Bill Ott, who served as publisher of the ALA review publication 'Booklist' for 30 years, died earlier this month after a brief illness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Melvin Shapiro, once called by 'PW' the "sage of the bargain book business," died earlier this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Previously the president of the company’s adult publishing division, he succeeds Carolyn Reidy, who died earlier this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-05-28 17:25:48 UTC ]
On a bookshelf alongside the dining-room table, I maintain a narcissistic shrine consisting of first-edition copies of my eight books. Four of them were published by Alice Mayhew, the legendary editor at Simon & Schuster who died earlier this week at the well-disguised age of 87. And those... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-06 00:28:27 UTC ]
On a bookshelf alongside the dining-room table, I maintain a narcissistic shrine consisting of first-edition copies of my eight books. Four of them were published by Alice Mayhew, the legendary editor at Simon & Schuster who died earlier this week at the well-disguised age of 87. And those... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-02-06 00:28:27 UTC ]
Two Roads has acquired a book of the "words, wit, wisdom, one-liners and rants" of comedian Jeremy Hardy, who died earlier this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 19:44:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK chair Gail Rebuck has paid tribute to Stephen Johnson, the former m.d. of Exclusive Books and Random House South Africa, who died earlier this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The executive director of marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who spent 20 years with the company, died earlier this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
A memorial service for Ion Trewin, who died earlier this year after a battle with cancer, is to be held in the autumn. Trewin, who was literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, passed away on 8th April. Formerly literary editor of the Times, Trewin then worked at Weidenfeld &... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Daily Telegraph head of books Gaby Wood has been appointed as the next literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, succeeding Ion Trewin who died earlier this month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]