PEOPLE
Heather Jackson has been named Vice President, Executive Editor for Harmony Books, reporting to Mauro DiPreta. She was previously a Consulting Editor-at-Large for Harmony Books. Simon & Schuster‘s Dominick V. Anfuso joins Crown Archetype as Vice President, Executive Editor for the Archetype, Harmony, Crown Business, and Crown Forum imprints, and Hyperion‘s Matt Inman has also joined Crown Archetype as Editor for the Crown Archetype and Three Rivers Press imprints. Both will also report to Mauro DiPreta.
The big move of these past few weeks was the resignation of Barnes & Noble’s CEO, William Lynch. Michael Huseby, who joined B&N as CFO in March 2012, was named CEO of Nook Media and President of Barnes & Noble, Inc. Allen Lindstrom was promoted to CFO, and Kanuj Malhotra was promoted to CFO of Nook Media.
Meanwhile, Sterling Editorial Director Michael Fragnito has left the company.
Thames & Hudson announced Rolf Grisebach was appointed to the new position of CEO. Most recently President of Pearson Germany, he now will be based in London.
Anthony Ziccardi, former Deputy Publisher at Simon & Schuster’s Gallery imprint, has been named Publisher of Humanix Books, a division of the online media company Newsmax Media. He will be based in Newsmax’s New York offices.
Sydny Miner, VP and Executive Editor at Crown, has left the company and can be reached at sydny.miner@gmail.com.
HarperCollins Children’s Editor Molly O’Neill is joining Storybird as Head of Editorial, focusing on creative strategy and product/program development.
David Goehring, Director, Digital Book Publishing at Wiley, has left the company due to “recent developments” involving financial restructuring. He may be reached at davidgoehring1@gmail.com
After B&T’s acquisition of Bookmasters, President of Distribution Services Larry Bennett has left the company. He may be reached at laurenceebennett@gmail.com.
Jason Pinter, Senior Marketing Manager at Grove/Atlantic and Mysterious Press, will leave the company on July 19 to launch Polis Books, a digital publishing startup focusing on new and backlist fiction.
Amanda Ridout will join startup Head of Zeus in September as CEO and Publisher, replacing company Founder Anthony Cheetham, who will stay on as Chairman. Amanda was recently Managing Director of Phaidon Press.
Ami Greko has joined Goodreads as Book Marketing Strategist, working from New York. She was previously at Kobo.
Colin Bettam has been named Kobo’s new Chief Marketing Officer. He was formerly the VP of Marketing at LG Electronics.
Julie Trelstad has joined Writers House as Director, Digital Rights. Previously she was an independent Consultant and Founder of Plain White Press.
Former VP, Director of Publicity at Simon & Schuster’s adult trade imprint Tracey Guest has joined Penguin as Advising Director of Corporate Communications, working with Stuart Applebaum, Head of Global Communications for Penguin Random House, and Claire Von Schilling, SVP, Corporate Communications. Christine Ball, who held the position of Advising Director on an interim basis, will be returning to her full-time position as VP, Associate Publisher of Dutton. Erica Glass remains Senior Manager, Corporate Communications at Penguin.
Emma Parry has joined Janklow & Nesbit as a Literary Agent, five years after selling her half of Fletcher & Parry, which she co-founded.
PROMOTIONS
Three people have been named VP at Crown’s Publicity department: Tammy Blake becomes Vice President, Director of Publicity, Crown Archetype, Harmony, Crown Forum, and Three Rivers Press; Tara Gilbride becomes Vice President, Director of Marketing and Publicity for Crown Business; and Annsley Rosner becomes Vice President, Director of Publicity, Crown Publishers, Hogarth, and Broadway Books.
Kate Tyler becomes Vice President, Director of Publicity, for the Clarkson Potter family of imprints.
Joe Macavage has been promoted to the newly created position of Director of Fulfillment Operations for all of HarperCollins U.S., including HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Joe will be based in the RR Donnelley facility in Plainfield, Indiana and will be responsible for distribution, including monitoring the RRD New Release Distribution Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. At Morrow/Avon, Liate Stehlik announced that Carrie Feron has been promoted to SVP.
