Rivka Holler has been promoted to marketing coordinator for Wednesday Books/St. Martin’s. Senior agent Elizabeth Bennett becomes partner at the Transatlantic Agency. Catherine Cho has launched the new agency Paper Literary. She was at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency. Forthcoming Colin Kaepernick‘s publishing company announced their first title — but it’s still not his memoir. (That was due last year, after a deal with Harper One in 2016 and another reported deal with One World in late 2017 also did not result in a published memoir.) Abolition for the People: The Movement for a Future without Policing & Prisons is an […]
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At Delacorte, Kelsey Horton has been promoted to senior editor and Alison Romig has been promoted to assistant editor. Merry Sun has been promoted to editor at Portfolio. Jordan Moblo has joined Netflix in the new role of director of literary, and is expected to hire a team under him. He was co-head of the creative acquisitions department at Disney. Renée Jarvis and Kima Jones both join Triangle House Literary as agents. Jarvis was at MacKenzie Wolf Literary; Jones is the founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts. Grace Ross has joined Acast as content development manager, acquiring new and existing podcast partners. […]
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Alena Jones has been promoted to the newly created position of director of buying and content at the Seminary Co-op Bookstores. At Pan Macmillan, publishing director Vicki Mellor has returned from parental leave, and Gillian Green has joined the team permanently as publishing director, reporting to Pan publisher Lucy Hale. Green will build her own eclectic commercial list with an emphasis on reading group fiction, along with commissioning across historical fiction, women’s fiction, crime, thriller and saga. Alex Saunders has been promoted to commissioning editor, reporting to Wayne Brookes. Victoria Reynolds has joined Abrams Children’s as digital & social media marketing […]
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Jennifer Alton has been promoted to associate editor at Counterpoint Press. Hector Torres has been promoted to senior sales manager, international direct comic market, and the Caribbean, Penguin Random House. At Holiday House, Peachtree Publishing, and Pixel+Ink, Aleah Gornbein has joined the newly merged marketing/publicity department as associate publicist; Alison Tarnofsky has joined as associate marketing manager, trade; and Alex Howard has been promoted to digital marketing coordinator. Bookselling Former librarian Stephanie Kitchen bought Chicago bookstore City Lit from founder Teresa Kirschbraun and will reopen on June 19. The store had closed eight months ago, unable to continue following months of […]
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At Random House Publishing Group, Alex Larned has been promoted to publishing manager, Del Rey & Licensed, and Aubrey Martinson to associate editor, Crown. At Clarkson Potter, Sahara Clement has joined as editor. She was previously assistant editor at Chronicle Books. Gabrielle Van Tassel has been promoted to associate editor. Nadine Britt has been promoted to senior vice president, executive director, production, Penguin Young Readers, starting May 16. Cindy Lee has been promoted to assistant director, marketing & digital content at the Workman imprint. Shona Burns has joined Knk as implementation consultant. She was previously executive director of production at Chronicle Books. […]
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Liese Mayer, editorial director, fiction, at Bloomsbury is leaving to freelance edit. She joined the company in 2017. Executive Director and coo Adrienne Vaughan said, “To say we will miss her is a significant understatement.” Nancy Miller has been promoted to publishing director, adult trade, and Mary Kate Castellani to publishing director, children’s trade. As part of this reorganization, the respective art departments will report to Miller and Castellani, along with managing editorial. The company will hire a new adult editorial director to oversee both fiction and nonfiction, reporting to Miller. At Insight Editions, Simon Fraser has joined the company as […]