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People Round-Up, Early April 2016

April 6, 2016

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Adriana Rizzo joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as VP, Marketing. She was previously Senior Director of Marketing for ESPN. Alexandra Primiani joined the company as Publicist. She was formerly Publicity Assistant at Riverhead. Natalie Chapman, Culinary VP and Publisher, is leaving the company and may be reached at nataliechapman1@aol.com. SVP of Digital Markets Sanj Kharbanda is also leaving the company. He may be reached at sanjk@bitu.com.

Steve Rosato joined OverDrive as an International Development Executive, focusing on their global expansion. He was previously BEA Show Director.

Kathryn Huck joined Regan Arts as Editor-at-Large.

Allison Malec Renzulli will join Ten Speed Press in mid-April as Associate Director of Marketing. She was Culinary Marketing Director at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Megan Schumann joined Crown Publishing Group as Senior Publicist and Marketer. She was previously Publicist at Dey Street Books and William Morrow. Olivia Taussig is now Publicist at Viking. She was previously Publicist at Other Press. Diana Gill left her position as Executive Editor at Ace and Roc Books. She can be reached at dianacgill@gmail.com. Arabella Brown role of VP, Editor-in-Chief at Fodor’s Travel was eliminated and she left the company.

Mary Hern joined Abrams as Managing Editorial Director. She was Managing Director at Sterling.

Kathryn Sky-Peck is now Creative Director of Red Wheel/Weiser. She was most recently freelancing for production and packaging. Christine LeBlond joined the company as Senior Acquisitions Editor. She was most recently Agent at the Susan Schulman Literary Agency.

At Open Road, Brett Collins is now SVP, Product Development and Michael Gedonius is now VP, Integrated National Sales. Collins was Founder and Digital Strategist at Counterspace and Gedonius was Account Manager at Playboy Enterprises.

Ian Delaney joined Chronicle Books as Indie Trade Sales Coordinator. He was formerly Sales and Marketing Manager at McSweeney’s.

Theresa Collier joined Artisan as Senior Publicity and Associate Marketing Manager. She was previously Publicist at Bloomsbury.

Sarah Broun joined HarperCollins’ Christian Publishing Nelson Books as Senior Publicist.

Sarah Riley will step down as Director of Translation Rights at Aitken Alexander at the end of April, continuing part-time after that to oversee her successor.

Kim Bockius-Suwyn is now Executive Director of the Savannah Book Festival.

Posted in Book View • Tagged 30th Geneva Book and Press Fair, AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting, Abrams, Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, Ace, Adriana Rizzo, Aitken Alexander, Alexandra Primiani, Allison Malec Renzulli, Artisan, Barry Broadhead, BEA, Bill Rusin, Bloomsbury, Bologna Children's Book Fair, Book Expo America, Book World Prague, Brendan Curry, Brett Collins, Christine LeBlond, Chronicle Books, Counterspace, Cowan Loiebowitz and Latman, Crown Publishing Group, Current, Daniel Wikey, David Hawk, David LePere, David Steinberger, Dey Street Books, Diana Gill, Diane Landolf, Dust or Magic AppCamp, Elise Solomon, Erica Curtis, Erin Welke, ESPN, Fodor's Travel, Golden Books, Hachette Audio, HarperCollins Christian, Highlights for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ian Delaney, Ingenta, Ingram, Ingram Content Group, Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo, International Christian Retail Show, International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Jean Fenton, John Eklund, John Ingram, John Leary, Kathryn Huck, Kathryn Sky-Peck, Keir Graff, Ken Graham, Kim Bockius-Suwyn, Kim Sayle, Knox Huston, Laurie Brown, Liber 2016, Licensing Expo 2016, Lisa Bach, Liz Van Doren, London Book Fair, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Louise Brockett, Marie Gorman, Mary Hern, McGraw-Hill Professional, McSweeney's, Megan Shumann, Meredith McGinnis, Michael Gedonius, Mina Park, MIPTV, MIT Press, Museum Store Association Conference & Expo, Natalie Chapman, National Stationery Show, Nelson Books, Niki Papadopoulos, Olivia Taussig, Open Road, Other Press, OverDrive, Patricia Nelson, Penguin Random House, Perseus Book Group, Playboy Enterprises, Playcon 2016, Portfolio, Princeton University Press, Publishing Technology, Random House Books for Young Readers, Red Wheel/Weiser, Regan Arts, Rehka Ramani, Riverhead, Roc Books, Sanj Kharbanda, Sarah Riley, Savannah Book Festival, Sentinel, Shawn Morin, Siobhan O'Hare, Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting, Solothurn Literary Festival, Springer Nature, State of Maryland International Reading Council (SoMIRAC) Conference, Sterling, Steve Rosato, Steven Ballinger, Steven Inchcoombe, Susan Broun, Susan Schulman Literary Agency, Tara Gilbride, Ten Speed Press, The International New Age Trade Show, Theresa Collier, Tiffany Sawyer, Tom McIntyre, Tom Walser, Torrey Oberfest, Turin International Book Fair, Viking, Will Weisser, William Morrow, WW Norton, Yale University Press

