Book View People May was another busy month for publishers’ human resource directors: Michael Jacobs has gone to Abrams as CEO. He was most recently SVP of Scholastic’s trade division. In addition, Ron Longe has been named Director of Publicity for STC, also part of the Martinière Group. He was most recently at Routledge. Michael…Continue Reading
Binding Contracts Robert Allen and Kathleen Spinelli recently established Brands-to-Books as a literary agency specializing in representing brands seeking publishing deals. Among their services is navigating brand marketers through the publishing jungle. They can be reached at agents@brandstobooks.com. A multitude of new partnerships will be forged between varying licensors and manufacturers next week, when the…Continue Reading
PEOPLE John Kilcullen, previously CEO of Hungry Minds, has been named President of VNU’s Music and Literary Group and Publisher of Billboard. He will also oversee Bookseller and Kirkus Reviews, Music & Media, and Airplay Monitor. As dissected daily in the NYT, Daniel Menaker was named SVP and Editor-in-Chief of the Random House editorial imprints….Continue Reading
