Poets & Writers managing director Melissa Ford Gradel will take over as the organization’s executive director in January, when Elliot Figman steps down, after leading the nonprofit since 1981. Figman said: “It’s been my honor to work together with such talented and passionate colleagues. While parting is, indeed, sweet sorrow, I’m delighted to pass the…
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Paige Allen has joined Ingram Spark as director. She was most recently coo of the Horton Group, a web design and digital marketing agency in Nashville. Heather Drucker has been promoted to senior director of publicity for Harper Perennial and the Harper Paperbacks group. She will continue to work on Harper and Harper Business titles,…
More Deal Stats: A Lot of Debuts, and A Rebound for Fiction
As noted in yesterday’s overview of US deal reports ahead of when the Frankfurt Book Fair would have convened, a notable strength this year has been a surge in debut fiction sales. As this chart makes clear, the 59 reports in the measured period are almost twice the average number of debut fiction sales from…
Joyce’s Miss Benson’s Beetle Tops November Library Reads
Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce is the top pick for the November Library Reads. Also on the list is Danielle Evans’ The Office of Historical Corrections, excerpted and available to sample now in our Buzz Books 2020 Fall/Winter. The rest of the list: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, by Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Boy Toy,…
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Bryn Clark has been promoted to senior editor at Flatiron Books. At Simon & Schuster, Emily Graff and Carina Guiterman have each been promoted to senior editor. Emily Simonson has been promoted to associate editor and Lashanda Anakwah assistant editor. Elizabeth Gay has been promoted to assistant director of publicity, and Kirstin Berndt to senior…
French Court Rejects Vivendi’s Request for an Early Lagardere Shareholder Meeting
A French commercial court has rejected the request of Lagardere shareholders Vivendi and Amber Capital to hold a special shareholder meeting, saying the two groups were acting in their own interest, not the corporate interest. “The plaintiffs do not demonstrate with the required evidence that they are pursuing a goal other than that of their…