Penguin Random House chief financial officer Milena Alberti has decided to leave her position at the end of the year after 16 years with the company, the past two as cfo. Deputy cfo James Johnston will lead the finance group in the interim, reporting to ceo Markus Dohle, as the company searches for a permanent successor, which they hope to announce in the first quarter of 2018. Dohle said in the announcement: “I am one of many who has truly valued, enjoyed, and benefited from collaborating with Milena over the years, and I want to express my sincere appreciation for […]
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Briefs: NYT’s Top Ten Books, And More
The New York Times Book Review editors announced their top ten books of 2017, with the individual critics’ lists still to come. In fiction, Jesmyn Ward’s National Book Award-winning Sing, Unburied, Sing makes the list, along with NBA shortlisted Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, plus: Autumn, by Ali Smith Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid The Power, by Naomi Alderman The nonfiction list: The Evolution of Beauty, by Richard O. Prum Grant, by Ron Chernow Locking Up Our Own, by James Forman Jr. Prairie Fires, by Caroline Fraser Priestdaddy, by Patricia Lockwood People At Workman Publishing, Caitlin Kleinschmidt has been promoted to national accounts […]
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Sean Concannon has joined No Starch Press as sales director. Most recently he handled national accounts, special markets, and institutional library sales at Taylor & Francis. Abigail Novak will join Touchstone as a publicist starting December 11. Previously she was assistant publicist at Harper Collins. December features an unusual Pennie’s Pick at Costco: Liane Moriarty “is so good at what she does that I can’t just pick one of her titles; I am suggesting you read everything you can by her.” The chain is featuring The Husband’s Secret, Big Little Lies, and What Alice Forgot. Distribution Quarto will start distributing Russian […]
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Cheryl L. Davis has joined the Authors Guild as general counsel. She is a former partner at Menaker & Herrmann, where she focused on intellectual property issues and litigating copyright and trademark cases. Davis is also an award-winning playwright. She says in the announcement, “This job is really a dream come true for me. Not only does it open new horizons for me in the practice of intellectual property law, it gives me the opportunity to help my fellow authors and advocate for their rights.” At Putnam, Tara Singh Carlson has been promoted to executive editor. Gallery Books Group associate […]
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Alex Coumbis has joined Laurence King Publishing as a senior publicist based in New York City. Amanda Olson will join Annick Press, as marketing manager starting January 2. Previously sales manager for Harper Canada, she takes over as Brigitte Waisberg retires after 12 years at Annick Press and 37 years in publishing. Claire Caldwell has been hired as associate editor. She was at Harlequin. The just-released movie The Man Who Invented Christmas, based on the book by Les Standiford, is the first theatrical release for a project developed by Mazur / Kaplan, the nine-year-old production company pairing bookseller Mitchell Kaplan and producer […]
People: Klonsky to Putnam Children’s
Jennifer Klonsky will join Putnam Children’s as vice president and publisher starting January 2, reporting to Jen Loja, filling the position vacated when Jennifer Besser moved to Macmillan Children’s earlier this fall. Klonsky has been editorial director at Harper Children’s. Jen Loja said in the announcement, I’m sure that her mix of publishing savvy and a terrific nose for great reads will be a perfect addition to Putnam and we look forward to many years of successful book making with her and her team here.” At Algonquin Books, Debra Linn has been promoted to director of digital marketing, while both […]