Co-author most recently of Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly’s GABBY: A Story of Courage and Hope, and author of many other bestsellers Jeff Zaslow, 53, died Friday in a car accident in Northern Michigan. He had been at McLean & Eakin Booksellers in Petoskey, MI for an event Thursday night. Zaslow is said to have lost control of his car on a snowy road and was struck by a truck. Best-known for co-authoring THE LAST LECTURE, Zaslow also collaborated with Capt. Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger, and his book THE MAGIC ROOM: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters […]
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Perseus Books Group announced what ceo David Steinberger calls “a strategically important new hire that reflects our profound commitment to our people.” Starting today, David Bronstein joins the company in the new position of chief talent officer, reporting to Steinberger. Bronstein has worked previously at Omnicom Media, Universal Music and MTV Networks. HR director Lindsey Pullen will report to Bronstein. He is charged with developing a more systemmatic approach to “attracting, developing and retaining the most capable people at every level of the company,” which currently employees approximately 600 people across all locations. Steinberger says that with “limitless opportunities to […]
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At Dial Books for Young Readers, Kathy Dawson has been promoted to vp, editorial director. Jennifer Gonzalez is joining the Macmillan sales department in the new position of vp, children’s sales, starting March 5 and reporting to president of sales Alison Lazarus. She has been director of sales, mass merchants at Random House, and prior to that she was director of sales, mass market and brand initiatives for Candlewick Press. She will be responsible for all children’s sales from Macmillan Children’s as well as their distributed publishers. Reporting to Gonzalez, Mark Von Bargen is being promoted to senior director, trade sales for […]
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Katherine Furman has joined Reader’s Digest as senior editor for their trade books division, focusing on informative nonfiction, humor, inspirational stories, and other titles that align with the Reader’s Digest brand. She was previously an editor at Sterling. Cara Bedick has joined The Experiment in the newly-created position of editor; she most recently was associate editor at Gotham. Ani Chamichian has also joined the company, as sales director. Little, Brown Children’s announced the publication of the first installment in Lemony Snicket‘s new ALL THE WRONG QUESTIONS series, originally expected in 2011, now set for publication on October 23, with an […]
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Julia Haav will join Yale University Press as publicist later this month. She was most recently a publicist at Europa Editions. Publishing veteran Bridget Marmion is launching a marketing consulting firm, Your Expert Nation. She has developed a national network of experts in “virtually every genre and service,” including such industry professionals as John Tewsley, Laura Chittenden, Victoria Meyer, Charlotte Abbott, Lee Stern, Greg Mowery, Jennifer Northcutt, Susan Aikens, Nancy Quinn, Jack Covert, social media consultant Susan Halligan, Sean Concannon and Sonnet Media, and mommy blogger and author Paula Balzer. She will work with strategic partner Rich Kelley (with expertise in SEO, […]
Former Doubleday CEO John Sargent, Sr., 87, Dies
Former ceo and chairman of Doubleday & Company–as well as life trustee of the New York Public Library, long-time trustee of the New York Zoological Society and board member of the American Academy of Rome–John Turner Sargent, Sr., 87, died peacefully at his home in Manhattan on February 5. He “had been in frail condition in recent years after suffering a stroke.” In partnership with Nelson Doubleday, Sargent led Doubleday’s expansion as a “communications conglomerate” and vertically-integrated publishing enterprise that included book manufacturing, the Literary Guild and Doubleday book clubs, the acquisition of book exporter Feffer & Simons, the 26 […]