Hachette Simplifies Structure in UK Hachette is bringing name and reporting changes to its UK-based publishing group. As of August, they will give up the operating group name of Hodder Headline — Hachette Livre UK, as the complete group is already known, will comprise the same set of units without that additional naming layer. So Hodder Headline managing director Martin Neild will become ceo of Hodder & Stoughton and John Murray, and he will continue as managing director of the separate Headline unit. The Bookpoint and Littlehampton Book Services distribution units report in directly as units of Hachette Livre UK, […]

Dolan Moving to Penguin Press, as Moyers Becomes Agent and Menaker Leaves Random (Where Promotions Include Hiring of Kurt Andersen As Editor-at-Large) Eamon Dolan will move to Penguin Press as vp, editor-in-chief, as of July 9. He has held the same position at Houghton Mifflin, where his titles included Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis, One Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins, and How Doctors Think by Jerome Groopman. Current Penguin Press EIC Scott Moyers is crossing over to The Wylie Agency (which represents a number of Penguin Press authors) […]

FICTION Debut Anonymous’s TABOO: A Manhattan Tutor Talks, an autobiographical novel in which the author (writing under the name of Anna Taggart, and who will reveal herself upon publication), breaks the taboo of the private school world to tell the truth about what really goes on after school, to Ellen Archer and Brenda Copeland at Hyperion, in a very good deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in summer 2008, by Jeanne Forte Dube of Forte Associates (world English). Roy Kesey’s PACAZO, a novel, and BLOODWOOD, a short story collection, to Dan Wickett and Steve Gillis of Dzanc Books, in a […]

Dog Fight Harper reps are being asked to distribute a letter to accounts from John Grogan’s agent Laurie Abkemeier and Perseus reps will begin distributing a letter of their own today in reply from Vanguard Press publisher Roger Cooper, airing different views on the recently announced BAD DOGS HAVE MORE FUN: Selected Writings by John Grogan About Animals, Family and Life, written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and shipping in September. The essence: In a brainstorming session with Philadelphia Inquirer executives about potential projects, one topic was the columns written for the paper (and owned by them) when John Grogan worked […]

Personnel News Announced right after Deluxe went out yesterday (and posted on PM.com home page), following Steve Ross’s departure Tina Constable will take over as vp and publisher of Crown and Crown Business and Crown Forum in July 1. She has been executive director of publicity (a successor will be hired for that position.) At the same time, director of marketing Philip Patrick will add responsibilities as vp and publisher of Three Rivers Press and publisher of e-books and digital content for the Crown Publishing Group. At Random House Children’s, Judith Haut has been promoted to svp, communications and marketing, […]

Personnel News HarperCollins has hired Crown svp and publisher Steve Ross as president and publisher of their Collins division, reporting to Brian Murray and starting in July. Collins publishes approximately 350 hardcover and paperback titles per year. Murray says in the announcement, “The combination of Steve’s publishing acumen, business savvy and experience is ideally suited to lead Collins to the next level. I look forward to working closely with Steve to build Collins into a market leader in non-fiction publishing and to identify new areas of growth for the company.” At Sterling, Carlo DeVito has been promoted to vp, editorial […]