there is still being discussed.) Galassi will remain as president, with Angel reporting to him, and he will still acquire and edit books. Publisher of the MCD imprint Sean McDonald will still report to Galassi, too. Galassi tells the NYT, “Publishing […]