It’s more of a normal release schedule this week after the big wave of titles to open the month, as nonfiction books such as former representative Katie Hill’s memoir and the biography of Harry and Meghan launch, alongside LeBron James’s picture book and more. As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of…
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Liza Baker will be promoted to vp, publisher in the Scholastic Trade publishing division as of September 7, reporting to Ellie Berger. Baker will oversee the publishing and editorial direction for the young readers’ imprints, including Cartwheel, Orchard, Acorn, and Branches. She will report to Ellie Berger, President of Scholastic Trade Publishing. Berger says in…
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Danya Kukafka will join Aevitas Creative Management as an agent, representing select projects alongside Michelle Brower. Previously, she was an assistant editor at Riverhead. Loan Le has been promoted to editor at Atria, reporting to Lindsay Sagnette. Allison Lewis has joined Sourcebooks as marketing specialist. At Bonnier Books UK Helen Wicks has been promoted to…
HBG Starts Limited Re-Opening, But Recommends Remote Work “For the Foreseeable Future”
Hachette Book Group has started limited “Phase 1 openings” of their offices in Boulder, CO and Philadelphia, PA and will start the same next Monday in Boston and New York, but ceo Michael Pietsch emphasized to employees in a letter that it provides “only for people with a strong desire or need to be in…
Parneros and Barnes & Noble Make Final Arguments Before Judge Rules on Summary Judgement
In an August 6 phone conference, attorneys for Barnes & Noble and BN’s former ceo Demos Parneros presented final arguments on the bookseller’s motion for summary judgment dismissing two of the three claims against them before Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, who replaced John G. Koeltl for unstated reasons in February. The motion, which aims to…
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Pronoy Sarkar has been promoted to editor at St. Martin’s Publishing Group. Allison Sundstrom has been promoted to associate art director, children’s at Sourcebooks. Nicole Lyons has been promoted to manager of operations at Wayside Publishing. Events The ALA has announced that its 2021 Midwinter Meeting, scheduled for January 22-26 in Indianapolis, will take place…