At Folio Literary management, both Emily van Beek and Steve Troha have been made partners, joining Claudia Cross, Scott Hoffman and Jeff Kleinman. At Workman, Traci Todd will join as director of children’s publishing, and Sara Corbett will become the new art director of children’s publishing, both starting January 29. Todd was most recently editorial director of Appleseed and Abrams’ children’s licensed publishing. Corbett was most recently associate art director for Penguin Workshop. They take over following the great and terrible departure of Daniel Nayeri, Nathalie Le Du, and Colleen AF Venable in October to start a new imprint at Macmillan Children’s. At Sourcebooks, Valerie Pierce […]
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Jason Rekulak has resigned as publisher of Quirk Books after 18 years with the company, effective immediately, to pursue his writing career and other creative projects. There will be a transition period through March, and the company “will explore a new relationship with Rekulak” thereafter. Quirk president Brett Cohen will take on the role and responsibilities of publisher as well, and the company will search for an editorial director. Owner and ceo of the parent company David Borgenicht notes, “with 17 years at Quirk Books, Brett is a seasoned publishing professional who has a deep understanding of our business as well as of our publishing […]
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Sarah Murphy will join Flatiron Books as senior editor on January 26. Previously she was an editor at Harper Wave. Amber Hoover has joined Perseus Books as director of subsidiary rights. Previously she was foreign rights manager at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Allegra Green has joined Macmillan Children’s as associate marketing manager. She was most recently assistant manager of brand and licensed marketing at Little, Brown Children’s. In addition, Morgan Rath has joined as associate publicist. Previously she was an assistant publicist at BookSparks. Maria Whelan has joined Dutton as a senior publicist. She was previously a publicist at Other Press. Heather […]
Three Top F+W Executives Leave; Restructuring Consultancy Is Hired
In the continuous restructuring of F+W Media, the top three executives were dismissed from the company as Monday, according to an internal memo provided to Publishing Perspectives. Consultant Greg Osberg was appointed interim CEO and “charged…with accelerating the transformation already underway.” CEO Tom Beusse, coo Joe Siebert, and cto Joe Romello all left the company. Beusse was hired just under 2 years ago. The corporate website still lists Adams Media as one of their properties, even though it was sold to Simon & Schuster over a year ago. The company still publishes books under imprints including David & Charles, Krause Publications, and […]
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At Random House, Caitlin McKenna and Anna Pitoniak have both been promoted to senior editor, while Emma Caruso moves up to assistant editor. Stephanie Doig has been promoted to associate editor at Harlequin. Michelle Meade has been promoted to the associate editor at Mira Books. At Graywolf Press, Casey O’Neil has been promoted to sales director. Caroline Nitz has been promoted to senior publicity manager. Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed US scout for Greek publisher Metaichimio. In the UK, Jenny Savill has joined the board of directors at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. Picks Books-A-Million named Matt Haig’s novel How to Stop Time as its […]
New York and Los Angeles PEN Branches Unify Under PEN America Name
In a long-overdue move, the two separate PEN chapters in the US — PEN America, based in New York, with over 5,700 members, and PEN Center USA, based in Los Angeles, comprising about 900 members — will merge into a single entity going forward under the PEN America name. Suzanne Nossel, director of the New York office, will lead the newly-combined PEN America, while Michelle Franke will continue to direct the Los Angeles office. The current board of trustees, overseen by Andrew Solomon, will incorporate PEN USA’s board of directors, including chair Marvin Putnam, vp Jamie Wolf, and director Franklin Leonard. […]