People 10/28

Further to Thursday’s report on the elimination of editorial director Hillary Benhouse’s position, Hachette Book Group tells us that editorial functions for Bold Type are moving into Public Affairs, and books will be acquired for the Bold Type list by Public Affairs editors. As part of a “new relationship” between Public Affairs and Type Media Center, projects developed through the efforts of the TMC Fellows and community will also be published by Bold Type Books, “with the full support of the Public Affairs and Hachette publishing teams–including marketing, publicity, managing editorial, and sales.”

Federico Andornino will take over as executive publisher in January, reporting to Katie Espiner, and will join the Hodder & Stoughton board, following the departure of Carole Welch. He is currently publishing director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Emma Grant has joined the manufacturing team as Buyer I.

Eric Cromie has joined as website manager.

Perry Crowe has joined as senior managing editor, entertainment.

Evan Hansen-Bundy has joined as associate editor. He was previously at Little, Brown.

Marisol Salaman will join as publicity manager on October 31. She was previously at Portfolio and Sentinel.