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TRENDS (APRIL 2005)
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The latest
changes under PW's new management include the departures
of Jeff Zaleski, John Mutter, and two
other staffers. This follows the arrival of Karen
Holt as Deputy Editor mid-month.
Ivan Held has been named President of Putnam.
Held, who was most recently VP Associate Publisher of
Warner Books, will begin his new position on April 4.
According to Susan Petersen Kennedy,
he will "work very closely with the newly established
Executive Board of G. P. Putnam's Sons," including
Neil Nyren, Dan Harvey,
Marilyn Ducksworth, and Catharine
Lynch. "They will help guide the future
publishing strategy of the imprint and contribute new
acquisitions to the imprint."
Robin
Corey has left
S&S Children's. Jen Bergstrom
will temporarily assume some of her Simon Spotlight
responsibilities. Earlier in the month it was announced
that Anne Schwartz, who left S&S
for Random House in February, has been
joined by Lee Wade, also from S&S,
and has launched a new imprint, Schwartz & Wade
Books.
Peter
J. Dougherty , Group Publisher for social sciences
at Princeton University Press, has
been named Director of the Princeton University Press,
effective July 1. He succeeds Walter Lippincott,
who plans to retire after almost twenty years at the
press.
Jackie
Cantor , VP and Executive Editor at Bantam
Dell, is leaving the company. . . . Anne
Kostick has left STC, where
she had been a Senior Editor. . . . Knopf
Sales and Marketing Director, Amanda Kauff
has resigned to follow her husband, who is being relocated
to London. . . . Cheryl Pientka is
leaving Barbara Tolley to be Subrights
Manager and an agent at the Joy Harris Agency.
Jonathan
Burnham has left Miramax to become Publisher
of HarperCollins, and followed by Kathy
Schneider as Assoc iate Publisher. Meanwhile
Rob Weisbach has gone to Weinstein/Miramax
as Editor. Weisbach has been relatively quiet since
he signed on as an S&S editor-at-large almost three
years ago.
Meg
Kearney , Associate Director of the National
Book Foundation has left the organization,
and there are no immediate plans to replace her. Executive
Director Harold Augenbraum tells PT
that publishers guidelines for the National Book Awards
will be going out mid-April. For more information, including
the updated guidelines, go to www.nationalbook.org
Tom
Grady , long time Editorial Director at HarperSanFranicisco
and subsequently a literary agent, has been named Publisher
of Ave Maria Press at Notre Dame.
Ann
Binkley has been named Executive Director The
Quills Literacy Foundation. She was
formerly Executive Director of New York is Book Country.
Andrea
Pinkney will step down as publisher of the
Houghton Mifflin children's book group
April 8. Pinkney chose to leave following a decision
by management to relocate the publisher's office from
New York, where she was based, to Boston.
Sarah
Burnes from Burnes & Clegg has gone to
David Gernert and may be reached at:
(212)838-7777 or by email at: sburnes@thegernertco.com
Rodale
news: Stephanie Tade has gone back
to being a literary agent. Randy Charles
who left Rodale late last year has been named EVP/Chief
Marketing Officer of the Health Sciences Division of
Elsevier.
Seth
Radwell , who oversaw the day-to-day operations
of Bookspan's marketing and editorial
group, has left to run e-Scholastic, the publisher's
online information and e-commerce division. Carole
Baron, who left Dutton earlier in March, has
gone to Bookspan in a part time position, working three
days a week. Bookspan recently moved down to 15 East
26th Street. The new phone number is 212-651-7400.
Vista
's longtime senior executive John Wicker
has left the company. Former CEO Brian Gibson,
who had stepped down to serve as consultant to the company
in November, will become CEO for North America.
Kim
Hadney has joined ReganBooks
as Marketing Director. Hadney most recently held the
title of Director of Advertising and Promotion for Dutton
and Gotham Books. Lynn Grady,
whose place she takes, has left Regan to become Associate
Publisher at WilliamMorrow, HarperEntertainment
and Eos imprints. Speaking of leaving
Dutton, Senior Editor Jerry Brozek
has left NAL.
