At Penguin Random House, Benjamin Steinberg has been promoted to associate director, content marketing & partnerships. Paul Stevens has joined Donald Maass Literary Agency as agent. He was previously an editor at Quirk Books and Tor. At Ingram Content Group, Jacqueline Letson has been promoted to vp, human resources. Michael Bell has been named director of national accounts, moving over from Ingram, where he was director of consumer fulfillment. Finally, Emily Weiss has been promoted to director, corporate communications. At David C. Cook, Chriscynethia Floyd has been promoted to vp, marketing and sales for the newly created Learning Resources Strategic […]
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Author and academic Umberto Eco, 84, died February 19 at his home in Milan. Eco was the author of many works of nonfiction and novels, including The Name of the Rose (1983), Foucault’s Pendulum (1988) and most recently Numero Zero, published last November by longtime US publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who said in a statement: “Umberto Eco was one of the great novelists and scholars of our time. Yet even more than for his timeless works, we will remember him for his exuberance, his vitality, his intense loyalties, and his wonderful company.” Author and National Book Award finalist Rosario Ferré, […]
People: Harper Lee Dies, and More
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Nelle Harper Lee has died at age 89, the Alabama Media Group reported Friday morning, citing confirmation from “multiple sources in her hometown of Monroeville.” HarperCollins confirmed her passing to the NYT, which has a lengthy obituary by William Grimes. Yale University Press editor-at-large and former Los Angeles Times Book Review editor Steve Wasserman will join Heyday Books as publisher and executive director on July 1, relocating to Berkeley, CA. He succeeds founder Malcolm Margolin, who retired at the end of last year. In the intervening period Heyday’s editorial director, Gayle Wattawa, will act as interim publisher, and director […]
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Cliff Guren is leaving Bluefire, where he was vp, business development, to relaunch his consulting business Syntopical. Bluefire founder and ceo Micah Bowers said in the announcement: “Over the past five years I have had the pleasure of working with Cliff as we’ve successfully grown our software licensing business…. Cliff has done a fabulous job for us and we hope to find opportunities to work together in the years to come.” Coming soon from Bluefire is their Cloudshelf family of EPUB 3 reader applications and distribution services that will enable businesses and institutions to “deploy digital private libraries and subscription services to their constituent […]
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Wes Miller will move over to Grand Central as senior editor on March 14, focusing on thrillers. He spent the past five years as an editor at Mulholland. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association marketing director for the past 10 years Brian Juenemann will take over as executive director of the organization on March 1, after Tom Chambliss retires. He worked at the University of Oregon Bookstore for over a decade before joining the PNBA. Sarah Janet has joined Open Road Integrated Media as a marketing manager. Most recently she was a copywriter at Scholastic, and a marketing manager at Penguin. We missed […]
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Donald Roseman has joined Ingram in the new role of vp, retail, focusing on the company’s overall retail business, including national accounts, clubs, field sales, consumer direct fulfillment and Ingram International. Roseman was previously general manager and svp, sales and business development at Goodbaby International Holdings. At David C. Cook, Catherine DeVries has been promoted to publisher of children’s resources. Foreign rights director for Brandt & Hochman Marianne Merola will represent translation rights for the Joy Harris Literary Agency as well as of March 1. Foreword Reviews has hired Seth Dellon as director of circulation and audience development (he was previously digital […]