Calvin Crosby has been named to succeed Hut Landon as executive director of the NCIBA. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broo Doherty and Hannah Sheppard have become new directors of the D H H Literary Agency. David Headley, founder of the agency, said he invited the pair to become directors after they helped to grow the business across a variety of genres since joining as agents in 2012. Both accepted and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has appointed a director of social responsibility, Christine Bader, amid criticism over its business practices. The online retailer is facing scrutiny over how its policies affect the outside world, with its cloud services division consistently receiving low grades in Greenpeace’s cloud... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rights Directors Meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair will focus on France and the developing markets in Southeast Asia where more than 620 million people live. The post France, Southeast Asia In Spotlight at Frankfurt Rights Directors Meeting appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After taking down a column that ignited a new round of controversy regarding the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Red Hen Press' Kate Gale issued an apology while AWP says it stands behind her. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three high-ranking Barnes & Noble executives who have left the company or planned to exit the retailer earned hefty bonuses in fiscal 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kik, a chat app that claims 40% of U.S. teenagers as users, announced a $50-million investment Tuesday from Chinese tech company Tencent that values the start-up at $1 billion. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marc Valli, managing director of the independent book and gift shop Magma and editor-in-chief of Elephant contemporary art magazine, has been appointed as art commissioning editor at Laurence King Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Avery has been promoted to editorial director of William Heinemann. Avery joined the Cornerstone imprint in 2011 as editor, and was made senior editor in 2013. Before joining William Heinemann he was at Jonathan Cape and Vintage Books. Avery publishes non-fiction and some literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has appointed Kim Huynh Thi as its first full time sales and events hire manager. As part of the Foyles Events team, she will report to both Andy Quinn, head of Events at Foyles and Richard Shaw, manager of Leafi Café at Foyles. Huynh Thi’s new role will be to organise and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As protests by authors and others continue, the University of Akron has named an interim director to oversee the transition of its university press into the school's division of libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s has hired Maria B Campbell Associates as literary scouts to the group. Maria B Campbell Associates, which was already acting as a scout for YA imprint Atom Books, will now look for books for imprints Hodder Children's Books, Orchard Books, Orion Children's Books, Little,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wendy McCurdy, formerly executive editor at Berkley Publishing Group, has been named editorial director at Kensington Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the past year Kevin Gentzel has gone from newspapers to digital media and back again.After hopping from The Washington Post to Yahoo last year, Mr. Gentzel has landed at Gannett as the newspaper company's chief revenue officer and will report to the company's president of domestic publishing... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has appointed Katie Price, former global director of publishing at HIT Entertainment and Mattel, as licensing director. Price will take up the role at the end of August and will report directly to c.e.o. Hilary Murray Hill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Publishing has appointed Kate Parkin as executive director of adult publishing. Parkin will be responsible for publishing and management across the division’s adult imprints and will report to fiction chief executive Mark Smith. She joins Bonnier from her role as fiction publisher at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble has appointed Ann-Marie Campbell, president, Southern division, The Home Depot; and Paul B. Guenther, former president of PaineWebber Group, Inc., as new independent board directors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Late last month, Wyatt Mitchell left The New Yorker for Apple. The question is, why?At the end of May, word quietly slipped that New Yorker creative director Wyatt Mitchell left the publication for a job at Apple. And the man taking his place will be Nicholas Blechman, former art director at The... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The long-time executive director of one of the country's largest regional trade associations will retire prior to the Fall Discovery Show in mid-October. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although BookCon 2015 featured appearances galore by Hollywood celebrities, the Paper Towns panel on Saturday evening surely was the highlight of this year's literary fanfest for the raucous crowd of 2,250 that filled the enormous Special Events hall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Journalism is the new marketing degree" is the slightly sarcastic motto among New York Times staffers, many of them former journalists, who create articles and videos for brands. It appears the same could be said at The Atlantic, which just hired former Time magazine Managing Editor James... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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