People 6/17

Lauren Ball has been promoted to senior publicist.

Maggie Salko will join as marketing manager, consumer starting June 23. Salko was most recently marketing & publicity manager at Little Bee Books.

Anjanette Barr has been promoted to agent.

Lee Melillo has been promoted to associate agent.

Finally, someone from the aerospace world is ready to “disrupt publishing.” Founder of British rocket company Chris Larmour and two of his funders — Martin Coates and John May — formed Factorial Books last year, announced today, “bringing startup speed and engineering precision to the world of publishing.”

Publishing science fiction, they promise “cutting-edge production processes, a 50/50 net revenue share, and a guaranteed five-day turnaround on submission decisions.”