PEOPLE
April was a busy month for industry moves: Lee Boudreaux, Editorial Director of HarperCollins’ Ecco imprint, was given her own imprint at Little, Brown. Boudreaux will have the title of VP and Editorial Director and will start on September 2, overseeing an eponymous line publishing eight to ten titles per year.
Stacy Creamer was named VP and Executive Editor of the newly announced imprint at Hachette, built off of the Hyperion backlist, Hachette Books. Creamer had been most recently Publisher of Simon & Schuster‘s Touchstone imprint. Creamer, who starts at Hachette on June 16, will report directly to Mauro DiPreta, who was recently named Publisher of Hachette Books.
The National Book Foundation announced that Benjamin Samuel is joining the organization as Program Manager. He has been an Editor of the online journal Electric Literature since 2009 and Co-founded the digital magazine, Recommended Reading, and his writing has appeared in Publisher’s Weekly, McSweeney’s, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. He will report to the Foundation’s Executive Director, Harold Augenbraum.
St. Martin’s VP, Associate Publisher Marketing and Sales Ops, Matthew Baldacci, moved to Scholastic as VP of Marketing for the trade publishing division on April 28. Baldacci will oversee marketing and brand strategy for all trade imprints, reporting to Ellie Berger. He has worked at SMP since 1998.
Phaidon Press announced it has appointed Deb Aaronson as VP Publisher at Phaidon in NY; she was previously Publisher at Abrams. Emily Takoudes was named Executive Commissioning Editor for Food, also working out of the New York office. Takoudes was previously Senior Editor at Clarkson Potter. Elinor Smith has joined the London office as Commissioning Editor for Food; she was previously at Pan Macmillan.
Allison Renzulli has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the new position of Culinary Digital Editorial Director. She will be working from the New York office with the Culinary Marketing, Editorial, and Digital teams to oversee multiple digital initiatives. She was formerly Senior Marketing Manager at Clarkson Potter.
Elyse Turr has been named Sales and Marketing Manager at Shire Publications and Old House Books, part of the Osprey Group. She was formerly an Assistant Marketing Manager at Oxford University Press.
Mike Salisbury has joined Yates & Yates as Associate Literary Agent. Most recently, he was Marketing Director of Trade Books at David Cook.
At David R. Godine, David Goldberg has been named Director of Sales and Marketing. Previously, he was a Sales Representative at W.W. Norton. In addition, Megan Sullivan has joined as Publicity Manager. Previously, she was an Assistant Editor at America’s Test Kitchen.
Kate Sullivan is joining Delacorte Press as a Senior Editor on May 5. She was previously at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Grace Kendall is joined Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers as an Editor; she was previously an Associate Editor at Scholastic.
Krestyna Lypen has joined Algonquin Young Readers in the newly created position of Associate Editor. She was most recently Associate Editor of Children’s Books for Workman Publishing.
Ashley Woodfolk has joined Random House Children’s Books as Assistant Marketing Manager for Trade. She was previously at the Random House Publishing Group.
Cassandra Galante has joined Simon & Schuster as a Digital Sales Manager. She was previously Marketing Manager at Macmillan.
Karen Holt has joined the staff of CN Times Books as Editor, Acquiring Nonfiction Books. Holt, who will report to VP and Associate Publisher Paul Harrington, was formerly Deputy Editor at Publishers Weekly and Contributing Books Editor at O, the Oprah magazine. She can be contacted at karenholt@cntimesbooks.com.
Gypsy da Silva, “one of the legendary copy editors in the world of trade publishing,” as the S&S announcement stated, has retired from S&S as of April 30. Nancy Inglis, Director of Copy Editing for Simon & Schuster’s Adult Publishing, has also retired. She first joined S&S in 2000, after having held a series of positions at Random House for thirty years, and has been in her current role since 2003. Navorn Johnson has joined S&S as Director of Copyediting for Adult Publishing. Navorn worked for nearly 20 years at Hyperion, most recently as Associate Director, Managing Editorial; she also held positions as Managing Editor, Copy Chief and Production Editor.
PROMOTIONS AND CHANGES
Kim Robinson has been named Editorial Director at University of California (UC) Press; she had been Publisher for Humanities and Social Sciences; she has been with the press since 2009
HarperCollins’ Associate Publisher Lynn Grady announced that Pam Spengler-Jaffee has been named Senior Director Publicity and Brand Development for Avon/Voyager.
Lindsay Sagnette has been promoted to from Editor to Editorial Director, Fiction for Crown and Hogarth. She will join Crown Publisher Molly Stern in shaping the overall Crown fiction list, while continuing to acquire and edit her own books, as reported by Publishers Weekly.
Kobo Chief Content Officer Michael Tamblyn has been promoted to the additional title of President.
Tina McIntyre has been promoted to the newly created role of Executive Director, Strategic Planning and Digital Publisher for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
At Chronicle Books, Sarah Golski has been promoted to Managing Editor of the Lifestyle Group.
Kristin Dulaney has been promoted to Subsidiary Rights Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Melanie Chang has been promoted to the new role of VP, Integrated Marketing, and Allegra Green moves up to Marketing Operations Coordinator.
S&S promotions: Mara Anastas has been promoted to VP, Publisher of Aladdin and Simon Pulse. Previously Deputy Publisher, she succeeds Bethany Buck, who is leaving the company after more than six years as Publisher.
Also at S&S Children’s, Christina Pecorale has been promoted to Senior Director, Children’s Sales. She succeeds Mary Marotta, recently promoted to Deputy Publisher. Rio Cortez will now report to Pecorale, along with Jim Conlin, Victor Iannone, Lorelei Kelly, and Michele O’Brien. Jerry Jensen will now report to John Hardy. Karen Lahey, will now report to Josh Wood.