International Bestsellers, March 2016

By Samantha Howard

April 1, 2016

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Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Argentina and Austria. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the original. Where applicable, the US publisher is listed after the local publisher, separated by a “/”. The lists are taken from major newspapers or national retailers, which are noted at the bottom of each list.

Posted in International • Tagged After You, Agnes Ledig, Alessandro Robecci, Almudena Grandes, Alpha Wolves, Among People, Anna Todd, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Antonio Manzini, Atles Land, Before, Benedict Wells, Better to Suffer than Putting in a Closet, Career of Evil, Catherine Poulain, chiara gamberale, David Lagercrantz, Depraved Heart, Donna Leon, Dorte Hansen, Early Stories, Edward Albinati, Electric Marienbad, Elena Ferrante, Elke Heidenreich, Enrique Vila-Matas, Erik Orsenna, Erri de Luca, Everything, Finders Keepers, Five Corners, Five Investigations Roman Roco Schiabone, Florencia Boneli, franz-olivier giesbert, From the End of Loneliness, Gattur0 25, Geneva Lee, Gianrico Carofiglio, Gray Mountain, Haruki Murakami, Heinz Strunk, Helena's Secret, History of a Scoundrel, I Love you Madly, In the First Row You Can See the Sea, In the Realm of Going Through Puberty, Isabel Allende, It Must Be Up To You As Well, jan weiler, Jesper Fuul, John Grisham, Jojo Moyes, Jorge Fernande Diaz, Juli Zeh, Julia Navaro, Kisses on bread, Land without Evil, Large Marine, Leberkäs- Junkie, Lorenzo Marone, LS Hilton, Lucinda Riley, Maestra, Marc Levy, Mario Vargas Llosa, Meanwhile Bojangles, Mhairi McFarlane, Michael Kobr, Michael Köhlmeier, My Brilliant Friend, Nicholas Sparks, No Coincidence, Nocturnal Passengers, Now, OF Anger and Wine, Olivier Bourdeaut, On the Eve of Almost Everything, Patricia Cornwell, Paula Hawkins, Pierre Lemaitre, Rita Falk, Robert Galbraith, Royal Desire, Sadness is a Light Sleeper, santiago posteguillo, See Me, Ship of Brides, Siegfried Lenz, Stephen King, Story of the Lost Child, Susanna Casciani, The Catholic School, The Choice, The Colors of Happiness, The Defector, The Digger Teeth, The Earth Beneath our Feet, The Elephant Vanishes, The Face of the Clouds, The Girl in the Spider's Web, The Girl on the Train, THe Girl with the Foxglove, The Golden Glove, The Horizon Update, The Japanese Lover, The Little Prince, The Lost Legion, The Origin of our Love, The Waters of Eternal YOuth, Three Days and A Life, Truman Capote, Various, Victor Tree, Viviana Rivero, Volker Klüpfel, We Regret Later

Literary Agent Contact Sheet 2016

By PT Editors

March 28, 2016

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We’ve updated our Literary Agent Contact Sheet for 2016. The 2016 list has contact information for hundreds of literary agents and agencies in the United States. To conserve space, the word “agency” has been omitted from most listings. Those agencies doing business under a single last name are listed alphabetically, with the agent’s first name in brackets (e.g. [Jane] Smith). If you’re unfamiliar with an agency, we encourage you to go to their website to learn more about their specialties and preferred means of communication before contacting them.

Updated on 3/29/16 to include Abrams Artists Agency, Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency, Book Cents Literary Agency, and Ted Weinstein Literary Management. Additionally, Zachary Shuster Harmsworth was moved to the correct spot.

