At Little, Brown Children’s, Esther Cajahuaringa has been promoted to editor, and Regan Winter has been promoted to associate editor. Wendy Wong has been promoted to associate editor at Harper Business. Samantha Lubash has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon Element. At Avery and Tarcher Perigree, Farin Schlussel has been promoted to marketing director, and Roshe Anderson has been promoted to marketing manager. Casey Maloney becomes publicity director of TarcherPerigee. At Macmillan Children’s, Morgan Rath has been promoted to senior publicist; Katie Quinn to senior marketing manager; Teresa Ferraiolo to marketing manager; and Gabriella Salpeter to associate marketing manager. […]
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Elizabeth Trout has been promoted to assistant editor at Kensington. Corporate LSC Communications has renamed its books division — which includes Dover Publications — Lakeside Book Company. CEO Dave McCree said, “The Lakeside name is a nod to our roots and symbolic of the trust our company has earned to help stories of all kinds be shared. We have taken the opportunity to revisit our company values and align ourselves around the true purpose of our business: crafting books for readers and serving our publishing customers.” Controversies Elin Hilderbrand asked Little, Brown to remove the reference to Anne Frank in […]
Scholastic CEO Dick Robinson Dies at 84
Scholastic’s longtime chairman and ceo Richard Robinson, Jr. died “unexpectedly” on Saturday at 84. The company said he “had been in excellent health and had been overseeing Scholastic’s long-term strategic direction and day-to-day operations for the better part of five decades.” The company says that “under a pre-authorized framework,” lead independent director (and CFO at Lionsgate) James Barge will work with chief strategy officer Iole Lucchese, general counsel Andrew S. Hedden, and CFO Kenneth Cleary, “to ensure that all day-to-day operations continue without interruption.” Class A shareholders and the board “will be meeting independently to determine the best course for […]
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Quarto COO Ken Fund will retire from the company on December 1, and will leave the board at the same time. He joined Quarto in 1999, originally as president and CEO of Rockport Publishers, before running the company’s US division for many years. He says in the announcement, “Being a part of Quarto for the past 22 years has been a wild adventure that I have enjoyed completely. This is the right time to retire as Quarto is in good hands and has a strong future.” Dominique Cimina has been promoted to svp, publicity, corporate communications, and author brand strategy […]
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Janet Hill Talbert will join Nelson Books as executive editor, starting June 14. She was most recently senior editor at Guideposts Books and Inspirational Media. Anna Cooperberg has joined Hay House as editor, with a focus on metaphysical topics. Previously, she was assistant editor at Workman Publishing. Jess Zimmerman will join Quirk Books as editor on July 6. She was previously editor in chief at Electric Literature. At Harlequin Trade Publishing, Justine Sha has been promoted to senior publicist, and Lia Ferrone has been promoted to publicist. At Books Forward, Elysse Wagner has joined as a campaign strategist; she was […]
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Nate Lanman has been promoted to associate editor at William Morrow. Mia Council has been promoted to associate editor at Penguin Press. Awards The London Book Fair announced seven recipients of its International Excellence Awards. Winners included Findaway Voices in the US won the AudioBook Publisher of the Year Award, while Hachette UK won the Inclusivity in Publishing Award. The Rights Professional Award went to Nora Mercurio at Suhrkamp in Germany.