CALIBA Names New Coexecutive Directors

The California Independent Booksellers Alliance announced that Ann Seaton, CALIBA’s former director of operations and Kristin Rasmussen, general manager of {pages} a bookstore in Manhattan Beach, have been appointed coexecutive directors of the association. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bologna names Best Children's Publishers of the Year, as event moves online

The winners of the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year have been revealed as an online edition of the 57th Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) launches, with Italian publisher Camelozampa named the winner in the Europe category. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 09:16:49 UTC ]
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University Press of Kentucky Has New Funding, Director

The University Press of Kentucky has had its state funding restored after losing it in 2018; and in March, Ashley Runyon took over as director of the press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Fun fact: Evelyn Waugh’s first wife was also named Evelyn.

Yes, it’s true: the British author Evelyn Waugh’s first wife was also named Evelyn. (Evelyn Florence Margaret Winifred Gardner, to be precise.) But as you might imagine, if you know anything about the Taylor Swift-Taylor Lautner debacle of 2009, things did not go well for the Evelyns. The year... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-27 14:02:34 UTC ]
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G/O Media Promotes Deadspin EIC Jim Rich to Editorial Director | People on the Move

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[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-22 19:47:03 UTC ]
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Brody Named V-p, Publisher at HMH

Deb Brody has been named v-p and publisher of the adult trade division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Brody is replacing Bruce Nichols, who was just hired as publisher of Little, Brown. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Audio Puts Out 2020 Call; International Booker Postpones Naming Winner

Frankfurter Buchmesse opens Frankfurt Audio submissions and the UK's International Booker Prize postpones its winner announcement. The post Frankfurt Audio Puts Out 2020 Call; International Booker Postpones Naming Winner appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-20 15:35:08 UTC ]
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Holly Harris to join Simon & Schuster as non-fiction publishing director

Holly Harris is to join Simon & Schuster UK as publishing director in the non-fiction adult publishing division. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 07:50:08 UTC ]
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Gannett Names Former We Company, Time Warner Executive as Chief Financial Officer

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-08 17:34:12 UTC ]
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The UAE’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names 2020 Winners

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-04-08 15:22:38 UTC ]
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The Economist Names Its First Chief Product Officer | People on the Move

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[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-08 13:33:01 UTC ]
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Virtual events now a mainstay, says Midas director Georgina Moore

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 09:28:39 UTC ]
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Emma Herdman to join Bloomsbury as publishing director

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-07 22:42:32 UTC ]
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Paul Taylor Elected a Director of Hearst

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-07 21:14:35 UTC ]
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GLIBA Director Larry Law's Letter on His Experience Surviving the Coronavirus

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown's Rhiannon Smith promoted to editorial director

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Former Rights Director Marcella Berger Remembered by Simon & Schuster

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