Edward Benitez has joined HarperCollins’ Spanish language publishing program as senior acquisitions editor for Harper Espan͂ol, Grupo Nelson and Editorial Vida, reporting to Larry Downs and working out of the company’s offices in Nashville. Most recently, Benitez served as the director for US Spanish language sales for Penguin Random House. Richard Callison has been appointed director, international online & digital sales, Penguin Random House international sales and marketing. He previously was an associate publisher at Random House. Jade Yeung has joined little bee books as production coordinator. Previously she was a production associate at Norton. Courtney Miller-Callihan has opened her own […]
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Julie Matysik will join Running Press Kids as editorial director on March 14. Previously she was editorial director at Sky Pony Press. At Da Capo Press and Da Capo Lifelong Books, Sean Maher has been promoted to associate director of marketing and Jillian Farrel moves up to marketing manager. Hilary Pecheone has joined New Leaf Literary & Media in the new role of director of brand development, where she will be developing integrated branding and marketing strategies for New Leaf clients. Previously she was senior marketing manager at Practising Law Institute, where she led the corporate digital marketing team. The […]
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Scholastic announced a number of recent promotions and new hires. Monica Palenzuela has joined Scholastic as senior publicist. She was most recently a project manager with Scholastic National Partnerships. Patti Ann Harris has been promoted to creative director for Cartwheel Books, Orchard Books, Readers, Branches and Little Shepherd. Anna Bloom, Becky Shapiro, and Zack Clark have each been promoted to editor, while Kait Feldmann moves up to assistant editor. Cheryl Weisman has been promoted to senior production director, Digital, Print & Audio, while John Pels moves up to associate editor, Digital Publishing and Audio. Finally, Nicholas Thomas has joined as […]
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At the Frances Goldin Agency, Matt McGowan has been promoted to senior agent and rights director. At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Caroline Sun has been promoted to director of publicity, Rosanne Romanello moves up to associate director of publicity, and Stephanie Hoover has been promoted to publicist. Mike Conway has joined Chronicle Books as IT director. Previously he was director, CRM and analytics at Bare Escentuals. In addition, Freesia Blizard has joined as associate production developer. Previously she was senior production coordinator at C&T Publishing. In the UK, former Hot Key Books managing director and Oneworld children’s publisher Sarah Odedina will […]
Dr. Carla Hayden Nominated As Librarian of Congress; Would Be First Woman and First African American In the Post
President Obama has nominated Dr. Carla Hayden, ceo of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, MD since 1993, to serve as the 14th Librarian of Congress. President Obama noted, “If confirmed, Dr. Hayden would be the first woman and the first African American to hold the position – both of which are long overdue.” The position was vacated last September when James Billington retired ahead of schedule, after 27 years. The President said, “Michelle and I have known Dr. Carla Hayden for a long time, since her days working at the Chicago Public Library,” and declared: “Dr. Hayden has devoted her […]
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At Basic Books, TJ Kelleher has been promoted to vp, associate publisher. Going forward, Ben Platt, Quynh Do, and Helene Barthelemy will report to Kelleher. At Headline, deputy managing director Mari Evans will take over as managing director of March 1, when Jane Morpeth moves up to chair of the group after 7 years as its leader. At Victoria Sanders & Associates, Chris Kepner has been promoted to director of foreign rights. At Sourcebooks, Monika Ebly has been named licensing and strategic partnerships manager (she was program manager at Media Star Promotions; Michelle Dellinger joins the company as managing editor, overseeing editorial production (she […]