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Carlton Books Restructures Under Welbeck Ownership
Following the departure of publishing director Kirsty Bradbury, Wayne Davies will join Carlton as group publisher, nonfiction, and Alex Allan, has been named interim group publisher, children’s.
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Schwenke Named Executive Director of AWP
Chloe Schwenke has been named executive director of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs after nearly a year serving in the role in an interim position.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Appoints Dedicated Sales Manager for Christian Imprints
Shaila Muñoz joins PRHGE with more than a decade working in the publishing industry, most recently at HarperCollins Christian Publishers.
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Meet the Publicist: Linda Duggins
"Promote the book, promote the author, and sell the heck out of the book!" is Linda Duggins’s simple description of her responsibilities as senior director of publicity at Grand Central Publishing.
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Isaacson Named Editor-at-Large, Invests at Arcadia
Arcadia Publishing has announced that bestselling author Walter Isaacson has joined the company as editor-at-large and senior advisor and will also be an investor in the publisher.
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Hachette Promotes Four at Executive Level
Among a slew of promotions at Hachette Books, the imprint of Hachette Book Group has promoted four at the executive level.
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Macmillan Makes More Changes in Sales Division
Following an overhaul of its sales division late last month, Macmillan has instituted further changes to the division that include promotions and a number of account reassignments.
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Berrett-Koehler Names New CEO and Publisher
Berrett-Koehler's board of directors has selected David Marshall to be CEO/CFO of the company, while Johanna Vondeling was selected as president/publisher, effective May 1.
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Lonely Planet Appoints New CEO
Luis Cabrera, a partner with BCG Digital Ventures, has been named CEO of the travel publisher with a mandate to remake the Lonely Planet brand "as an omnichannel travel platform."
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Green Tapped to Head Book Unit at Abrams Artists
Longtime literary agent Simon Green has been tapped to head the book and publishing division of Abrams Artists Agency. Green was, until last Spring, an agent at CAA.
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Three Up at Crown
As part of the ongoing process of integrating Crown into Random House, three editors have been promoted to senior v-p and editor-in-chief positions.
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PRH Shifts More Staff at Crown, Hogarth
After the recent reorganization of Crown that Penguin Random House unveiled, the company has made some additional changes and promotions in the unit.
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Mavjee to Join Macmillan in New Exec Role
Macmillan Publishers has announced that former Crown Publishing Group president and publishers Maya Mavjee will be joining the company on March 1 as president, publishing strategy, reporting to John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan.
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PW Notables of the Year: Randall White
Educational Development Corp. posted sales of $32.5 million in fiscal 2015, with earnings of under $1 million. By fiscal 2018, revenue had soared to $112 million and profits topped $5 million, but Randall White acknowledges that EDC had lots of challenges in dealing with the explosive growth.
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PW Notables of the Year: David Moberg
David Moberg has worked in Christian publishing since 1975 and played a crucial role in bringing Thomas Nelson and Zondervan together under the HarperCollins Christian Publishing umbrella.
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PW Notables of the Year: Glory Edim
Well-Read Black Girl, a fast-growing literary community of black female book lovers founded by Glory Edim, began as an affectionate T-shirt conceived and executed by Edim’s boyfriend. “Well-Read Black Girl was a nickname he had for me,” Edim says. “It was sweet and creative.”
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PW Notables of the Year: Moira Donegan
The woman who brought #MeToo to publishing.
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PW Notables of the Year: Madeline McIntosh
Penguin Random House US CEO McIntosh’s biggest move came in mid-October, when she announced the merger of the Crown Publishing Group and the Random House Publishing Group.
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PW’s Persons of the Year 2018
For the first time, rather than saluting one person, PW is honoring six publishers—all with books related to President Donald Trump, who dominated debate in the industry.
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Meghan O'Rourke Tapped as 'Yale Review' Editor
Poet Meghan O'Rourke has been named the next editor of the 'Yale Review,' succeeding acting editor Harold Augenbraum on July 1 of next year, the 200th anniversary of the journal's founding.
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