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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.
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HMH's Bruce Nichols Tapped to Head Little, Brown
Bruce Nichols has been named publisher of Little, Brown, filling a void that has been open since Reagan Arthur was hired as Sonny Mehta's replacement at Knopf.
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Arts Funders Launch Artist Pandemic Relief Fund
In response to the impact of the pandemic on the arts community, a multi-disciplinary coalition of arts organizations have joined together to launch Artist Relief, a nonprofit fund that will award $5,000 grants to individual artists facing economic need due to Covid-19.
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GLIBA Director Larry Law's Letter on His Experience Surviving the Coronavirus
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association executive director Larry Law opens up in a letter to members about his experience with the new coronavirus as a public service. Law is recovering in quarantine.
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An Editor Remembers Clive Cussler
Neil Nyren, who edited more than 50 of the late adventure writer's books, on the Clive Cussler he knew.
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DK Getting New Leader
Carsten Coesfeld has been named to succeed Ian Hudson as CEO of DK beginning March 9.
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Mark Waid Named Humanoids Publisher
Humanoids, the Los Angeles-based comics publisher, has named comics writer Mark Waid its publisher. Waid will report to Humanoids CEO Fabrice Giger, who was previously CEO and publisher.
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Sarah Crichton Named Editor-in-Chief at Holt
Amy Einhorn, president and publisher of Henry Holt, has named Sarah Crichton v-p and editor-in-chief of the Macmillan division. She will start April 6.
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B&NE Makes Changes in Retail Unit
Under the realignment, Jonathan Shar and Lisa Malat have been promoted to new positions, and Barry Brover’s positions as executive v-p of operations for B&NE and executive v-p of B&N College have been eliminated.
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Gadsby Stepping Back at Rowman & Littlefield
Oliver Gadsby, who launched Rowman & Littlefield International in London in 2013 and was responsible for the academic and professional division for parent company Rowman & Littlefield, is stepping back from his executive role with R&L at the end of February.
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Custom House Gets New Leadership
Custom House founding editor Geoff Shandler has stepped down from that role and has been replaced by Peter Hubbard as v-p and editorial director and Kate Nintzel as executive editor.
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Reagan Arthur to Head Knopf; Maya Mavjee Returns to PRH
Little, Brown senior v-p and publisher Reagan Arthur has been named executive v-p and publisher of Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken, among other big changes at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
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Changes at PRH Audio, Sub Rights
In a series of changes at Penguin Random House, Lance Fitzgerald is moving from v-p and director of subsidiary rights for Crown into a new role at PRH’s audio group, and Denise Cronin has been promoted to executive director of sub rights for all of Random House.
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Authors Rally Around the ACLU in a New Anthology
Literary power couple Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman brought together dozens of the country's best writers to celebrate 100 years of the American Civil Liberties Union—and not a one of them took a dime.
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Steve Rubin Leaving Holt
In a memo to Macmillan employees, Steve Rubin announced that, having just completed his 10th year at the company’s Henry Holt division, “this is the perfect time to move on.”
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Kachka Leaving 'New York' for 'L.A. Times'
Boris Kachka, whose tenure as books editor at 'New York' magazine saw the publication experiment with tripling its book coverage, will succeed former books editor Carolyn Kellogg at the 'L.A. Times.'
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PW Notables: Our Readers Pick Their Industry MVPs
This year, we asked our readers to tell us who they think are some of the industry’s most valuable players. Here’s what some of them wrote.
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PW Notable: Reese Witherspoon
A new book club queen has emerged—and she's almost as good at selling books as she is on the silver screen.
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PW Notable: Sally Richardson
To say Richardson, who is is wrapping up her 50th year at the St. Martin’s Publishing Group, has done it all at the company is an understatement.
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PW Notable: Jed Lyons
Under Lyons's leadership, Rowman & Littlefield keeps growing.
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