Elizabeth Mason has been promoted to Senior Publicist in the S&S publicity department. Prior to joining S&S in 2007 as a publicist, she worked at Public Affairs, Routledge Publishers, and National Geographic Society. Mandy Ferguson will take over as managing director of Harlequin Mills & Boon, effective September 1, replacing Guy Hallowes, who will retire after 20 years with the company. Previously she was managing director of Ryvita.
Personnel
People: Borders Hires Norton, Shifts Paperchase US Management
PeopleFormer Simon & Schuster president of sales and distribution Larry Norton is joining as svp, merchandising and distribution on August 31, reporting to evp Anne Kubek. Norton will lead the merchandising team, “which includes the buying and planning organization for all Borders and Waldenbooks stores nationwide as well as the distribution group, which manages the company’s national logistics network.” He has been a consultant for the past two years after leaving S&S. CEO Ron Marshall says “Larry’s depth of experience within publishing and supply chain management is critical to Borders as we address our strategic priorities, including re-engaging with customers […]
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Jesse Finkelstein has joined Douglas & McIntyre as digital assets and foreign rights director. She had been associate publisher of Raincoast Books.
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FinePrint Literary Management has hired Laura Wood and Ward Calhoun as agents and Jacqueline Murphy as in-house subsidiary rights director. Wood was most recently associate publisher of Council Oak Books, the latest step in a 20-year career in publishing. She will specialize in serious nonfiction (science and nature, business, history, religion) as well as commercial fiction with a fantastical twist and high-concept science fiction. Calhoun has been a senior editor at Hylas Publishing, and will focus on sports, humor, and pop culture books. Murphy was most recently executive audio editor at Harper Media but prior to that she was longtime […]
People and Awards
Over the weekend Phoenix Books announced the death of company president Michael Viner, 64, on Saturday, following a battle with cancer. They note Viner was “widely credited with revolutionizing and reinventing the audiobook industry as the co-founder of Dove Audio.” At the Hugo Awards presented this weekend, Neil Gaiman won the prize for best novel for The Graveyard Book. Borders Group has named three vice presidents to lead their store operations: Mike Steele is zone vice president for the West Coast; John Melnick is zone vice president for the Northeast; Dave Marsico is zone vice president for the Midwest. The […]
People and Announcements
Rachel Berkowitz will join Crown as associate manager, foreign rights, reporting to Linda Kaplan. She replaces Derek Rodenhausen and comes from Jutta Klein Scouting. Susan Pi has joined Heyday Books in Berkeley, CA as marketing and publicity director. The Frankfurt Book Fair will desginate part of Hall 5.0 for international food and wine publishers as its Gourmet Gallery