Personnel

Books-a-Million chief financial officer Douglas Markham, who is a Commander with the United States Navy Reserve, has been recalled to active duty. Controller Brian White will serve as interim cfo during the seven months that Markham is on active duty. In the UK, John Parker is leaving MBA Literary Agents after 30 years to form his own agency along with John Berlyne. Langenscheidt has named Nel Yomtov as executive editor of Hammond, overseing editorial direction of the line, and reporting to Langenscheidt’s chief sales and marketing officer Michele Martin. He will also lead the product and concept development of new […]

Hachette Book Group has filled the open chief operating officer slot with the hiring of Kenneth Michaels, who joins the company on January 5. He was most recently svp of global business process management for the McGraw-Hill Companies. CEO David Young notes, “he consistently achieved impressive results across many areas of the business including IT infrastructure and strategy, new business development, distribution initiatives, operations, inventory, and leadership development.” He will “focus on finding opportunities for greater efficiency throughout the areas of our business that will report to him: distribution, facilities, fulfillment, IT, managing editorial, production, and strategic publishing operations.” Harper […]

At Picador, David Rogers and Sam Douglas have both been promoted to editor.  Sam worked at Henry Holt for two years before joining Picador in April 2006. Among his titles at Picador are Ron Rash’s Chemistry and Other Stories, a PEN Faulkner finalist, and Beth Helms’ Dervishes, a Sargent First Novel Prize finalist, as well as a broad range of fiction and nonfiction reprints. Sarah Shumway has joined the Katherine Tegen Books imprint at Harper Children’s as senior editor, acquiring primarily middle-grade and YA fiction. She had been at Dutton Children’s. Don Weise has been named publisher of Alyson Books. […]