Barnes & Noble has promoted Mary Amicucci to chief merchandising officer, continuing to report to coo Jaime Carey. In her new role, Amicucci will oversee the planning of all merchandising initiatives and will also be responsible for managing and developing talent across all of the merchandising groups within Barnes & Noble. Carey said in the announcement: “Mary has a proven track record of success and leadership of our physical book business, making her the perfect choice for this position. She has already made an outstanding contribution to our merchandising efforts and we’re excited to see what she will achieve in […]
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At St. Martin’s, Michael Homler and Daniela Rapp were promoted to senior editor; Meredith Mennitt, Eileen Rothschild and Holly Ingraham were promoted to editor; Courtney Littler and April Osborn are now associate editors; and Alicia Clancy, Jaime Coyne, Sylvan Creekmore and Sara Thwaite moved up to assistant editor. Publicity directors Susan Corcoran at Ballantine Bantam Dell and Sally Marvin at Random House have both been promoted to senior vice president. At St. Martin’s Press, Jessica Preeg has been promoted to publicity manager. Orbit has hired two new commissioning editors, all starting January 11: Kelly O’Connor was at Harper Voyager, and Brit Hvide was at Simon & Schuster, while Lindsey Hall is promoted to commissioning editor from within Orbit. Margaret Sutherland […]
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At Macmillan Children’s, Hayley Jozwiak has been promoted to assistant managing editor. At Feiwel and Friends, Anna Roberto and Holly West have both been promoted to editor. Emma Watson has started a feminist “book club” on Goodreads, called Our Sacred Shelf. Her first choice is Gloria Steinem‘s My Life on the Road. [Update: the club is called Our Shared Shelf; the Goodreads publicist told us incorrectly.] Distribution In Canada, Lerner Publishing Group and their distribution clients will now be distributed by Thomas Allen & Son. Bookselling Powell’s Books is preparing to sign a lease that will allow it to connect two separate […]
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Dutton Children’s vp, publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel has been promoted to president and publisher of the imprint, reporting to Jen Loja, who said in the announcement: “Julie does not only publish books, she publishes authors, and for that we are immensely grateful. She brings important voices and stories to readers each and every day, and she continues to grow Dutton into a house with not only a terrific legacy, but also a spectacular future. I know I speak for the entire Penguin Young Readers group when I say we are very galvanized to accomplish this alongside her.” Denise Oswald will move […]
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Renee Sedliar has been promoted to the new role of editorial director for Da Capo Lifelong Books. She is charged with “bringing Lifelong to the next level, further growing this crucial part of the Perseus publishing program by exploring new subject categories and taking the lead in charting Lifelong’s editorial course.” At Kobo, Pieter Swinkels has been promoted to evp, publisher relations and content, while Dave Anderson moves up to evp, content sales. Elizabeth Evans has left the Jean V. Naggar Agency, where she was an agent for the past five years, to launch Elizabeth Evans Editorial, providing freelance editorial and publishing […]
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At Picador, PJ Horoszko has been promoted to associate editor, while Isabella Alimonti moves up to associate publicist. In addition, Marlena Brown joins as publicist, working on fiction and nonfiction; she was previously at Oxford University Press and, before that, at HarperCollins. MacKenzie Fraser-Bub has joined Howard Morhaim Literary Agency. Previously she was an agent at Trident Media Group. Stacey Graham has joined Red Sofa Literary as an associate agent. Biagi Literary Management will handle all domestic and international subsidiary rights licensing for Polis Books, effective immediately. Amy Rosenbaum is joining the Nancy Yost Literary Agency as rights manager. She previously […]