The Random House Publishing Group has announced a number of promotions: Barbara Fillon has been named Deputy Director, Publicity for Little Random, Spiegel & Grau, and The Dial Press, reporting to Sally Marvin. London King and Jynne Martin have been promoted to Associate Director, while Ashley Gratz-Collier has been named Associate Publicist. Susan Corcoran has been named Deputy Director, Publicity for Ballantine Bantam Dell, reporting to Theresa Zoro. April Flores, Diana Franco, Alison Masciovecchio and Joe Scalora have all been promoted to Publicist. John Brodie has joined Grand Central’s Business Plus imprint as Executive Editor, effective April 5, reporting to […]
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Curtis Riskey has been appointed Executive Director for CBA, effective immediately, after serving in an interim position since November 2009. Previously he was the Association’s strategic solutions executive. ReleaseSimon Juden has left his post as Chief Executive of the Publishers Association for Pearson, where he will be Head of Public Affairs. The Bookseller Chronicle Books announced a slew of promotions across the company. Sarah Billingsley has been named Assistant Editor, Food & Drink, while on the Children’s side, Melissa Manlove has been promoted to Editor, Mary Colgan to Assistant Editor, Eloise Leigh to Designer, and Amy Achaibou to Senior Designer. […]
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Melissa Possick will become associate publisher for Random House Trade Paperbacks on April 5, reporting to Jane von Mehren, as Kim Hovey focuses full-time on her role as associate publisher for Ballantine. Possick, who began her career at Random House, is currently director of marketing at Workman. Katy Hershberger has been promoted to senior publicist at St. Martin’s.
BN Head Lynch Takes Over As CEO of Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Just a year after bringing in William Lynch as ceo of Barnes & Noble.com and grooming him for bigger things at the company, this morning it was announced that he will take over as ceo of all of Barnes & Noble, Inc. In a second promotion, chief operating officer Mitchell Klipper moves up to the newly-created position ceo of the retail stores group. Current ceo Steve Riggio will keep the position of vice chairman and remain “actively involved in the company.” In a conference call this morning, chairman Len Riggio said “today’s announcement brings much joy to Steve and me. […]
People, Awards, Distribution and More Announcements
Matt Martz has been promoted to associate editor at St. Martin’s, continuing to report to Kelley Ragland, editorial director of Minotaur. Brigid Pasulka won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for her debut novel A LONG LONG TIME AGO & ESSENTIALLY TRUE. Columbia University awarded the Bancroft history prize to three books: Linda Gordon’s Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits; Woody Holton’s Abigail Adams; and Margaret Jacobs’s White Mother to a Dark Race: Settler Colonialism, Maternalism, and the Removal of Indigenous Children in the American West and Australia, 1880-1940. Penguin Children’s announced a one-million-copy first printing for the May release of John […]
Workman Hires Bob Miller
Announced in a press release yesterday mere minutes after Lunch Deluxe was published, as you probably know now Workman Publishing founder Peter Workman has hired Harper Studio founder Bob Miller for the new role of group publisher, starting May 3, to “work with the current teams at the Workman, Algonquin, and Artisan imprints to make those successful programs even stronger in the ever-changing publishing landscape.” Workman continues as president and CEO, but notes “I’ve reached a time in my life when I need to look to the future of the company and to make changes. As part of our leadership […]