The ABA has picked longtime chief operating officer Oren Teicher to succeed Avin Domnitz as the organization’s CEO. President Gayle Shanks writes to members, “His encyclopedic knowledge of everything associated with ABA’s past and current programs, coupled with his thoughtful and insightful analysis of how ABA can meet our future challenges, combined to make him our clear choice.” Shanks also notes that “as recommended several years ago by our Governance Review Committee, details surrounding the new CEO contract will be made available to the membership after they are finalized. The Board wants to assure the membership that the terms of […]
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USAir Captain Chesley Sullenberger will appear at BEA on Saturday afternoon, speaking from one of the convention’s new floor-based Author Stages and then signing a promotional piece for his forthcoming book from William Morrow. Globe Pequot group publisher Gary Krebs is leaving the company, and will join McGraw-Hill Professional as a group publisher next month. Author of THE MEANING OF NIGHT and THE GLASS OF TIME Michael Cox, 60, died Tuesday morning after a long battle with cancer.
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Granta continues to revamp their web site, now featuring articles and interviews that will not appear in the print magazine. They have finally added RSS feeds as well. Helen Chase, wife of William Chase and a former editor of Chase’s Calendar of Events died after a battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She co-managed Chase’s Calendar from its inception in 1957 until McGraw-Hill acquired it in 1989, and remained involved in the publishing process “right up until the last day of her life.” On April 6 John Mackey will join Oxford University Press as the Barnes & Noble national accounts manager. He […]
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Todd McGarity has joined Hachette Book Group as vp, distribution sales & services, responsible for overseeing all relationships with existing distribution services clients. He will report to COO Ken Michaels. McGarity was most recently the director of client development at Random House. Alisha Sevigny has been promoted to associate agent at The Rights Factory.
CEO of Bonnier Publishing Higgins to Leave
Des Higgins, who has been head of Bonnier Publishing since 2005, will leave for “a fresh challenge.” Chief finance officer Richard Johnson will serve as interim CEO. He says, “Bonnier has been been on a considerable growth path in English speaking markets – the brief is just to continue with that growth strategy.”Bookseller
Heim to Leave Nelson
EVP and chief publishing officer Tami Heim is leaving Thomas Nelson after four years, as part of an executive organization. Designed to “more tightly align sales, marketing, and publishing, while placing product development directly under [the] oversight” of ceo Michael Hyatt, chief sales officer Mark Schoenwald moves up to president a chief operating officer. Schoenwald’s focus on day-to-day operations will allow Hyatt “to concentrate on the publishing products” and “be more intimately involved with author acquisitions, author relations, and product development.” Hyatt explains further on his blog. Separately, Boston Globe books reporter Dave Mehegan discussed with The Phoenix his decision […]