Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 15:23 Harvill Secker has appointed Alison Hennessey as its senior crime editor. She will begin in the newly created role in January 2012 and joins from Vintage where she was editor and digital media executive since 2010. She will be responsible for commissioning and publishing crime novels in translation, as well as finding UK talent. Harvill Secker already publishes Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has appointed Louise Bolongaro as its head of picture books, with Bolongaro moving from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the country's top publishers has turned to a man from the editorial side to run its business. Michael Pietsch, the editor of Keith Richards' Life, David Foster Wallace's The Pale King and the many novels of James Patterson, has been named CEO of Hachette Book Group. Mr. Pietsch has headed... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ed Wood, editor of We Love This Book, is to join Sphere as senior editor for men's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertrams has appointed an international sales director to support the book wholesaler’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere is setting up an online hub for crime, thriller and mystery ebooks, commissioning new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glaswegian writer Denise Mina has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has appointed Derek Stordahl to the newly created role of head of sales, Americas.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has launched new microsite The Dark Pages, intended to be an online crime... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British journalist Richard Lloyd Parry skillfully goes beyond the headlines in the 2000 disappearance of fellow Brit Lucie Blackman in Tokyo. It is a dark, unforgettable ride.People Who Eat Darkness Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new novel by Stephen King, Joyland, is to be published by Titan Books imprint Hard Case Crime... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House parent company Bertelsmann has appointed Bertram Stausberg as the new chief... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two months after obtaining a majority stake in the magazine, Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook, is bringing back Franklin Foer as part of an ambitious plan to remake the magazine. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It would be a big surprise if one of the major publishers were to follow Stylist magazine and launch a mainstream free women's title, according to Lisa Smosarski, editor of Stylist, who believes such a move would be a "big step". Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By James Sturdivant My favorite part of a very good keynote address from Josh Tyrangiel, editor of Bloomburg Businessweek, at this year’s Publishing Business Conference & Expo (see full coverage here ) came... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont has appointed Melissa Fairley as publishing director for its Picture Books and Gift list... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former publisher of the Wall Street Journal has defended Apple's Ebook Strategy saying it is not only good for Apple, but good for consumers and publishers as well. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Marriage has been appointed as head of marketing at Hodder Children’s Books.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK has appointed Richard Swan to be its head of advertising operations for its digital business. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rights House and PFD have acquired four crime estates from Chorion in its intellectual... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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(Bloomberg) - Barnes & Noble Inc. named former cable television executive Michael Huseby chief financial officer as the largest U.S. bookstore chain shifts toward becoming more of a technology company. Mr. Huseby, formerly chief financial officer at Cablevision Systems Corp., will oversee... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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