At Penguin USA, Jacqueline Fischetti has been appointed to the new position of director of content development, international. She will “spearhead the launch of an international expansion program that will introduce English-language books to the Latin American market, targeting adult and young adult readers who are at various stages of learning English.” She has been director of the Penguin Speakers Bureau since 2006, and joined Penguin Group in 1999. In yesterday’s piece on the book deal between the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Little, Brown, the quote about the publisher being selected for “intangibles” comes from the commission’s vice chairman […]
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Diane Salvatore, who left the magazine world briefly to serve as publisher of Broadway Books, is becoming editor-in-chief of Rodale’s Prevention magazine. Richard Price will write a new series of detective thrillers that Holt will publish starting in fall 2011 under the pen name Jay Morris.
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Amanda Ridout, who left Harper UK as managing director in May 2009 to pursue “confidential” ventures, has joined Phaidon as managing director. Investor Luke Johnson, who owned Borders UK on its path to bankruptcy, is joining the Phaidon board as a nonexecutive director. Emily Lavelle has joined Public Affairs as a publicist. She was most recently an associate publicist at Crown. Spiegel has posted an English version of their interview with Random House ceo Markus Dohle. The piece drew wire service attention at the beginning of the week for his guess that “I can imagine that we’ll end up above […]
People: FSG Adds Scientific American Imprint, and More
Farrar, Straus is launching an imprint under the Scientific American name, with Hill and Wang publisher Thomas LeBien running the new line as well. They will publish “a select number of titles that extend Scientific American’s 165-year tradition of bringing the insights and developments in science and technology to the widest possible readership.” Scientific American is also part of parent company Macmillan. Amanda Johnson Moon joins FSG as senior editor on August 9 and will oversee acquisitions for the new imprint. She has editing freelance after working at Basic Books. Norton has hired Peter Kay for the new position of […]
People: Painton In Revised S&S Role, and More
Simon & Schuster publisher Jon Karp says that the imprint’s editor-in-chief Priscilla Painton will take the new position of vp, executive editor, focused on major nonfiction titles. He writes in the announcement that “when Priscilla and I began discussing how to make the best use of her time and talent, it became clear to both of us that her passion is for finding great writers and working closely with them to create compelling books. In taking on this more purely editorial role, absent administrative responsibilities, she will be able to apply her considerable abilities exclusively to acquisitions and editorial work.” […]
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Nielsen BookScan general manager Jim King, who has been with the US version of the data service since it started in 2000, is leaving the company later this month to pursue new opportunities. President of Nielsen Book Jonathan Nowell says, “Jim has been an outstanding colleague and I have really appreciated his efforts over the past ten years. He has done a great job with BookScan and worked tirelessly on behalf of his clients to help improve the efficiency of the US book business.” An announcement on succession will be made later. James Peltz and Donna Dixon have been named […]