Updated on 4/19/2016 to include Creative Media Agency

Posted in Contact Sheets • Tagged 3 Arts Entertainment, Aaron Priest, Abrams Artists Agency, Adam Chromy, Alice Martell, Anderson Literary Management, Angela Miller, Ann Rittenberg, April Eberhardt, Aragi Inc., Barbara Lowenstein, Becky LeJeune, Betsy Amster, Bond Literary, Book Cents Literary Agency, BookEnds, Brandt & Hochman, Carnicelli Literary Agency, Carol Mann, Cathy Hemming, Charlotte Gusay, Charlotte Sheedy, Chris Tomasino, Christine Witthohn, Curtis Brown, Cynthia Cannell, D4EO, Darhansoff and Verill, David Black, DeFiore and Company, Deidre Knight, Denise Marcil Literary Agency LLC, Don Congdon Associates, Donadio & Olson, Doug Grad, Douglas and Kopelman Artists, Dunow Carlson & Lerner, Dystel & Goderich, East-West, Edite Kroll, Einstein Literary Management, Elizabeth Wales, Elyse Cheney, Emma Sweeney, Ethan Ellenberg, Faith Childs, Farley Chase, Felicia Eth Literary Representation, FinePrint, Fischer-Harbage, Folio, Foundry, Frances Collin, Frances Goldin, Full Circle Literary, G Agency, Gelfman Schneider (ICM Partners), Georges Borchardt, Gernert, GO Literary, Harold Ober, Harvery Klinger, Helen Zimmermann Literary Agency, Hill Nadell Literary Agency, ICM Partners, Inkwell, Irene Goodman, Irene Skolnick Literary Agency, James Fitzgerald, James McGinniss, Jane Rotrosen, Janis Donaud, Janklow & Nesbit, Jean V. Naggar, Jennie Dunham, Jennifer DeChiara, Jennifer Unter, Jenny Bent, Jill Grinberg, Joelle Delbourgo, John Hawkins, Joseph Spieler, Joy Harris, Jud Laghi, Karen Gantz Zahler, Kathryn Green, Ken Sherman, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, Kneerim & Williams, KT Literary, Kuhn Projects, Larry Weissman Literary LLC, LaunchBooks, Laura Dail, Laurel Choate, Levine Greenberg Rostan, Lippincott Massie McQuilkin, Literary Agent, Liza Dawson, LLC, Malaga Baldi, Maria Carvainis Agency, Marianne Strong, Marie Brown, Marly Rusoff, Marsal Lyon, Martha Kaplan, Martin Literary Management, McCormick Literary, Mel Parker, Melanie Jackson Agency, Mendel Media Group, Meredith Bernstein, Micheller Tessler, Molly Friedrich, Movable Type Management, Nancy Gallt Literary Agency, Nancy Yost, Paradigm, Paul S. Levine, Peter Lampack Agency, Philip G. Spitzer, Pippin Properties, Raines & Raines, Regal Hoffman & Associates, Renaissance, Renee Zuckerbrot, Richard Curtis, Rob Weisbach Creative Management, Robin Straus, Rubin Pfeffer Content LLC, Sagalyn (ICM Affiliate), Sally Hill McMillan, Sandra Bond, Sandra Dijkstra, Sanford J. Greenburger, Sarah Jane Freymann, Sarah Lazin Books, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Sorche Fairbank, Stephanie Tade, Sterling Lord Literistic, Stonesong, Stuart Bernstein, Stuart Krichevsky, Susan Begholz, Swagger Literary Agency, Ted Weinstein Literary Management, The Doe Coover Agency, The Wallace Literary Agency, The Weingel-Fidel Agency, The Zack Company Inc, Triada US, Trident, Union Literary, Veritas, Vicky Bijur, Victoria Sanders, Watkins/Loomis, Waxman Leavell, Wendy Schmalz, Wendy Sherman, Whitney Lee Fielding Agency, William Clark, Wilson Media, WME|IMG, WordServe, Writers' Representatives, Wylie, Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, Zoe Pagnamenta

People Round-Up, Mid-March 2016

By PT Editors

March 16, 2016

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Andrew Smith is now SVP, Children’s Publisher at Abrams. He was most recently SVP, Deputy Publisher at Hachette’s Children. Abrams Publisher Susan Van Metre will transition to VP, Editor-in-Chief, Children’s Books and Editorial Director of Amulet, reporting to Smith.

