HarperCollins has promoted Kimberley Young (pictured) to the role of executive publisher for HarperFiction, with responsibility also for digital-first division One More Chapter. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 12:12:17 UTC ]
Orion has promoted Anna Valentine to executive publisher of Trapeze, Seven Dials and Orion Spring, while Sarah Benton also steps up as the group’s deputy managing director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-03 18:47:10 UTC ]
Lisa Edwards, executive publisher at Bonnier Books UK imprint Templar Publishing, is to leave her role to explore new opportunities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jane Friedman, the former CEO of HarperCollins who cofounded Open Road Integrated Media in 2009, has stepped down as chairman and executive publisher of the company. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Effective immediately, Paul Slavin has been promoted to CEO of Open Road Integrated Media, while company cofounder and CEO Jane Friedman has been named chairman and executive publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher at HarperCollins Children’s Books, said her business is on track to expand its picture book publishing, including a new collaboration between renowned illustrators Sir Quentin Blake and Emma Chichester Clark, entitled Three Little Monkeys. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ann-Janine Murtagh, executive publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, is expecting her “biggest ever Christmas” thanks to a partnership with Sainsbury’s, which has resulted in Judith Kerr’s picture book feline Mog starring in the supermarket’s festive TV advert. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa Milton is to join HarperCollins as executive publisher of its Harlequin UK publishing division, with Tim Cooper, UK managing director, departing. The development follows the relocation of the company from its Richmond base to HarperCollins’ office at London Bridge over the summer with the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Borough Press has bought The Chilbury Ladies' Choir in a “major” six-figure deal. Kate Elton, executive publisher of fiction and non-fiction, and Cassie Browne, commissioning editor at The Borough Press, have bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, at auction, to The Chilbury... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Borough Press has pre-empted a sequel to Allison Pearson's I Don't Know How She Does It in a "high six-figure" deal. Executive publisher for fiction and non-fiction Kate Elton signed UK and Commonwealth rights to the book from Caroline Michel at PFD. North American rights were signed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
William Collins has signed an inside take on the Scottish independence referendum by former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Yes campaign, Alex Salmond. David Roth-Ey, executive publisher of Fourth Estate and William Collins, signed world English language rights to The Dream Shall... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Gwyn Jones, executive publisher for Granta Books and Portobello Books, has left his post... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]