Amazon is testing out a 30-hour work week on teams that comprise a “few dozen” employees and you’ll never guess which paper has the scoop: The Bezos-owned Washington Post, which suggests the initiative could be an answer to the NYT report that “described Amazon as a company that encouraged employees to work upward of 80 hours a week while rarely taking vacation.” Amazon “did not comment” on the Post’s questions of substance, but the Post cites an online description from an informational seminar listing on EventBrite. Saying that they already have part-time employees, the company writes: “What is novel for Amazon is […]
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Ben Platt will join Public Books as global coordinating editor, where he will commission articles and expand web outreach. Previously he was an editor at Basic Books. Chelsea Morgan and Kerry Johnson have both joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as production editors. Morgan was previously assistant production manager at Macmillan, while Johnson was most recently a freelance production editor. Janine Sato has joined Chronicle Books as junior production designer. Previously she was a product designer at Apple. Awards The Thurber Prize has announced its shortlist, with the winner to be named on September 26: Jason Gay, Little Victories (Doubleday) Harrison […]
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At Harper Children’s, Lindsey Karl has been promoted to the new role of assistant manager, conferences and conventions. Former director of publicity at Overlook and Quirk Books, Jack Lamplough, 59, died August 20. Most recently he had established his own agency representing authors, artists, and musicians. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
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At St. Martin’s, Lisa Senz has been promoted to vp, associate publisher, reporting to Jennifer Enderlin. Jackie Cantor will join Gallery Books as senior editor on August 29. Most recently she was executive editor at Berkley. Jessica Schmidt will join Running Press as director of marketing and publicity on September 14, working out of the Philadelphia offices. Previously she was director of sales and subsidiary rights at The Story Plant. Cara Raguz joins BlueBottleBiz as marketing coordinator. Previously she worked in the field marketing department at Nimble Storage. Awards Marilynne Robinson has won the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award […]
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At Putnam, Ashley Hewlett has been promoted to publicity manager, while Elena Hershey moves up to senior publicist. Melissa Ceraso has been named editor in mathematics and the natural sciences, and Jason Simon has been hired as senior web developer for Choice, the reviews publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries. At Glitterati Incorporated, Conor Romack has been promoted to sales & projects manager. In the UK, Simon Thorogood will move to Canongate from Headline as editorial director at the end of August, and Hannah Knowles will join the publisher as senior commissioning editor in November (she is currently at Octopus). Weston Woods Studios founder Morton […]
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Keely Kundell has joined Harlequin as editorial coordinator. Victoria Britton has joined Harlequin UK as commissioning editor (she was editor and heritage manager at Smythson of Bond Street); and Lucy Gough been promoted to assistant managing editor. Hannah Elnan has been promoted to senior editor at Sasquatch Books.