Samantha Zukergood has been promoted to assistant marketing manager at Flatiron Books. Daniel Berkowitz has joined Open Road Integrated Media as director of audience monetization. Obituaries Anthony Veasna So, whose debut book Afterparties is forthcoming from Ecco in August 2021, died unexpectedly on December 8. Friends have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help support his partner. Karl Killian, 77, founder of Houston’s Brazos Bookstore and literary nonprofit Inprint, died on December 9. Studies The New York Times published the results of a study aiming to determine how many Black authors were published by major publishing houses between 1950 and 2018. […]
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At Macmillan, Dan Schwartz has been promoted to chief financial officer, US trade & shared services, reporting jointly to ceo Don Weisberg and global coo Andrew Weber. Clare O’Rourke has been promoted to evp, finance & accounting. Cameron Ackroyd will join on January 4 as svp, trade finance, overseeing the trade finance and data science teams. He previously directed the business management and finance group for Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Former ceo of Macmillan John Sargent left the company earlier this week. Removed as president and publisher of Ecco in September, Daniel Halpern will leave the company on December 31, […]
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John Freeman will join Knopf as an executive editor, starting March 15 and reporting to Reagan Arthur. He was most recently executive editor of Lit Hub and is the founder of the literary journal Freeman’s. As part of the Frankfurt Book Fair‘s announced on-going restructuring, they will close their New York office at the end of 2020: “This step has become necessary as a result of the pandemic’s impact on the business of the Frankfurter Buchmesse this year.” Longtime FBF executive Thomas Minkus will leave the company as a result, as will Michelle Claussen, Raquel Plitt and Riky Stock. Publishing […]
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Colin Dickerman will join Grand Central as vp, editorial director/nonfiction, on January 19, 2021. He was most recently executive editor at Farrar, Straus. Emma Bal will join the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency as a nonfiction agent on February 1. She was previously head of publicity for nonfiction at Bloomsbury UK. At UNC Press, publicity director Gina Mahalek is retiring after 20 years. Peter L. Perez will join in January in the newly created position of director of public relations and communications. He was most recently public relations and communications director at University of California Press. Sonya Bonczek […]
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Shanta Newlin has been promoted to svp, executive director publicity & corporate communications for Penguin Children’s. Sally Morgridge has been promoted to senior editor at Holiday House. Marie Oishi has been promoted to senior managing editor at Abrams Children’s. At St. Martin’s, Danielle Prielipp is promoted to assistant director of marketing; Michael Criscitelli to senior Art director, creative services group; Erik Platt to associate director of digital advertising operations, creative services group; and Dylan Helstien to associate manager, advertising operations, creative services group. At Folio Literary Management, Chiara Panzeri and Madeline Froyd have each been promoted to international rights agent. Picks […]
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Sarah Bonamino has been promoted to publicist at St. Martin’s Publishing Group. Cecilia Lyra has joined P.S. Literary Agency as associate literary agent. She was previously associate literary agent at The Rights Factory. Literary agents Lester Hekking and Rik Kleuver have joined the management team at Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency. Picks Jenna Bush Hager‘s Read With Jenna book club pick for December is The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Fishing Someone associated with Melania Trump talked to Page Six to encourage the idea that she should get a book deal: “Melania is in meetings to write her White House memoir, and it would […]