Erin Coffey has been promoted to the newly created position of VP, Internal Communications, Event and Community Services, at Macmillan. Her most recent title was Director of Event Services, Inside Sales and Author Events.
DULY NOTED
Folio Literary Management announced that as of July 1, they have combined with Literary Group International (LGI), continuing to operate together under the Folio name. LGI‘s President Frank Weimann is now SVP and Director of Operations at Folio, with Katherine Latshaw and Jeff Silberman continuing as Agents.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Jul 14 – 26
Yale Publishing Course: Magazine/Digital (Jul 14 – 19)
Yale Publishing Course: Book (Jul 21 – 26)
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Jul 17 – 20
Romance Writers of America Conference
Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA
Jul 18 – 21
San Diego Comic-Con West
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Aug 17 – 23
International Summit of the Book
Singapore
Aug 18 – 21
The Gourmet Housewares Show at NYIGF
Javits Center, New York, NY
Aug 28 – Sep 1
Beijing International Book Fair
Beijing, China
Aug 31 – Sep 2
Bumbershoot
Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Sep 15 – 16
CIANA Remainder & Promotional Book Fair
The Business Design Centre, Islington Green, London
Sep 18 – 19
Digital Kids Summit + Digital Kids EDU
Children’s Creativity Museum, San Francisco, CA.
Sep 21 – 22
National Book Festival
“Books that Shaped the World”
National Mall, Washington, DC
Sep 23 – 25
39th Annual FIPP World Magazine Conference
Hilton Cavalieri Hotel, Rome, Italy
Sep 23 – 25
Publishing Business Conference and Expo
NY Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
Sep 30 – Oct 2
NAIBA Fall Conference
Somerset Doubletree, Somerset, NJ
Oct 2 – 4
Liber International
Guest of Honor: Chile
Madrid, Spain
Oct 6 – 8
PNBA Tradeshow
Airport Holiday Inn, Portland, OR
Oct 9 – 13
Frankfurt Book Fair
Guest of Honor: Brazil
Frankfurt, Germany
Oct 10 – 12
MPIBA Fall Trade Show
Renaissance Denver Hotel, Denver, CO
Oct 10 – 13
New York Comic Con
Javits Center, New York, NY
Oct 11 – 13
Southern Festival of Books
Legislative Plaza, Nashville, TN
Oct 20 – 27
Belgrade Book Fair
Guest of Honor: Poland
Belgrade, Serbia
Oct 27 – Nov 3
The Chicago International Remainder & Overstock Book Exposition
Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL
Nov 13 – 17
Dublin Book Festival
Dublin, Ireland
Nov 17 – 24
Miami Book Festival International
Miami, FL
Nov 20 – 25
Montreal Salon du Livre
Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec
Nov 30 – Dec 8
Guadalajara International Book Fair
Guadalajara, Mexico
Jan 4 – 6
New Media Expo
Rio All-Suit Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Jan 8 – 9
CBA Next 2014
AmericasMart, Atlanta, GA
Jan 9 – 12
129th MLA Annual Convention
Chicago, IL
Jan 9 – 12
Key West Literary Seminar: Chapter One
“The Dark Side: Mystery, Crime & the Literary Thriller”
Key West, FL
Jan 13– 15
Digital Book World Conference & Expo
Javits Center, New York, NY
Jan 17 – 21
Jaipur Literature Festival
Diggi Palace, Jaipur
Jan 22 – Feb 7
Cairo International Book Fair
Cairo, Egypt
Jan 24 – 27
ALA Midwinter Conference
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
Jan 31 – Feb 5
Taipei International Book Exhibition
Taipei World Trade Center, Taiwan
Feb 5 – 7
PSP 2014 Annual Conference
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Washington, DC
Feb 12 – 15
College Art Association 102nd Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
Feb 17 – 21
Social Media Week
Various locations
Feb 21 – 23
SCBWI 15th Annual Winter Conference
Grand Hyatt New York, New York, NY
Feb 25 – 27
ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting
The Fairmont Chicago, Chicago, IL
