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Libby McGuire to Leave Random House at Year's End
Libby McGuire will be stepping down as executive v-p and publisher of Ballantine Bantam Dell at the end of the year.
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Children's Job Moves: October 2015
New job announcements in children's publishing for October 2015.
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Mitch Hoffman to Join Aaron Priest Agency
The current v-p at Grand Central Publishing, who's edited such bestselling authors as David Baldacci and Harlan Coben, will begin his new position as senior agent on November 30.
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Gompertz Joining Skyhorse as Editorial Director
Skyhorse Publishing has named Mark Gompertz group editorial director, effective November 9. Gompertz, who was most recently at Hearst Magazines, had a long tenure at Simon & Schuster.
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Fain Moves Up at Hachette; Young Returns to LB
Heather Fain, who has held the dual positions of senior v-p, director of marketing strategy for HBG and deputy publisher of Little, Brown, will now be focusing solely on her marketing role. To replace her at LB, HBG has brought Craig Young back to the company.
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Ebershoff Leaving Random House
David Ebershoff, who has distinguished himself as both an editor of literary bestsellers and an author of them, is leaving his job as editor to focus on his job as author.
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Markham, Holquist Retire From Discovery House
Judith E. Markham, managing editor at the publishing arm of Our Daily Bread Ministries, and Carol Holquist, publisher of the press, are retiring. They are being replaced, respectively, by Joyce Dinkins and Ken Petersen.
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Sally Kim Named Editorial Director of G.P. Putnam's Sons
The new v-p, editorial director will oversee the entire acquisition process and editorial team for the imprint.
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Authors on the Air October 13, 2015: Frank Sinatra, Jr.
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David Swail Named Interim Director of CPC
After the passing of its executive director Jackie Hushion, industry association Canadian Publishers' Council, has appointed David Swail as executive director on an interim basis, effective immediately.
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Authors on the Air October 2, 2015: Helen Macdonald and Kate Clifford Larson
Helen Macdonald, author of 'H is for Hawk' (Grove, 9780802123411), will appear on 'Well Read' on Friday, October 2.
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Kissner Elected Chairman of John Wiley
The board of directors of John Wiley & Sons has officially elected Matthew Kissner to succeed Peter Booth Wiley, who first announced he would step down as chairman of the board in December 2014.
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Children's Job Moves: September 2015
New job announcements in children's publishing for September 2015.
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Lorin Stein Takes At-Large Editor Post at FSG
The editor of 'The Paris Review' is taking on an editor-at-large role at the storied Macmillan division.
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Mollett Leaving U.K.'s Publishers Association
Richard Mollet, chief executive of the Publishers Association, is to step down next year to become head of European Government Affairs at RELX Group (formerly known as Reed Elsevier).
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Authors on the Air September 24, 2015: Fr. Michael Collins
Fr. Michael Collins, author of 'Pope Francis: A Photographic Portrait of the People's Pope' (DK, 9781465439833), will appear on WNYW-TV FOX 5's 'Good Day, New York' on Friday, September 25.
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Cairns Out, Montgomery Up at Publishing Technology
Publishing Technology has announced that CEO Michael Cairns has stepped down, effective immediately after the Board projected a net loss for the year.
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Nussbaum Leaving F+W for America's Test Kitchen
After eight years of leading F+W Media, Inc., David Nussbaum will be stepping down as chairman and CEO at the end of the month to become CEO of America’s Test Kitchen.
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Slavin Named President at Open Road
Media executive Paul Slavin has been named president of Open Road Integrated Media, a newly created position for the company.
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Brockwell Named President of National Book Network
Jason Brockwell takes over from NBN founder Jed Lyons who has served as the president of the distribution company since its launch nearly 30 years ago.
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