Devin Kirk will join Macmillan on April 14 as vp, international sales and marketing, succeeding Judy Sisko, who is retiring next month after more than 46 years in publishing and 22 years at Macmillan. Kirk was previously senior director, international sales for Penguin Random House. At Penguin Random House, Kim Shannon has been appointed to newly created position of vp, director, adult retail sales, Random House. Adult retail sales at Penguin continue to be overseen by John Lawton and Norman Lidofsky. At Sterling Lord Literistic, Caitlin McDonald and Mary Krienke have been promoted to associate agents, while Nadyne Pike moves […]
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Marlena Bittner will join Flatiron Books on May 15th as the director of publicity, reporting to associate publisher Liz Keenan. She is currently director of publicity at Little, Brown. At DK Publishing, Meghan O’Brien has been promoted to associate director, special sales, while Stephanie Kull moves up to special sales manager. Abby Koski has joined Soho Press as publicist. Previously she was a publicity assistant at FSG. Jon Baker is leaving Mary Anne Thompson Associates after 7 years to start his own scouting company, Baker Literary Scouting, Inc. He may be reached at jon@jbscout.com.
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Former Literature Director at the National Endowment of the Arts Ira Silverberg will join Open Road Integrated Media on April 22 as strategic advisor, author brands, reporting to Tina Pohlman. In his new role, Silverberg will focus primarily on backlist acquisitions for “a wide range of authors.” Jane Friedman, co-founder and ceo of Open Road said in the announcement: “Ira’s broad range of experience has given him a deep understanding of all aspects of the publishing industry and he will make an incredible addition to Open Road.” Silverberg added: “Joining Open Road allows me to get back to the very […]
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Maggie Riggs has joined the Friedrich Agency as associate agent. Previously she was an associate editor at Viking. Lelia Mander will join Artisan Books as managing editor on March 24. She was previously a senior production editor at HarperCollins. In addition, Patrick Leonard has been named senior publicist. Kayleigh McCann will join Little, Brown Children’s as designer for licensed books on March 24. She was previously associate designer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. Peter Cocking has returned to Greystone Books as art director. He was art director of D&M Publishers, overseeing both Douglas & McIntyre and Greystone, […]
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Penguin Random House India announced new publishing, sales and marketing leadership appointments and a cross-company organizational structure, effective April 1. Penguin India publisher Chiki Sarkar will become publisher of Penguin Random House India, reporting to Penguin Random House India CEO Gaurav Shrinagesh. (She was previously Random House India’s first editor-in-chief in 2006.) Milee Ashwarya and Meru Gokhale will both serve as publishing director, Penguin Random House India, reporting to Sarkar. Gokhale will have responsibility for Vintage India, Allen Lane, Hamish Hamilton, Viking and Classics; Ashwarya will oversee Ebury India, Random Business, Portfolio, Metro Reads, Shobhaa De Books and Penguin Ananda. […]
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Publishing Technology will promote chief operating officer of their online division Michael Cairns, who joined the company a year ago, to CEO, as of April 1. George Lossius had announced recently that he would step down as chief executive as the business “focuses more on business development and implementation.” Publishing Technology chairman Martyn Rose says in the announcement, “His market knowledge and expertise in digital publishing are unquestionable and his appointment gives the business continuity and a leader who will drive the business to deliver the next phase of our strategy.” The Robbins Office has appointed Aitken Alexander Associates in London as […]