Dorling Kindersley cfo Stephen Twilliger will move to Rodale on August 8 as their evp and cfo, reporting to ceo Maria Rodale. In the announcement Rodale notes a planned expansion in children’s books: “His deep experience in book publishing and children’s publishing, a key launch area for us in 2017; strong leadership and communication skills, proven track record and passion for the work we do at Rodale make him an ideal candidate.” Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Brian Napack is joining an expanding board of directors at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, bringing the board up to eight members. Chairman Larry Fish says in the announcement, […]
Archives for June 2016
Woodson Tops August Indie Next List
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s new novel for adults, Another Brooklyn, is the No. 1 pick on the ABA’s August Indie Next List. Also on this list is Tim Murphy’s debut novel Christodora, included in our Buzz Books 2016: Spring/Summer ebook, and I Will Send Rain by Rae Meadows, an excerpt of which you can read right now in Buzz Books 2016: Fall/Winter. The rest of the list comprises: Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko, by Scott Stambach The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth Ware The Secret Language of Stones, by M.J. Rose […]
People
Jeff Kehoe has been promoted to executive editor at Harvard Business Review Press. Rachel Hecht is leaving Mary Anne Thompson Associates after seven years as children’s and YA scout, to launch Rachel Hecht Children’s Scouting on July 1. Rachel Crawford has returned to New York from Australia to join Wolf Literary Services as an agent and film rights manager. She has worked previously at Fletcher & Company and most recently at University of Queensland Press. Obituaries Former book publicist Rose Carrano died on Sunday. A founding editor of New York magazine and author of books including Little Gloria … Happy at Last, Barbara Goldsmith, […]
Forthcoming: Gaiman’s Norse Mythology, Follow-Up to Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep
Neil Gaiman‘s NORSE MYTHOLOGY, a retelling of the Norse myths, was announced for publication in February 2017 — available for pre-order now — and it will come from a new publisher for Gaiman, Norton. The publisher commissioned the book, via editor Amy Cherry. She notes in the announcement, “Neil Gaiman is a mythic writer in all senses of the word. In Norse Mythology, he performs the high-wire act of giving us the power, magic, and comic wit of these tales while creating an immensely satisfying narrative that reads almost like a novel.” Gaiman adds that the “Norse tales have accompanied me through pretty much everything […]
Briefs: Amazon’s Inspire; Nook Press’s Print Platform
Attentive readers will remember that back in February we were the first to write about Amazon K-12 Education, a unit working on “improving the education of students with services for teachers, students and parents.” Those efforts were focused on “building a large discoverable library of open educational resources for K-12 teachers across the country, using Amazon’s scale and experience.” And the objectives included building distribution options for traditional content as well: “Imagine a school district that wants to put ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ e-book on thousands of tablets for their students to read – a single click of a […]
People: Nelson to Join Harper
Sara Nelson will join HarperCollins in the new role of vp, executive editor and special advisor to the publisher on July 18. She will acquire titles and “work closely with publisher Jonathan Burnham, as a strategic advisor.” Nelson has been the editorial director for Books and Kindle at Amazon since 2012. Nelson says in the announcement, “After observing the publishing world from the near-outside for many years, I am excited to have this opportunity to be involved directly in the publishing process itself. I can’t wait to join my many friends at Harper, and to work closely with them on books that we […]