Former SparkNotes publisher and packager Dan Weiss is the latest seasoned executive to join Macmillan, taking the new position of publisher-at-large for St. Martin’s, reporting to paperback publisher Matthew Shear. Weiss will develop and acquire both fiction and nonfiction properties targeted at the audience of “twentysomethings, Gen Yers, and older young adult readers–those emerging adults who are navigating career, love and family in a 24/7 connected world.” Those books will be published through St. Martin’s as well as other Macmillan imprints as appropriate. Shear says “his projects will appeal to a generation that loves the mix of low and high […]
Personnel
People: Former Morrow Publisher Gallagher Joins Sanford Greenburger
Former publisher of William Morrow Lisa Gallagher is joining Sanford Greenburger Associates as an agent. She notes, “I want to apply my extensive marketing experience to help bring writers and their work to the widest possible audience across various media and formats.” Heide Lange at SJGA adds, “Lisa is that rare publishing professional whose talents include strong editorial insight, marketing expertise, and keen business sense. In other agency news, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management is opening a second office in Los Angeles in December, to be run by agency vp Michael Bourret, who has been at DGLM for 10 years. […]
McIntosh Returns to Random House to Run Sales and More
After a brief excursion to Amazon’s European office (where she has been director of Kindle content acquisition for Europe), Madeline McIntosh is returning to Random House Inc. to take the new position of president, sales, operations and digital, reporting to ceo Markus Dohle. He writes: “Unifying our physical and digital sales efforts for our adult, children’s, and international titles, distribution, publishing operations, IT, and our corporate digital-publishing capabilities in an interconnected team under a single leader is a key step in building our future success.” Starting December 1, McIntosh’s reports will include svp Operations & Technology Andrew Weber; svp, director […]
Dyssegaard New Hyperion EIC and More People News
Executive Editor of Smithsonian Books Elisabeth Dyssegaard will join Hyperion as editor-in-chief on November 16, reporting to Ellen Archer. Archer says in the announcement, “Given Elisabeth’s history of acquiring terrific fiction and narrative nonfiction, and her ability to collaborate with offsite partners, she’s a perfect fit for Hyperion and our multi-platform publishing program.” Dyssegaard adds, “I love the wide-ranging nature of the list and own food-spattered copies of most of the cookbooks. I have long admired the company’s ability to make bestsellers, and I look forward to working with such a dynamic and enormously talented team.” TechCrunch reports that an […]
People and Awards
At Rodale Books, Julie Will has been promoted to executive editor. He projects include having overseen their Biggest Loser books. Columbia University Press has hired Richard Gehringer as cfo. He spent over two decades at Oxford University Press, rising to svp and cfo, and more recently he has been Controller for The New York Foundation for the Arts. Publishing Technology has hired Martin Borbone and Anna Lister Cheese for their client management team, in the US and UK respectively. Liaquat Ahamed‘s LORDS OF FINANCE: 1929, The Great Depression, and the Bankers Who Broke the World won the Financial Times and […]
People, Awards and More
Andrews McMeel has hired Linda Jones as svp of their calendar and greeting cardand Accord Publishing divisions, reporting to ceo Hugh Andrews. Jones had been svp of merchandising at Borders, overseeing children’s books and toys, newsstands, games, calendars, music and movies. Veronica Wasserman joins Abrams Children’s and Amulet Books as license and brand Manager. Previously she worked in the licensing department at Penguin Children’s, for Grosset & Dunlap and Price Stern Sloan. Bloomsbury has hired Patti Ratchford as creative director for their adult line, starting in November. She has had a distinguished freelance career over the past ten years after […]