Abby Ranger has joined the early childhood group at Harper Children’s as senior editor. Previously she was an editor at Disney-Hyperion. In addition, Jocelyn Davies returns to the division as editor from Razorbill, where she held the same position. Donna Condon will move to Harlequin UK in January as editorial director, UK, responsible for Mills & Boon, Mira and Mira Ink. She has been senior commissioning editor at Piatkus Books. PGW will distribute Bilingual Books, which produces language learning product titles, as of January 1, 2013. 1973 National Book Award nominee for Apostles of Light, Ellen Douglas, 91, died Wednesday after […]
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Melanie Tortoroli is joining Viking as associate editor, reporting to Wendy Wolf. She was previously an assistant editor at Norton and will focus on acquiring and editing nonfiction at Viking. Katie Levine has joined HarperCollins as assistant manager, corporate communications. Previously she was a communications specialist for employee communications at HBO. At Simon & Schuster, Charlotte Gill has been promoted to director, retail field sales. Allison Carroll has been named editorial assistant for Harlequin Desire and Romantic Suspense. She was previously editorial assistant and website manager for Dorchester Publishing. This Thursday night’s “not-quite annual gathering” of hundreds of San Francisco […]
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Philip Rappaport has joined Open Road as senior editor, focusing on nonfiction and serving as editorial liaison for Open Road’s publishing partners. Most recently he was executive editor at McClelland & Stewart, and worked at Bantam Dell and the Free Press. Michael Szczerban has been promoted to editor at the Simon & Schuster adult trade imprint. As you may have noticed, Leslie Kaufman is covering books and publishing for the New York Times while Julie Bosman is on maternity leave. Recently she has been writing obituaries and prior to that Kaufman covered environmental issues for the paper. The AAP has […]
Donnelley Will Take Over All US Warehousing for HarperCollins
HarperCollins is further expanding their supply chain agreement with RR Donnelley to rely on the printer for all warehousing and order shipping in the US as of summer 2013, from a “centrally located Donnelley distribution facility. Harper will close Thomas Nelson’s Nashville, TN warehouse (as they did with Zondervan’s warehouse in June) and will no longer use their Scranton, PA distribution center to ship reorders. As of early 2012, Harper had moved the shipment of all new releases to a Donnelley facility. The publisher will still manage customer service, credit, collection, IT, and freight services from Scranton. They declined to […]
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Harmony Books, which has been all but dormant on the acquisitions front for over two years, since the launch of Crown Archetype, is now the focus of what spokesperson David Drake calls “an effort to revitalize the Harmony brand.” The imprint has been given dedicated editorial staff again and aims to expand its list starting in spring 2013 to include health, diet, relationships, and self-improvement titles with a mission of “guiding readers to become their best selves, both inside and out.” Former Crown executive editor Heather Jackson is re-joining the company as consulting editor-at-large for Harmony, responsible for identifying emerging […]
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Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, The Random House Publishing Group’s Open House, originally scheduled for this Friday, November 2, will now take place on Friday, December 14. Guests who purchased a ticket for the original date and cannot attend on December 14 can receive a refund by emailing pr@randomhouse.com. With continued internet connectivity issues related to the hurricane, ABA regrets that we will not be able to produce a National Indie Bestseller List or any of the Regional Indie Bestseller Lists this week. At Palgrave Macmillan, Dominic Knight has been named chairman and will also be executive director, […]