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The Revolving DoorMacmillan Audio Hires Robert Allen as Editorial Director
Allen's publishing career began as Baker and Taylor sales manager, followed by a move to Bantam Doubleday Dell sales. While there, he rose to vice president of sales marketing at Doubleday Broadway and then publisher of Random House Audio. Since then, he co-founded Brands-to-Books agency, working with clients like TV Guide and Housing Works. Macmillan Audio publisher Mary Beth Roche had this statement: "I think Robert is going to be a spectacular addition to our audio team ... Robert's broad publishing background in both sales and acquisitions makes him ideally suited for this position." Changes Afoot at GalleyCat
Here's more about the job from the LA Times: "Mediabistro is known for offering classes to journalists and wannabe journos, and now it will create a similar smattering of classes for publishing professionals and authors. Two things Jason Boog mentioned to Jacket Copy are helping people learn how to get books formatted for the Kindle and a class on iPhone apps. And odds are that something marketing-ish -- say, using Facebook, Twitter or the social networking platform of the future -- will be available too." We are grateful for your support over these last few years, and look forward to working with you in the future. With this new position, we can follow more leads, increase publishing curriculum and partnerships, and help shape the eBook Summit next month. Email us at jason [at] mediabistro [dot] com or write us on Twitter--send your tips, suggests, requests, and hopes for future GalleyCat projects. Greenleaf Book Group Hires David Leach
Previously, Leach had served for 12 years at Thomas Nelson, ultimately serving as national key account manager, special sales. He will work in Greenleaf's corporate office in Austin, Texas. Here's more, from the release: "In addition to increasing sales of Greenleaf's list to existing and new accounts, Leach will oversee the improved integration of the company's distribution and marketing departments. CEO Clint Greenleaf says, 'David is a key new hire for us. His contacts and experience in special sales combined with his passion for literacy make him a great asset to our team.'" Paris Review Forms Search Committee to Replace Philip Gourevitch
Most recently, Gourevitch was the co-author of "Standard Operating Procedure." According to the NY Observer, Paris Review Foundation director Terry McDonnell, New York Review of Books editor Bob Silvers, and Paris Review founder Peter Matthiessen will lead a literary search party to replace the editor. Gourevitch admitted that he was worn out from working on a new book while editing the journal. Here's more from the article: "Mr. Gourevitch said he felt like he'd done a pretty good job holding it together, but that he felt 'extremely exhausted;' at the end. 'I didn't want to do that again,' he said." Lisa Gallagher Hired as Agent at Sanford. J. Greenburger Associates
In 2000, Gallagher moved from London to help found the U.S. offices of Bloomsbury Publishing. Founded in 1932, the SJGA agency represents a number of authors, including Dan Brown, Nelson DeMille, and Robin Preiss Glasser. Here's more from Heidi Lange, vice-president of the agency: "Gallagher is that rare publishing professional whose talents include a strong editorial insight, marketing expertise, and keen business sense. She has a reputation for being extremely pro-author, working closly with writers on all aspects of a book's publication, and yet she never loses sight of the realities of the marketplace." Steve Rubin Named President of Henry Holt
The current Henry Holt president Dan Farley will turn his attention towards managing the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. In September, Rubin resigned as executive VP and publisher-at-large for Random House, a position he assumed in February following massive restructuring at the conglomerate. Before that, he had served as Doubleday Broadway Group's former publisher. Here's Rubin's statement, from the subscription-only article: "Throughout my career, I have always strived to publish those exceptional books that bridge the gap between commerce and literature. I believe that Holt is the perfect place to do this, given that its sister companies are the distinguished Farrar Straus and the powerhouse St. Martin's Press, I can't wait to work more directly with books and authors in developing a tight, powerful, focused list." Nick Trautwein Hired as New Yorker Senior EditorLess than a year after joining Penguin Press as a nonfiction editor, Nick Trautwein is leaving to become a senior editor at The New Yorker. According to the NY Observer, Trautwein will replace Emily Eakin--despite a hiring freeze at Condé Nast. As we noted yesterday, the literary magazine also hired a managing editor this year as well. New Yorker editor David Remnick had this emailed statement, from the article: "Anyone whose resume includes playing sax in Chubby Checker's touring band has got to have something going on. And from everything I have seen, Nick Trautwein, really does." You can find out more about his jazz experience in this exclusive GalleyCat video from last year... Lonely Planet Names New Managing Director
The article also explores the famous travel guidebook company's digital efforts this year, noting that 75 percent of the company's profits still come from the print side. Nevertheless, digital efforts are growing as the company interacts 700,000 registered users and will launch Amazon Kindle editions of guidebooks that include "all or part" of 600 guidebooks on the international version of the digital reader. Here's more from CEO Matt Goldberg, interviewed in the article: "Goldberg--who came to Lonely Planet early this year from Dow Jones, where he was SVP of digital strategy and operations, including for WSJ.com–noted that Lonely Planet’s digital businesses have doubled their revenues to $20 million this year via premium pricing and advertising." Two Literary Programs to End
