Former Harper UK executive John Bond and former Harper Press senior editor Annabel Wright have formed Whitefox Publishing Services. They “deliver bespoke, cost-effective and flexible creative excellence to help publishers, agents and writers to solve every publishing challenge.” Eric Winbolt has been promoted to the newly created role of digital creative director at Harper UK, reporting to group publisher Belinda Budge. As part of the process set in motion in June when Sainsbury took over HMV’s majority stake in Anobii, ceo Matteo Berlucchi and coo Matthew Hardcastle are leaving the company next week. Sainsbury executive Mark Bennett will serve as […]
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People, Etc.
HarperCollins Christian Publishing, the new division comprising Zondervan and the recently-acquired Thomas Nelson, announced its new organizational structure under president and ceo Mark Schoenwald. Most of the executive team draws from the Thomas Nelson side. Among the announcements: Stuart Bitting has been named svp, chief financial officer, while Annette Bourland and David Moberg will be svp, publisher of Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, respectively. Chip Brown moves up to svp, Bible Publishing, and Paul Engle has been named svp, Church, Academic and Reference Resources; Stan Gundry remains Zondervan editor-in-chief while Eric Shanfelt moves up to svp, eMedia. Tod Shuttleworth is SVP […]
Marcus to Take Over Random Children’s As Gibson Retires
President and Publisher of Random House Children’s Books Chip Gibson is stepping down after 10 years of running the division and 30 years at Random House. CEO Markus Dohle writes that “with Children’s enjoying a successful 2012, and well set for the future, Chip feels he has accomplished almost everything he originally set out to do professionally. Now, he wants to take an extended break from work.” Dohle added, “Chip has transformed the workplace culture at Children’s and impacted young readers everywhere — not just with their beloved books but also with their genuine commitment to philanthropy and community service.” […]
People: Remembering Arlene Friedman, and More
Longtime publishing executive Arlene Friedman passed away Sunday night, from leukemia. She served as president and publisher of Doubleday in the nineties, after working at editorial director of the Doubleday Book Clubs (including the Literary Guild). Friedman also worked at Fawcett, Macmillan and Crown. Services will be held Sunday, September 9 at 11:30 am at Frank E. Campbell in New York City. In other personnel news, Maria Gagliano has joined Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current as a senior editor. She was most recently an editor for Perigee, which she joined in 2006. She is also the co-founder and Business Director of Slice, a nonprofit […]
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On Friday, Library Journal abruptly announced the immediate departure of editor-in-chief Francine Fialkoff, after 15 years of running the magazine. Executive editor Michael Kelley has taken over as interim editor-in-chief. “Fialkoff plans to stay in the library world.” At Harlequin, Emily Rodmell has been promoted to editor at the Love Inspired imprint. Ellen Gerstein will join Grand Central as vp, director of marketing, starting September 10 and reporting directly to Jamie Raab. She was the director of marketing in the professional/trade division at Wiley for almost two decades. Alice Rahaeuser has joined Random House Children’s as production associate, reporting to Timothy Terhune. Most […]
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At Little, Brown, Miriam Parker has been promoted to newly created position of online marketing director for all of the company’s imprints, including Mulholland Books, Reagan Arthur Books, and Back Bay Books. Parker, who has been at L,B for the past 12 years, will be responsible for creating online promotion plans for all imprints, including Mulholland; developing content for imprint websites, including Mulhollandbooks.com; and overseeing online advertising strategy. Online marketing associate Anna Balasi will now report to Parker, and Little, Brown will be hiring a new Mulholland marketing manager/Michael Connelly brand manager to fill Parker’s previous position. In addition, Brittany […]