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Archer to Succeed Gentel at HMH Trade
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade president Gary Gentel has announced that he is retiring in 2016, and will be succeeded by Ellen Archer, former president and publisher of Walt Disney Co.’s Hyperion Books.
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Children's Job Moves: November 2015
New job announcements in children's publishing for November 2015.
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Tamblyn Named Kobo CEO
Michael Tamblyn will take over as CEO of the e-book company on January 1, succeeding Taka Aiki.
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PRH's Weisberg Named President of Macmillan
Don Weisberg is stepping down as president of Penguin Young Readers Group to become president of Macmillan Publishers U.S. He will be succeeded at Penguin by Jen Loja who has been senior v-p and associate publisher of the young readers group.
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Random House to Up Danielle Steel Output
The publisher has announced an accelerated publishing schedule for the bestselling author that will see the release of 12 Steel titles in 2016.
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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).