Son of one of the founders of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, the scion carved out his own publishing career, leading three of the country's largest educational publishers over a 32-year span. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Larry Hughes, who began his publishing career as an assistant editor at Pocket Books in 1949 and rose to become chairman of the Hearst Trade Book Group some 40 years later, died on November 14. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-28 05:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher whose eponymous company changed the face of children’s nonfiction with its fact-filled illustrated booksPeter Usborne, who has died aged 85, created a publishing company that changed the look and feel of nonfiction books for children. Although they were widely used in schools, Usborne... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-04-14 15:02:43 UTC ]
Charles Dickens (1812-70) is best-known for his fifteen novels and for shorter books like A Christmas Carol. However, Dickens’s was a restless talent, and during his publishing career that spanned more than thirty-five years, he also wrote countless articles, essays, and short stories. Although... Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2021-02-25 15:00:13 UTC ]
My mother, Janet Freer, who has died aged 89, was a literary agent for science-fiction writers in the 1960s and 70s. She helped launch the careers of several young SF writers.Janet began work as a commercial artist before starting her publishing career in London around 1962. She spent several... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-11 15:38:47 UTC ]
Bantam Press publishing director Sally Gaminara is to retire this year. Gaminara’s publishing career has spanned nearly 40 years, and she joined Transworld’s Corgi imprint in 1987 from Penguin Books. She moved to the Doubleday team in 1989, where she published Prince Charles' book, A Vision of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Exceptional service in the Second World War was a prologue to a publishing career at two influential global groups for Gordon Graham, who is remembered by former publishing analyst Eric de Bellaigue Gordon Graham, who died on 24th April 2015 aged 94, was a past president of the Publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Malcolm Edwards is to leave the roles of deputy c.e.o. and publisher of Orion at the end of this year. Edwards, 65, will become chairman of Gollancz, where he started his publishing career in the 1970s, and consultant publisher at Orion. Orion c.e.o. David Young said he had been talking to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Looking to build the skills to take your publishing career to the next level? The St. Gallen International Publishing Course in Singapore may be for you. The post Why You Should Attend the St. Gallen Publishing Course in Singapore? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ben Willis is to leave Headline to join Transworld, where he started his publishing career, in the newly created role of head of Transworld digital publicity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Connolly has worn a number of different hats in his publishing career, most recently as publisher of the books division of University Games of San Francisco, which followed his time as CEO and publisher of Bay/Soma Books, but it didnt take long for him to make the move to Council Oak... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Wed, 24/08/2011 - 09:21 Rachel Rayner is to move from HarperCollins to Transworld, taking up the role of commissioning editor, crime and thrillers. Rayner will report to Sarah Adams, publishing director, crime and thrillers. Rayner began her publishing career at Ebury before... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 14/03/2011 - 08:52 United Agents co-founder and children's agent Rosemary Canter died on Friday [11th March]. Canter began her publishing career as assistant fiction editor at Penguin Books in 1972, eventually working in children's book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]