Hayley Wagreich has been promoted to editor at Alloy Entertainment. F+W Media has appointed David Pyle general manager of its fine arts, writing and design group, effective April 24. Previously, he was managing director of sales for the New Hope Networks. In the UK, Toby Jones will join Headline on May 9 as editorial director for the commercial fiction team, focusing on crime novels and thrillers, reporting to Jennifer Doyle. Most recently he was group marketing and publicity director at Simon & Schuster UK. Mike Symons has joined children’s publisher Parragon Books as their new ceo. He had been group sales director at Penguin […]
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At National Geographic, Lisa Thomas has been promoted to publisher and editorial director of adult books, reporting to editorial director of National Geographic Partners Susan Goldberg and evp of consumer products and experiences Rosa Zeegers. Crown Publishing Group has realigned its marketing department in New York into separate teams. Julie Cepler has been promoted to vp, director of marketing, adding oversight for Crown, Hogarth, Tim Duggan Books, and Broadway in addition to her continuing efforts for Crown Archetype and Three Rivers Press, still reporting to Donna Passannante. Associate marketing director Lisa Erickson takes on additional day-to-day management responsibilities and will report […]
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Annie Chagnot has been promoted to editor at Spiegel & Grau. Jin Yu has been promoted to associate marketing director at Berkley. Patricia Cave has been promoted to publicist at Flatiron Books. At Chronicle Books, Rachel Geiger has been promoted to executive director of domestic sales, while Anna-Lisa Sandstrum has been promoted to senior sales manager. Melissa Grecco has been promoted to national accounts manager. Ian Delaney and Morgan Amer have each been promoted to assistant sales manager. Author of What Color Is Your Parachute? Richard Bolles, 90, died on Friday. Bookselling The big 37,500-square-foot Barnes & Noble in Bethesda Row in Maryland just outside […]
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Ed Spade has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as director of digital sales and strategy. Previously he was senior account manager for content acquisition for Ingram Content Group. At Harper Christian, MacKenzie Howard has been promoted to associate publisher of Tommy Nelson children’s books and Thomas Nelson gift books; Jennifer Gott has been promoted to editorial director of specialty publishing; and Holly Halverson joins as editor for specialty publishing. Previously, she managed her own freelance editorial business. Katy Lynch was promoted to senior publicist for children’s and young adult at Sourcebooks. Eric Myers has left Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret to start his own agency, Myers […]
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Olivia Taussig has been promoted to senior publicist at Viking/Penguin. Awards Claudia Rankine has won the 2016 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, a $10,000 award presented by the Library of Congress, for Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf). Nathaniel Mackey won the Bobbitt lifetime achievement prize. Forthcoming Amulet will publish the 12th book in Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series on November 7. The cover and title will be revealed April 27 before fans at Carnegie Hall. In the new book, “Greg Heffley and his family decide to get out of town and celebrate Christmas at a resort. ‘But what’s billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday […]
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Sarah Pelz will join Atria as executive editor on April 24, reporting to editor-in-chief Peter Borland. She is currently executive editor at Grand Central Life & Style. At Ingram Content Group, Lisa Tomasello has joined as director of mass merchandisers sales. She previously served as senior national accounts manager for Macmillan. Elenita Chmilowski was promoted to library marketing manager, and came to Ingram with the Perseus distribution team. Noah Schwartzberg has joined McGraw-Hill Professional as senior acquisitions editor in the business group. Previously, he was acquisitions editor at Fairchild Books. At Chronicle Books, Amelia Mack has been promoted to lead designer […]