According to a Publishers Marketplace (subscription only) report, the Stanford Publishing Course for Professionals has ended after more than 30 years of teaching publishing. Here's more form the gloomy article: "Longtime director Holly Brady is leaving Stanford--saying she 'expects to continue the conversation from another vantage point here in Silicon Valley'--and her staff has been dismissed." On the other side of the country, Columbia English professor James Shapiro has put his book reviewing seminar for undergraduates on "infinite hiatus." Blaming the rapidly-eroding pay scale for book reviewers in the age of blogs, Shapiro explained in a NY Observer article: "[W]hat's no longer there is the possibility of training a generation of book reviewers since, as you know, newspapers around the country are shedding their book reviews, or shrinking these sections." Mary C. Hickey to Edit Book Coverage at Ladies' Home Journal
Besides writing for a number of magazines, including People, More, Life, The Washington Post, USA Today, BusinessWeek, and Working Mother, Hickey is a published author. In 1992 she co-authored the Penguin title, The Working Mother's Guilt Guide. Here's more from the release: "she will be overseeing the magazine's books coverage, along with relationships, news stories and general features. Hickey was most recently Deputy Editor at Parents magazine, where she worked for nine years...Hickey has more than 20 years of experience in magazine, newspaper and academic journalism, and worked for Ladies' Home Journal from 1994-1996." PreviouslySteve Rubin Resigns at Random House Former Collins President Switches to Blogging NY Observer's Books Reporter Leon Neyfakh Changes Beats Digital Publisher Quartet Press Disbands Former Collins Executive Editor Gillian Blake Joins Henry Holt Three Editorial Cuts at Simon & Schuster Quartet Press Hires Angela James Marketing Staff Changes at HarperStudio Three New Hires at FinePrint Literary Management Adriana Dominguez Joins Full Circle Literary The Post-Restructuring Shuffle Around 100 Layoffs at Penguin UK About 20 Employees Cut at Perseus Dalmatian Publishing Group to Shutter Santa Monica Office Stuart Woods Promoted to Quill & Quire Editor David Graham Departs at Granta Publications Macmillan Audio Publicity Promotion Diane Salvatore Named Publisher of Broadway Books Amanda Ridout Leaves HarperCollins UK Nevada Barr Jumps to Minotaur Books Richard & Judy Book Show Canceled 100 Jobs Saved at Cambridge University Press Broadway EIC Jumps to Simon & Schuster Mark Gompertz Named Digital Publishing VP at Simon & Schuster Denise Oswald Joins Soft Skull Press/Counterpoint as Editorial Director Globe Pequot Group Publisher Heads to McGraw-Hill Cuts and Anger at University of New Mexico Press Two Literary Reporters Laid-Off at Boston Globe Cambridge University Press May Avoid Some Layoffs Caroline Sutton Named EIC of Hudson Street Press Emily Cook Joins Granta as Advertising Director MediaJobsDaily: Getting a Publishing Job Through mediabistro.com Nick Trautwein Moves to Penguin Press Kirkus Reviews Nonfiction Editor Relocates Nine Employees Laid Off at National Geographic Books Anja Schmidt Hired as Kyle Books Publisher Rob Weisbach Launches New Agency Assistant Editor Fired and Hired in 24 Hours Directory of Laid Off Publishing Employees Former Doubleday Publisher Steve Rubin Gets A New Job More Details on Cuts at HarperCollins Small Press Organization Cuts Executive Director Borders Cuts 16 Executive Positions Vanessa Mobley To Leave Penguin Press Rebecca Saletan Moves To Riverhead Three More Editors Laid Off at Publishers Weekly Cambridge University Press Lays Off 160 Employees Oxford University Press Lays Off 60 Employees Pantheon Books Publisher Released Drenka Willen Returns To Work After Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Lay-Offs Horace Engdahl Resigns After Ten Years as Secretary of the Swedish Academy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: Dispatches from the Front Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: "Sad Day in Orlando" Departures and Layoffs at Simon and Schuster, Too Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: Ann Patty, Others Cut Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Breakdown: "Nobody Could See This Coming" Don Weise Takes the Helm at Alyson A Top Publicist Changes Course, Pursuing Editorial Dream Jenny Rappaport Sets Up Her Own Agency Coolman to Hyperion, Greko to Macmillan Major Publishers Take Up Belt-Tightening Measures? Exit Interview with Felicia Sullivan Flaxman Legs mediabistro.com For Her Own Editorial Shop Atria Picks Up Durand As Senior Editor Hartman's Back in the Big Leagues, Ready to Play Harper Studio Adds Burningham to Marketing Team Promotions at Grand Central and Beaufort Books Jane Friedman Out at HarperCollins: If Anybody Knows Why, They Ain't Saying Former 'More' Magazine Editor New 'Voice' Editorial Director, Pam Dorman Back To Viking Book World Editor Buyout Confirmed: Arana Still Writing for WaPo Two More Hyperion Execs Defect To HarperCollins Bob Miller Leaves Hyperion For HarperCollins Collins Stockpiling of Executive Editors Continues Adam Bellow Latest Exec Editor @ Collins Shelfari Taps David Nudo for Sales/Marketing Role Lindsay, Diggs Jump Fence And Start Agenting Observer: Bloomsbury Drops Annik LaFarge Becky Saletan Takes Over @ Post-Merger Houghton/Harcourt Neyfakh Offers More on Schwalbe's Departure Observer: Will Schwalbe Leaves Hyperion New Tasks for Milkweed Veterans Newsday Book Editor Joins Bloomberg News Sam Tanenhaus Adds "Week in Review" to His Plate Hachette's Team-Building Week Continues The Express Line Between Doubleday and Hachette Incoming S&S CEO Assembles Her Team Sci-Fi Book Club Editor Now @ Wiley Paul Muldoon Takes Over New Yorker Poetry Desk D+Q Puts Their Accountant on Staff |
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