Sarah Perillo has joined Publishers Lunch as data and operations manager. She was previously director of foreign rights at Curtis Brown.
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Ginee Seo has joined Ten Speed in the newly created position of vp, editorial director of children’s publishing, reporting to publisher Aaron Wehner. She was most recently at Chronicle.
Shelley to Become CEO of Hachette Book Group, As Pietsch Retires and Becomes Chair and Mangan Retires
Michael Pietsch will retire from his role as CEO of Hachette Book Group and take on a new role as chairman, effective January 1, it was announced Tuesday. Pietsch will hold that new role for one year. Hachette UK CEO David Shelley becomes CEO for both Hachette Book Group and Hachette UK, part of a “new English language management structure” for HBG “to develop the longstanding excellent collaboration” between the US and UK companies. Richard Kitson will take the role of Deputy CEO of both HBG and HUK. Shelley will report to Hachette Livre’s Deputy CEO Stéphanie Ferran and chair […]
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Victoria Marini and Kimberly Perel formally celebrated the launch of the literary agency High Line Literary Collective, formed in July as part of the transition of senior agents who had worked at the Irene Goodman Literary Agency.
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At Scholastic, Shifa Kapadwala has been promoted to senior manager, global brand publicity.