Chronicle Books vp of sales & marketing Tyrrell Mahoney is being promoted to president of the publisher as of January 1, as Jack Jensen takes the “more comprehensive role” of president of McEvoy Group, Chronicle’s owner. Jensen will oversee all of McEvoy’s companies — Chronicle Books, along with Galison/Mudpuppy, Princeton Architectural Press, and ISeeMe. Mahoney joined Chronicle in 1996 and will report to Jensen. McEvoy Group ceo Nion McEvoy says in the announcement: “It has been an honor and a privilege to work with Jack personally for over thirty years. His contributions to Chronicle Books as well as to the business of […]
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Derek Stordahl joins Holiday House in the newly created position of evp, general manager, reporting to Stephen Kent. Stordahl was most recently executive vice president at Bloomsbury USA, where he was responsible for business growth across their entire portfolio. At Clarkson Potter, Ashley Meyer and Amanda Englander have both been promoted to senior editor. Caitlin Kleinschmidt has joined Workman as associate manager of national accounts, reporting to James Wehrle. Previously she was associate marketing manager at Viking and Riverhead. Lia Ottaviano has joined Diversion Books as editor. Previously she was an associate editor at Wiley. At Random House Children’s, Lauren […]
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Danielle Smith has left Red Fox Literary after three years to launch her own literary agency, Lupine Grove Creative, with most of her clients set to follow her to the new agency. Playwright Kia Corthron has won the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for her debut novel The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter (Seven Stories Press). Green Apple Books music buyer and DJ Johnny Igaz, 34, who had been missing in the Oakland warehouse fire, was confirmed by the Coroner on Tuesday as among the identified victims. Forthcoming Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian will write a memoir of his […]
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Adriana Stimola has joined the Stimola Literary Studio as agent, representing cookbooks, lifestyle, and health and wellness books. She was formerly content manager at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. Chris Francis has joined Sourcebooks as assistant editor. Elizabeth Scarpelli has been hired as director of the new University of Cincinnati Press, which aims to be “an innovative 21st century academic press.” She was director of publisher services at Baker & Taylor and Bookmasters, prior to which she was assistant press director and sales and marketing director for Rutgers University Press. At Ingram Publisher Services, Bonnie Dailey joins the company based […]
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Crawford Doyle Booksellers will close its Upper East Side store on January 10 after more than 21 years in business. In an email to customers, owners Judy Crawford, John Doyle, and Thomas Talbot explained the store exceeded expectations — “our hope was to operate the store for ten years.” The operation is “not going out of business” entirely, as Doyle will “continue to sell first editions of Modern American and British Literature and other unique volumes” at his library on 21 E. 90 Street. Awards PEN America is releasing its award longlists daily over the course of this week, beginning Monday with […]
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After sharing office space and some employees for the past two years, agencies Kuhn Projects and Zachary Shuster Harmsworth are formally merging to form Aevitas Creative Management. They write in an announcement: “Our every hope is that Aevitas will carry forward the best practices and traditions of both agencies. We’re especially excited to create more growth opportunities for younger colleagues eager to spread their wings and be part of an organization that we’re confident will thrive for years to come. We remain a boutique enterprise, but a stronger and more capable one, with an ever more impressive list of clients, agents, […]