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PW Star Watch 2016 Superstar: Andrew Harwell
Andrew Harwell, senior editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books, was named PW Star Watch Superstar at a party at New York's Dream Downtown hotel on September 15.
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AAP’s Tom Allen to Retire in 2017
Allen, who was named CEO of the Association of American Publishers in 2009, has announced that he will retire in early 2017. Given the news, the AAP board of directors has begun a search for a new CEO.
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PW Star Watch 2016 Honorees
Congratulations to this year's Star Watch honorees, some of the best and brightest young talent in the publishing business.
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PW Star Watch 2016 Finalists
Congratulations to the 2016 PW Star Watch finalists, one of whom will be chosen as the "superstar" at our gala event on September 15, and be awarded a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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PW Star Watch 2016
Celebrating the best and brightest young talent in the publishing industry.
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D'Onofrio Named Director at Chicago Distribution Center
Supply chain executive Joe D'Onofrio has been named director of the Chicago Distribution Center, effective September 12. He replaces Don Linn, who left the organization in May.
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Children's Job Moves: August 2016
New job announcements in children's publishing for August 2016.
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Four Questions for Rachel Hecht
Hecht recently left her position as executive director of children's and YA scouting at Mary Anne Thompson Associates to launch her own company, Rachel Hecht Children's Scouting.
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Digital Media Vet Takes Over at Recorded Books
Tom MacIsaac took the helm of the audiobook publisher and distributor in late June, succeeding Rich Fresse. MacIsaac was CEO of Verve Mobile from 2010 to 2015, where he expanded the company's mobile and advertising capabilities.
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Kuyper Resigns from BISG
A little more than one year after being named executive director of the Book Industry Study Group Mark Kuyper has resigned, effective immediately.
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Tor/Forge Restructures Its Leadership
President and publisher Tom Doherty has named Patrick Nielsen Hayden associate publisher of Tor Books, effective immediately, along with Devi Pillai, who formerly led the U.S. division of Orbit Books.
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Groban Out at HMH Kids
After 10 years at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Betsy Groban, senior v-p and publisher of children's books, is leaving the company. A spokesperson for HMH said the house has not yet found a replacement, but confirmed that a search is "underway."
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Lennertz to Lead CBC as Executive Director
Carl Lennertz has been named executive director of the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, effective August 8.
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Children's Job Moves: June 2016
New job announcements in children's publishing for June 2016.
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Sara Nelson Heading to HarperCollins
Nelson, currently editorial director for Books and Kindle at Amazon (and formerly editor-in-chief of 'Publishers Weekly'), is joining the publisher's Harper imprint as v-p, executive editor and special advisor to the publisher, Jonathan Burnham.
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Gordon Named VP of Education Sales at PRH
Brent Gordon, who was most recently senior v-p of sales for global education at Wiley, is stepping into the newly created role of v-p of education sales and strategy at Penguin Random House.
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Katherine Flynn Named Partner At Kneerim & Williams
Kneerim & Williams has named Katherine Flynn the group’s newest partner, based in its Boston office. She will continue to represent authors of fiction and nonfiction.
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Dunne Moving to Boutique Imprint
Thomas Dunne is moving into a new role at St. Martin's, overseeing a list of “several dozen” titles per year with a core group of Thomas Dunne Books staff members.
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Enderlin Named EVP and Publisher at St. Martin's Press
Longtime editor Jennifer Enderlin has been promoted to executive v-p and publisher at the Macmillan imprint. She will take on the new title while retaining her role as editor and continuing to both acquire new books and edit many of SMP's bestselling authors.
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