Annette Thomas will leave her position as Chief Science Officer and Board Member at Springer Nature (the name given to the merger of Springer Science+Business Media and Macmillan Science and Education). Managing Director of Nature Research Group Steven Inchcoombe will join the board in her place and assume a broader role at the company.

Joseph P. Abbott, Jr. became CFO at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as Eric Shuman retired. Abbott was previously an Investment Banker with Morgan Stanley’s Global Media and Communications Group. Shuman will act as an advisor until July.

Andrew Savikas has left his position as CEO of Safari Books Online after 5 years. The role is being eliminated now that O’Reilly is fulling integrating Safari with its other operations.

Steve Rosato left his role as Event Director at Reed Exhibitions after 18 years. Director, Publisher & Studio Relations Brien McDonald will take over Rosato’s responsibilities.

Kathy Huck left her position as Senior Editor at North Star Way. She can be reached at khuck@nyc.rr.com.

Rhoda Belleza joined Macmillan as Editor. She was Editor at Paper Lantern Lit.

Renee Zuckerbrot will join Lippincott Massie McQuilkin at the end of April after running her own agency for more than 10 years.

Sarah Branham launched boutique editorial services company Sarah Branham Editorial. She was formerly Senior Editor at Atria Books.

Micah Kleit will become Director at Rutgers University Press at the beginning of May, succeeding Marlie Wasserman who is leaving the press after more than 20 years. Kleit was previously Editor-in-Chief at Temple University Press.

Posted in Book View • Tagged 30th Geneva Book and Press Fair, AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting, Abbey Phalen, Abrams, Allyson Rudolph, Amulet, Andrew Savikas, Andrew Smith, AnimeJapan, Annette Thomas, Atria Books, Ben Tomek, Betina Cochran, Bologna Children's Book Fair, BookNet Canada Technology Forum and ebookcraft, Bookslut, Brien McDonald, digital innovators' summit, Ecco, Electric Literature, Elizabeth Garriga, Elizabeth Turner, Eric Shuman, Forever, Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, Hachette Children's, Halimah Marcus, HarperOne, Highlights for Children, Hilary Lawson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo, Jessa Crispin, Joseph Benincase, Joseph P. Abbott Jr., Josh Kendall, Kathy Huck, Libby Burton, Life & Style, Lippincott Massie McQuilkin, Lisa Erickson, Lisa Honerkamp, Little Brown, Little Brown Children's, London Book Fair, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Macmillan, Macmillan Science and Education, Marlie Wasserman, Megha Parekh, Meghan Deans, Micah Kleit, Michael Haggen, MIPTV, Morgan Stanley, Mulholland, Museum Store Association Annual Conference & Expo, Nick Small, North Star Way, O'Reilly, Paper Lantern Lit, Paris Book Fair 2016, Paul Brown, PGW, Recommended Reading, Reed Exhibitions, Renee Zuckerbrot, Rhoda Belleza, Rutgers University Press, Sabrina Callahan, Safari Books Online, Sarah Branham Editorial, Sarh Branham, Scholastic Education, Spring Nature, Springer Science + Business Media, State of Maryland International Reading Council (SoMIRAC) Conference, Steve Rosato, Steven Inchcoombe, Susan Van Metre, Temple University Press, Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival, The Overlook Press, Tina McIntyre, Twelve Books, Virginia Festival of the Book

Who’s Scouting Whom?: Literary Scouts Contact Sheet 2016

By PT Editors

March 14, 2016

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This year’s scout sheet remains very similar to the 2015 list. There are no new agencies to add nor were any removed. There are many territory changes throughout this year’s update. Each scout’s clients are separated by country or region, and representation for children’s titles is denoted where applicable. We also include the handful of TV and film studios represented by the scouts in our roundup in the last column.

Click on the image of the chart above for a full PDF version of the 2016 Literary Scouts Contact Sheet.

Posted in Contact Sheets • Tagged Aram Fox, Baker Literary Scouting, Barbara Tolley Associates, Bettina Schrewe, Del Commune Enterprises, Edmison Harper, Franklin & Siegal Associates, Jane Starr, KF Literary Scouting, Linda Clark, Liz Gately Book Scouting, Maria B. Campbell Associates, Sanford Greenburger, Simone Garzella, Thompson Associates

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