At Writers House, Maria Aughavin has been promoted to evp, finance; Albert Araneo moved up to evp, business affairs; and Cecilia de la Campa is now evp, global media & licensing. Jonathan Morris has been promoted to production coordinator at Random House Children’s. Rights At the end of the year Penguin Random House Canada is taking back…
Barnes & Noble Hack Said to be Confirmed As Ransomware Attack; Nook Restoration Almost Complete
A reporter for BleepingComputer says he has confirmed what has been suspected since the Barnes & Noble cybersecurity attack was first observed: A group using the new Egregor ransomware “is claiming responsibility,” having “gained access to [the] corporate network” and “state that they stole unencrypted files as part of the attack.” The site says it…
Penguin Random House To Raise Starting Salary to $45,000
Penguin Random House announced to employees internally on Monday that it will raise its entry-level salary from $40,000 to $45,000 in 2021. The change will apply across all positions and those at a lower salary level will get a raise to meet the new base. Once it becomes effective, the boost will once again have…
People, Etc.
Chelcee Johns has joined Ballantine as senior editor. She was most recently at 37 INK. Juli Kiyan will expand her role at Penguin Press to become associate publicity director/editor, acquiring and editing titles while still overseeing selected publicity campaigns. Carl Bromley is joining Melville House as executive editor. He was previously editorial director of The…
New Books Publishing October 20
As in previous weeks, our sample Bookshop and Aerbook store carousels provide easy displays of books publishing today in need of attention and support, featuring: 11 new works of fiction https://bookshop.org/lists/new-fiction-publishing-october-20 15 new nonfiction titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-nonfiction-publishing-october-20 More new children’s and YA titles https://bookshop.org/lists/new-children-s-titles-publishing-in-orctoberber We consult a number of sources in compiling our weekly lists and PM members can…
Reduced Scope for Jimmy Patterson Books
The Jimmy Patterson children’s imprint at Little, Brown will narrow its focus going forward, limited to publishing titles authored by or written in collaboration/partnership with James Patterson. Founded in 2015, the line’s original objective was to have about half of their titles as independently authored books, acquired by staff with Patterson’s input and oversight. Going…