Liz
Kessler has joined Spark Educational
Publishing as Managing Editor. She comes from Scholastic
where she was also Managing Editor working on corporate
and government sponsored education programs for teachers.
The incumbent ME, Vince Janoski has
been named Business Manager for the Spark Group
which now includes the Barnes & Noble Classics.
Laura
Nolan is leaving Barnes & Noble
Publishing where she was an editor. She can be reached
at: (212) 633-3268.
Promotions
Libby
Jordan has moved over to Collins
as SVP, Associate Publisher where she will be responsible
for overseeing the division's marketing and direct-to-consumer
initiatives.
Jordan was
SVP, Associate Publisher of Morrow/Avon
as well as Associate Publisher for Morrow Cookbooks.
Matthew Benjamin has been promoted
to Senior Editor, Collins. In this role, he will be
acquiring original manuscripts in reference, as well
as helping develop the Smithsonian
co-branded book program. Benjamin has been with HarperCollins
for 6 years.
April
Events
•
The Open eBook Forum presents
"eBooks in Education Conference" on April
14 at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium, 1221 Avenue of the
Americas. The keynote address will be presented by Craig
D. Swenson, the Provost and Senior VP for Academic
Affairs at the University of Phoenix.
Dr. Swenson will present "How Professionals Learn
Today-Intentional Learning and the Irrelevance of Textbooks".
The conference runs from 8 am to 5 pm. The price for
the day, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $99,
or $49 for Open eBook Forum members. Conference information
is available at www.openebook.org/education
•
Small Press Center Presents the 1st Annual
NYC Round Table Writers Conference on April 29 - 30,
at its 20 West 44th Street location. Pitched as an opportunity
to "Meet the Movers & Shakers," the list
of panelists includes Mary Higgins Clark,
Patrick McGrath, Michael Connelly,
Meg Wolitzer and a raft of publishers
and agents. Price: 2-days: $295, one-day: $195. Go to
www.smallpress.org for
details.
•
The Humber School of Creative and
Performing Arts hosts a conference in Toronto
on April 14 and 15 entitled "The New Face of Publishing."
Guests include Michael Cader of Publishers
Marketplace; Mike Shatzkin
of the Idea Logical Company, Kevin
Smokler, author of the forthcoming Bookmark
Now (Basic Books); and Michael Smolens,
Founder of On Demand Books LLC. Cynthia
Good, who had been President of Penguin
Canada and is now Director of Humber's Creative
Publishing program will be co-hosting.
•
NYU'S Third Management Forum for Independent Publishers
will be held on April 15-16. Among the speakers in this
useful, nuts and bolts program are Nielsen BookScan's
Jim King, Bookspan's Larry
Shapiro, Perseus's David
Steinberger, and Ingram's
Phil Ollila. The price is $950 or $855
before March 18. Call 212 992 3236 or www.scps.nyu.edu/indy
Duly
Noted
As of September
8, 2005 National Geographic will be distributed by Random
House, until then we're still with Simon and Schuster.
They made us an offer we just couldn't refuse.
****
Julie
Merberg announces the launch of Downtown
Bookworks Inc. (285 West Broadway, suite 600
New York, NY 10013). Merberg, who comes from Roundtable
Press, is joined by Patty Brown, who
had been with John Boswell and, most
recently, at Roundtable; and Sara Newberry,
who came to publishing via culinary school.
****
One time publisher
of Kodansha and longtime Women's Media
Group member Gillian Jolis passed away
on March 25, after several months of illness. A memorial
service took place on March 29. Contributions in her
memory may be made to The Group for the South Fork,
P. O. Box 569, Bridgehampton, NY 11932-0569.
****
Congrats to
Liate Stehlik, Assoc Pub Pocket Books.
Liate had a baby boy, John Gallagher, 8 lbs. 2 oz. born
on February, 23rd. Everyone is healthy and fine.
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