At Touchstone, Lauren Spiegel has been promoted to editor. Jay Schaefer, most recently editor at large for Workman and Algonquin Books, and previously an editorial director at Chronicle Books, where he worked for more than 20 years, is still in San Francisco and can now be reached at jay@jay-schaefer-books.com Stefanie Rosenblum is leaving the publicity department at Workman to become a publicist at Planned Television Arts. At Potter Craft, Betty Wong has been promoted to senior editor, now reporting to editorial director Victoria Craven, with assistant editor Caitlin Harpin reporting to Wong. Katy Hershberger will join Bloomsbury and Walker Books […]
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People, Etc.: Seaver, Schillig, Norton, Watt and More
Co-founder of Arcade Publishing Jeannette Seaver will join Skyhorse as a consulting editor to continue working on the Arcade list, which Skyhorse acquired in late 2010. Andrews McMeel book division vp Christine Schillig will take on the role of executive editor “to fulfill her wish to devote additional time to editing and managing her list of authors, while continuing to supervise the editorial team.” The company is creating the new position of vp, executive producer, reporting to book division president Kirsty Melville. The new hire “will assume many of the administrative and management duties formerly held by Schillig,” lead their […]
People: Machinist Moves to Janklow, and More
Literary agent Alexandra Machinist is leaving the Linda Chester Literary Agency to join Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Mort Janklow says in the announcement, “Alexandra is another example of the kind of bright and established younger agents whom we have been bringing into our firm.” Phil Budnick has been named editorial director of Plume. He spent the past ten years as a national account sales manager for Penguin. In promotions at Crown, on the trade team, Sarah Brievogel moves up to assistant director of publicity and Dyana Messina is now senior publicist, as Julie Cepler becomes associate marketing director. At Crown […]
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Associate Publisher of Knopf Canada Michael Schellenberg has decided to leave the company to consider new paths for his future career. ” I am proud to have had the opportunity to work with him and see his creative talent and commitment to authors, as well as his passion for books, both literary and commercial,” said Random House Canada EVP Louise Dennys in a statement. Schellenberg joined Knopf Canada as a senior editor in 2003. Randy Ladenheim-Gil has left Alpha Books, where she was executive editor, in the wake of the company’s consolidation of the imprint’s editorial staff in its Indiana […]
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Adam Rothberg has been promoted to Senior VP, Corporate Communications at Simon & Schuster. He joined the company in 1985 and has been VP, Corporate Communications since 1999. Penguin and BlogHer have partnered for an online book club and writer’s conference. Starting today BlogHer’s new book club section will feature two Penguin titles a month, beginning with Geraldine Brooks’ novel People of the Book. The writer’s conference will take place in New York this fall and will target women writers and bloggers. Open Road Integrated Media has appointed Biagi Rights Management as their subsidiary rights licensing agent. Rights inquiries can […]
Former White House Press Secretary Named Crown Forum Editorial Director; Other Press Bumps Up Author E-Royalties; and More
Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino has been named editorial director of Crown Forum, where she will acquire and edit six to eight titles annually for the conservative imprint. Perino, who currently works as a communications strategist and Fox News contributor and helped devise the promotional strategy for George W. Bush’s Decision Points, will work out of Washington, DC. Crown has also promoted Sean Desmond to executive editor. Starting Friday, April 1, Other Press will increase its ebook royalty rates to 50 percent of net proceeds once an author’s advance has earned out, and to 30 percent before an […]