The “driving force” behind Scotland’s Freight Books, co-founder and director Adrian Searle, has left the company. He said: “Following differences over strategic direction, and after six years as publisher at Freight Books, and eight years as a director of Freight Design, with much regret I have decided to leave the business I own jointly and resign as a company director to pursue other interests.” Lena Khidritskaya Little has joined Little, Brown as assistant director of publicity; previously, she was with NatGeo Books. John Glynn has joined Hanover Square Press as editor. Previously, he was associate editor at Scribner. Author of bestseller Zen […]
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Quarto announced changes to their sales and marketing structure. The global English language sales team now reports to Ken Fund, in his new role as chief operating officer, and is structured in three main channels: US sales, UK and Europe sales, and international sales. Andrew Stanley will join as sales director of UK and Europe, effective July 10. Previously, he was deputy director of group sales for Thames & Hudson. Tim Loynes has joined as director of children’s sales; previously he was head of special sales at Abrams and Chronicle Books. Mary Aarons becomes director of sales, e-commerce and ANZ, Canada, Asia, and Latin America. Monica Baggio […]
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Stephany Evans has joined Ayesha Pande Literary as an agent, where she’ll continue to represent her list of adult fiction and nonfiction. Previously, she was a principal at FinePrint Literary Management. At Chronicle Books, Jeff Wiebe has been promoted to director of operations; Sarah Billingsley has been promoted to executive editor of food and lifestyle; and Lauren Lubell has been promoted to industrial designer. Awards The Booker International Prize has announced its six-title shortlist: Mathias Enard, Compass, translated by Charlotte Mandell (Norton/Fitzcarraldo Editions) David Grossman, A Horse Walks Into a Bar, translated by Jessica Cohen (Knopf/Jonathan Cape) Roy Jacobsen, The Unseen, translated […]
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Sharon Kunz has joined Da Capo Press as senior publicist, focusing primarily on their Seal Press list and reporting to Lissa Warren. Previously, she was media engagement manager at Globe Pequot. She will be based in the Hachette Boston office. The American Library Association has promoted Mary Mackay to associate executive director for publishing, effective June 5th. She will lead ALA publishing and its Editions/Neal-Schuman, Booklist, American Libraries, eLearning Solutions, Digital Resources, and Graphics imprints. At Ingram Content Group, Nick Yates has been promoted to manager of operations analysis in Greater Nashville. Christy Johnson has joined as client relations manager for Ingram Academic Services in New York. Adaptations The long-gestating efforts to develop Robert Jordan’s Wheel […]
Briefs: Ferguson to Holiday House, Grisham on Tour, and More
Margaret Ferguson will join Holiday House Publishing in May as publisher of a Margaret Ferguson Books imprint, reporting to editor-in-chief Mary Cash. It’s the first time Holiday House has created an eponymous imprint. Ferguson was publisher of a Margaret Ferguson Books at Farrar, Straus Children’s. Ferguson says in the announcement, “This is a wonderful and unique opportunity for me to be involved with a small publishing house that is on the move and expanding their publishing program in interesting ways.” Chris Kepner has launched The Kepner Agency, after nine years with Victoria Sanders & Associates as an agent and director of international […]
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Beth Ryan has been promoted to senior director of sales for ministry services at Harper Christian. With the recent closing of Tyrus Books, the imprint’s founder and publisher Ben LeRoy is leaving Simon & Schuster. Andrea Hall has been promoted to associate editor at Albert Whitman. Eden Sugay has joined Chronicle Books as trade show coordinator. Previously, she was gift sales and support representative at Ingram. National Book Foundation director of marketing and special projects Sherrie Young is leaving the organization today. Forthcoming Stephen Colbert‘s MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS, a book based on the segment of the same name from his television show, in which […]