Stacia Decker and Danielle Chiotti have joined Firebrand Literary as agents. Decker was previously an editor at Harcourt; Chiotti was formerly a senior editor at Kensington. Faber & Faber have appointed Mary Cannam and Jason Cooper have been appointed to the executive board At Crown, Courtney Greenhalgh has been promoted to Publicity Manager and Emily Lavelle has been promoted to Associate Publicist. Houston Chronicle books editor Fritz Lanham was among those laid off from the newspaper earlier this week. Marcus Lutrell and Dexter Filkins have both won the 2009 Colby Award, recognizing a first work of fiction or non-fiction “that […]
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Debra Lande has been appointed publisher of Scholastic’s “book plus” imprint Klutz. She was most recently Director of Product Innovation at Chronicle Books. Christopher Navratil has been hired as publisher of Running Press, filling the slot vacated when Jon Anderson left to run Simon & Schuster Children’s. He was most recently publisher of Accord Publishing, after serving as editorial director of Potter Style. Granta has named Emily Cook as its US advertising director. Previously she was marketing director for Milkweed Books. At Bliss Literary, Willy Blackmore has been named an associate agent. Previously he was an editor and co-founder of […]
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Claude Durand will step down as CEO of Editions Fayard effective April 8. He will be replaced by Olivier Nora, who remains CEO of Editions Grasset. Philip Walters will retire as chief executive of Hodder Education in October, a post he has held for 30 years. At becker&mayer!, Adrian Liang has been appointed as Associate Publisher, Adult Group. The Taryn Fagerness Agency will now handle foreign rights worldwide for Martin Literary Management.
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At Chronicle Books, Kimberly Anderson has been named Executive Director of Domestic Sales; Holly Smith has been appointed Associate Director of Trade and Mass Market Sales, and Cathleen Brady has been named Director of Children’s Marketing and Publicity.
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Jenny Bent has left Trident Media Group to form The Bent Agency. (Her 15 years in publishing included a stint at Cader Books.) Daniel Ehrenhaft joins Sourcebooks as a middle grade and YA acquisitions editor in their New York offices. Previously he was with Alloy Entertainment.
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Baker & Taylor is moving its wholesale club book division, Baker & Taylor Marketing Services, to its distribution center in Indianapolis from the one in Woodland, CA, effective May 15. At Piatkus, Tim Whiting has been appointed publishing director of non-fiction, reporting to Antonia Hodgson. He will still continue his role as publishing director for Little, Brown non-fiction, reporting to Richard Beswick. Bob McLaughlin is retiring from Fujii Associates, effective April 1. Before joining Fujii, he worked at Ward Parkway Bookshop, Wybel Marketing and Heinecken and Associates. Linden Publishing, which primarily publishes in the fields of woodworking and California regional […]