S&S Children’s announced: Matt Pantoliano has been promoted to Associate Director of Digital Marketing for the children’s division, while Carolyn Swerdloff moves up to Assistant Marketing Director for Aladdin and Simon Pulse. Anthony Parisi has been promoted to Associate Marketing Manager, Education and Library. Candace Greene has joined the group as Marketing Manager. Previously she was Assistant Marketing Manager for author events and trade conventions at Scholastic’s Education & Library Marketing group.
Maureen Cole has been promoted to Publicity Manager at S&S.
Penguin Random House announced promotions in its HR department, overseen by EVP, Chief HR Officer Frank Steinert. Paige McInerney and Robin Sutton have been appointed VP, Human Resources; Ann Fedeli moves up to Senior Director, Learning and Development. Lauren Rosenberg has been named Senior Director, Compensation, while Erika Kirchner is appointed VP, Employee Benefits. Finally Vicki Fishman has been promoted to Senior Director, People Programs.
Hannah Harlow has been promoted to Assistant Director of Marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
DULY NOTED
UPDATE: On Friday, May 2, News Corp announced they are buying Harlequin from Torstar Corporation. Harlequin will become a division of HarperCollins Publishers, a News Corp subsidiary. They will maintain their headquarters in Toronto.
PEN American Center announced the newly elected and reelected officer Trustees of the Board, including Peter Godwin as President, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Annette Tapert as Vice Presidents, John Oakes as Treasurer, and Theresa Rebeck as Secretary.
Other newly elected Trustees of PEN’s Board are Roxanne Donovan, Jeanmarie Fenrich, Annette Gordon-Reed, Sam Heins, Tracy Higgins, and Sevil Miyhandar. The following Trustees have been elected for a second term: Morgan Entrekin, Christian Oberbeck, Tess O’Dwyer, Theresa Rebeck, John Troubh, and Davis Weinstock.
IN MEMORIAM
Barb Burg, a book publishing publicity executive for nearly a quarter-century, and most recently VP and Global Head of Communications-Reuters at Thomson Reuters Corporation, died on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at age 50. During her book publishing career, she rose to become SVP, Director of Publicity and Public Relations for the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group division of Random House, Inc. her funeral was held on May 1 in Tarrytown, NY.
Lois Wallace, founder of the Wallace Literary Agency, died April 4 in New York City. She was 73 years old. There will be a memorial service on Tuesday, May 6th, 6 pm to 8pm, at the Brearley School, 610 East 83rd Street.
UK literary agent Deborah Rogers died April 30, of a suspected heart attack, The Bookseller reported. Rogers, Coleridge and White confirmed the death of its Chairman.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Apr 30 – May 4
Geneva International Book Fair
Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
Apr 30 – May 5
Abu Dhabi International Book Fair
Abu Dhabi, UAE
May 7 – 9
Playcon
Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, Scottsdale, AZ
May 9 – 12
International Reading Association Annual Convention
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
May 12 – 14
Worldwide Media Marketplace 2014
Bangkok, Thailand
May 15 – 18
Book World Prague
Guest of Honour: Hungary
Palace of Industry, Prague Exhibition Grounds
May 18 – 21
National Stationery Show
Javits Center, New York, NY
May 20 – 25
Norwegian Festival of Literature
Lillehammer, Norway
May 29
BISG’s Making Information Pay
Co-located for the first time with IDPF Digital Book 2014 at Book Expo America
Javits Center, New York, NY
May 29 – 31
BookExpo America (BEA)
Javits Center, New York, NY
Jun 2 – 6
CUNY Publishing Institute 2014
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
Jun 8 – 10
Dust or Magic App Camp
The fifth annual children’s app design institute
Marconi Conference Center, Marshall, CA
Jun 12 – 14
16th National Museum Publishing Seminar
Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, Boston, MA
Jun 17 – 19
Licensing Expo 2014
Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
Jun 22 – 25
International Christian Retail Show 2014
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
Jul 2 – 5
Tokyo International Book Fair
Tokyo, Japan
Jul 10 – 12
Harlem Book Fair
New York, NY
Jul 16 – 22
Hong Kong Book Fair
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Jul 23 – 26
Romance Writers of America Conference
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter& Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
Jul 24 – 27
Comic-Con International: San Diego
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Aug 1 – 4
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Summer Conference
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
Aug 9 – 25
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Aug 27 – 31
Beijing International Book Fair
Guest of Honor: Turkey
Beijing, China
Aug 28 – Sep 7
São Paulo Book Fair
São Paulo, Brazil
Aug 30
National Book Festival
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
Sep 3 – 8
Moscow International Book Fair
Moscow, Russia
Sep 15 – 21
Brooklyn Book Festival
Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Sep 19 – 21
NAIBA Fall Conference 2014
Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, Arlington, VA
Sep 26 – 28
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall Show
Hotel Murano, Broadway, Tacoma, WA
Sep 30 – Oct 2
NEIBA Fall Conference
Providence, RI
Oct 1 – 3
LIBER 2014
Fira de Barcelona Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
Oct 7 – 9
Brand Licensing Europe 2014
Hilton London Olympia Hotel, London, United Kingdom
Oct 8 – 12
Frankfurt Book Fair
Guest of Honour: Finland
Frankfurt, Germany
Oct 9 – 11
Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Conference
Denver, CO
Oct 9 – 12
New York Comic Con
Javits Center, New York, NY
Oct 14
Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014
Announcement of the winner on 10/14/14.
Oct 21 – 22
Digital Kids Summit
San Francisco, CA
Oct 25 – 26
Texas Book Festival
Austin, TX
Oct 25 – 30
DMA 2014
San Diego Convention Center, West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA
