BEA reported attendance data for the recent show in New York, and the numbers were consistent with the last couple of years. Professional attendance was down 1.2 percent, at 10,832 people (down by 133); with exhibitors included, overall attendance was up 5.2 percent, with 20,895 people. Will Heyward has joined Penguin Press as associate editor. Previously he was an assistant editor at Knopf. Michael Connole will join Quarto on September 1 as Chief Financial Officer. He is currently CFO of Global Radio Group. Stephanie Graham has joined Sourcebooks as marketing coordinator. Previously she was communications assistant at Marquette University’s Office of International Education. In addition, […]
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Hut Landon is retiring as executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association at the end of the year after more than 15 years in the role. In a note to NCIBA members Landon said his decision was “fueled by nothing more than a desire to have a bit more time to enjoy life outside of work.” NCIBA has formed a search committee to find a new executive director and hopes to have someone in place before the end of October. Reynold Levy has joined the National Book Foundation‘s board of directors. Levy has written four books, including They Told Me […]
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Karen Thomas will take over as publisher of Cleis Press and Viva Editions, following the resignation of Brenda Knight and other staff last month. Editorial and production offices will move to the Jersey City office of parent firm Start Publishing in July. Thomas was most recently executive editor at Grand Central Publishing and was the founding editor of Dafina Books. For clarity, Springer Nature has underscored that both Palgrave Macmillan academic imprint and the Palgrave higher ed line continue unchanged. As reported earlier this week, it’s the Palgrave trade imprint that was incorporated into St. Martin’s in 2014 that is retiring the Palgrave name.
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Catherine Makk will join HarperCollins as vp, global insight on June 8, reporting to Chantal Restivo-Alessi. Makk was previously director, retail and consumer insights at Vogue and in her role will also serve as consumer insight lead for Harlequin, HarperCollins Canada and the company’s global publishing team. In addition, Jim Hanas has been promoted to senior director, audience development & insight, while Allison Jarvela has been named senior manager, consumer insight. Jarvela was previously a market research analyst at Wiley. Sarah Knight is leaving Simon & Schuster, where she was a senior editor for the past five years, on June […]
St. Martin’s Closes Palgrave Imprint
St. Martin’s Press is closing the Palgrave Macmillan trade imprint that they integrated in 2014 and will absorb the imprint’s staff, the result of “a structural realignment of Macmillan’s international educational resources” after the merger of Macmillan Science and Education and Springer Science + Business Media into Springer Nature. SMP “will begin phasing out the use of the name Palgrave immediately,” publishing those new titles under the St. Martin’s Press and Griffin imprints. Current Palgrave editorial staff will continue to manage previously acquired projects and begin to take on general St. Martin’s assignments: Karen Wolny will become executive editor; Elisabeth Dyssegaard continues as […]
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At Penguin Random House, head of global corporate finance Milena Alberti is being promoted to chief financial officer as July 1, succeeding Coram Williams as he returns to Pearson as their CFO. Alberti will join the Penguin Random House board of directors, as well as the company’s North American board and global executive committee. James Johnston is being promoted to the new position of svp, deputy chief financial officer under Alberti, serving in both worldwide and U.S. capacities. Kate Geraghty has been promoted to vp, communications for Macmillan Higher Education and Macmillan New Ventures. At Grand Central Publishing, Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski has been promoted to […]