Longtime Norton editor James L. Mairs, 77, died July 26 of heart failure, while also battling leukemia and Parkinson’s disease. Mairs first joined Norton as a traveling college sales representative in 1963 and rose through the ranks, promoted to vice president in 1970 and a company director in 1973. Mairs officially retired from Norton in 2002 but continued working at the same office both as editor of additional Norton books, including Jung’s The Red Book in 2009, and as founder and head of his own, one-man publishing house, Quantuck Lane Press, distributed by Norton. Norton president and chairman Drake McFeely […]
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Sarah Bowlin is leaving her position as senior editor at Henry Holt on August 25 to move to Los Angeles. She can be reached for freelance work and other inquiries at svbowlin@gmail.com. Melissa Zar has joined Macmillan Children’s as marketing manager. Previously she was a marketing manager at Random House Children’s. Katy Lynch has been promoted to publicist for Sourcebooks Jabberwocky and Fire. Acquisitions Software provider Ingenta has acquired 5 fifteen Ltd, a software supplier to the magazine and newspaper industry. They say it “will allow Ingenta to strengthen its product portfolio and strategically build on its existing plans to diversify its […]
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At Macmillan, Nora Flaherty has been promoted to the expanded role of vp, client publisher sales and distribution. She will oversee the entire third-party distribution area including sales, operations, business development and distribution. Diana Gill will join Tor/Forge as executive editor. Previously she was executive editor at Berkley’s Ace and Roc imprints. Amy Sefton has also been named designer in the ad/promo department. Previously she was an in-house graphic designer and illustrator for BuzzFeed. In addition, the division announced a number of recent editorial promotions. At Tor, Liz Gorinsky and Miriam Weinberg are both promoted to senior editor; Jennifer Gunnels and Diana Pho […]
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At Macmillan, Holly Ruck has been promoted to international sales manager, focusing on the open market. Tara Shanahan has joined HMH Children’s as senior publicity manager; she was previously at Penguin Children’s. Alex Hedley will take over as New Zealand publisher for HarperCollins, filling the role vacated by Finlay Macdonald. Hedley has been general nonfiction publisher at Penguin Random House New Zealand. Simon Ross will take over as ceo of Manchester University Press on August 1, as Frances Pinter steps down. Ross was deputy managing director for academic publishing at Cambridge University Press. IPG will add distribution as of January 1, 2017 for Mosaic […]
Hachette Reorganizes Sales Following Perseus Purchase
Hachette Book Group announced a reorganization of their sales department internally this week, following the Perseus acquisition but also influenced by “recent major changes in the retail/wholesale landscape.” The company said the “changes will allow us to sell HBG’s wide range of excellent books in the most effective ways, across the entire range of formats, retail accounts, wholesalers, libraries, and jobbers.” As part of the restructuring, the executive director of field sales position is being eliminated, and twenty-year veteran Mike Heuer will leave the company as of August 1. For Perseus Sales, Adam Schnitzer is executive director, online and digital sales and publisher liaison for all […]
People: Tor/Forge Expands, Martin Levin Dies at 97
As part of a “plan for growth” at Tor/Forge, Patrick Nielsen Hayden has been promoted to associate publisher, Tor Books, while Devi Pillai also joins Tor as associate publisher, moving over from Orbit, where she was editorial director. In addition, Linda Quinton has been promoted to publisher, Forge Books. The company says it will announce a new head of marketing and publicity in the near future to fill Quinton’s previous role, and it “intends to increase the marketing support” for Tor Teen and Starscape. Tor/Forge president & publisher Tom Doherty said in the announcement: “As we continue our 35-year commitment to adult […]