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 […]
Personnel
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 […]
Short Stories
Two forthcoming books make the gossip columns. Andrew Morton’s book on Angelina Jolie alleges that she slept with her mom’s boyfriend when she was 16. And pre-release excerpts from Andre Agassi’s book indicate he says he “unwittingly” took crystal meth once in 1997 when he drank from a soda that his assistant had spiked with the substance (and lied to tennis authorities about it). In the face of speculation that an extension of the sale option granted to Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler on their remaining 25 percent stake in the publisher means the BBC is preparing to […]
Steve Rubin to Lead Holt
Former Doubleday Broadway publisher and then publisher-at-large for Random House Inc. Steve Rubin will take over as president and publisher of Henry Holt on November 2, reporting to Macmillan ceo John Sargent. Dan Farley, who has run Holt since early 2008, will focus exclusively on his other job as president and publisher of the recently-formed Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, also still reporting to Sargent. Sargent says in the announcement: “I have long admired Steve and what he has accomplished at Doubleday. He is a rare publishing talent. With Holt’s long and prestigious history and Steve’s remarkable taste and track record […]
People and Distribution News
At the Simon & Schuster imprint, both Kerri Kolen and Sarah Hochman have been promoted to senior editor. Both started at S&S as editorial assistants, Kolen in 2002 and Hochman in 2004. As publisher David Rosenthal notes, “That each has risen through the ranks here is a tribute to the strength of this imprint, and its collegiality. It is also, of course, a recognition of the diligence and creativity of Kerri and Sarah – I am very proud of their growth as editors and publishers, their contributions to our list.” At Adams Media, Chelsea King is moving over to become […]
People
At Simon & Schuster evp, operations Dennis Eulau has been promoted and named chief financial officer as well. He adds responsibility for all of Simon & Schuster’s financial operations, both domestic and international, including budgeting, forecasting, accounting, royalties, and risk management, corporate strategy and policy. Eulau takes over from David England, who has resigned. The company has hired David Byrnes for the new position of vp, finance and strategic planning, reporting to Eulau. Elsewhere, Brianne Mulligan has joined Razorbill as an associate editor. She had been with Gotham Books. Anna Sproul has been promoted to associate editor and foreign rights […]