Sean Murray has been promoted to executive director of sales for Sourcebooks, where has worked for 17 years. Chin-Yee Lai will join Basic Books as creative director starting January 2. She has worked as a freelance art director at Norton for eleven years, and designed jackets for publishers including Penguin Random House, Grove Atlantic, FSG, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Jess Brallier will leave his position as vp and publisher of Abrams Plus business group at the end of the year. Bloomsbury Publishing group finance director Wendy Pallot will leave the company after a 12-month notice period to join Euromoney Institutional Investor. A […]
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At Random House Children’s, Kristin Schulz has been promoted to manager, school & library marketing. Emily Petrick has been promoted to assistant manager, school & library marketing. Joyce Lin has joined Chronicle Books as food and lifestyle publicist. Previously she was a culinary publicity associate at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. PEN America announced longlists for their 2018 Literary Awards. Prizes include the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize For Debut Fiction, the PEN Open Book Award, the PEN Translation Prize, and four other awards, with ten finalists in each category.
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Michelle R. Ferguson joined Abrams on December 18 in the new role of senior vice president and chief operating officer. Most recently she was svp of workplace strategies for McGraw-Hill. Abrams president and ceo Michael Jacobs said, “Michelle is both a consummate professional and a personable, down-to-earth problem-solver with lots of energy and the desire to both teach and learn. The drive and the passion she’ll bring to Abrams will be a real asset to the company as we continue to evolve.” Distribution Ampersand will distribute Canadian northwest coast regional publisher Hancock House Publishers. Simon & Schuster will distribute Pike and Powder Publishing Group, […]
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Harassment Files Both Target and Walmart said that they will drop Mario Batali‘s products — including his cookbooks — from their stores following extensive accusations of sexual harassment. ABC officially fired Batali from their show “The Chew,” and the Food Network dropped plans to create new episodes of his earlier TV show,”Molto Mario.” On Friday, Batali apologized again in his newsletter: “I have made many mistakes and I am so very sorry that I have disappointed my friends, my family, my fans and my team. My behavior was wrong and there are no excuses.” Bookselling Well-known indie That Bookstore in Blytheville […]
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At Dutton, Stephanie Kelly has been promoted to editor and Katie Zaborsky moves up to associate editor. Jennifer Wattley has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as associate digital & social marketing manager. She was most recently production associate at St. Martin’s Press. Jordan Hamessley has joined New Leaf Literary & Media as literary agent, focusing on children’s picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult genre fiction. Mark Glesne has joined Thomas Nelson as marketing director. Previously, he was director of marketing and digital commerce at TOL. Harassment Files PBS suspended talk show host Tavis Smiley after allegations came out that Smiley “had engaged in […]
Harassment Files: Women Lead Paris Review Search, Two Top Executives Leave Audible
Two top Audible executives, chief content officer Andrew Gaies and chief revenue officer Will Lopes, resigned from the company, first reported by Hollywood Reporter on December 5. Announced in an email to staff from ceo Don Katz, no reason was provided for the resignations, which are being linked by inference to an ongoing internal investigation into workplace harassment that was announced before Thanksgiving. There is no concrete or on-the-record information to go on, with a spokesperson saying, “Because Audible doesn’t disclose the details of personnel matters, we can’t provide additional information on their departures.” Katz did tell employees in a […]