Five months after publisher Judy Hottensen departed for Grove Atlantic, Weinstein Books has announced a new management team. For the top position they are hiring from within their co-venture partner Perseus’s team, naming Vanguard Press associate publisher Georgina Levitt as publishing director. Former Simon & Schuster editor Amanda Murray is joining the imprint as editorial director. Harvey Weinstein says in the announcement, “With a new publishing team now in place at Weinstein Books, I foresee exceptional results from the books already slated for publication this spring and beyond, as well as a burst of creative energy for acquisitions that will […]
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Two more publishing veterans are joining the Open Road team. Former publisher and editor-in-chief of Bantam Dell Nita Taublib will serve as strategic advisor for romance–a role similar to the one being played by Betsy Mitchell for sci-fi and fantasy. It is the latest step in the company’s strategy of focusing on verticals, adding to their children’s line overseen by Barbara Marcus, and their partnership with Otto Penzler’s MysteriousPress.com. Additionally, former Holt editor-in-chief (and former HarperCollins colleague of Jane Friedman) Marjorie Braman will work for Open Road as consulting editorial director. Braman will focus on digital originals (she has previously […]
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Angela Tribelli has been named chief marketing officer for HarperCollins’ General Books Group, a newly created position reporting to president and publisher Michael Morrison. Tribelli will be responsible for developing and leading the overall marketing strategy across all of Harper’ imprints. She was most recently svp, digital at NYC & Company. “Executing the best possible marketing plans to expand the reach and sales of our authors’ books is the crux of what we do as a publisher. Angela will take a more macro and strategic view of our efforts across the entire division to enhance our already successful programs,” Morrison […]
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Robie Rogge, who has spent 42 years “generating income for The Metropolitan Museum of Art through innovative publishing and new lines of products, such as Color Magic and Flash from the Past Flashdrives,” is setting up her own company to help other clients in developing new products, reinventing existing ones, and extending successful lines. At Little, Brown Children’s, Elizabeth Bewley has been promoted to senior editor. She joined their Poppy imprint in 2008. In the UK, Dan Shepherd will Hachette Children’s Books on May 1 as deputy managing editor, a newly created position within the company. He has been group sales […]
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Former president, publisher, and editor-in-chief of Doubleday & Co. and later an editor and svp at Random House Sam Vaughan, 83, died in his sleep at home on Monday. Random House writes, “we lost one of the giants and great gentlemen of 20th-century book publishing…. Under Sam’s leadership, Doubleday, which he joined in the fifties and with whom he was synonymous for more than thirty years, was one of America’s leading publishing houses, with a deep list of iconic authors admired by critics, booksellers, and the reading public.” Among the Doubleday writers he edited were Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wallace Stegner, […]
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At Kirkus Media, vp business development Meg LaBorde Kuehn has been promoted to chief operating officer, part of the company’s expansion into new lines of business, including digital marketing solutions for publishers and a growing suite of services for unpublished and self-published authors. Kuehn will report to company president Marc Winkelman and lead the business teams of Kirkus Media, including sales and marketing, technology development and author services. In addition, Casey Gannon moves up to marketing director, Perry Crowe has been named director of Kirkus Editorial (their new book editing division), and Ryan Leahey has been named indie editor, all […]