Publishing Personnel
| Jennifer Bresser to be new publisher of Putnam's BfYR | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | March 17, 2010 |
| Disney executive editor Jennifer Besser (who is responsible for Percy Jackson & the Olympians, among others) has been hired as the new vice president and publisher of G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers... | |
| Ben Greenberg promoted to senior editor at Grand Central | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | March 17, 2010 |
| Grand Central's Ben Greenberg has been promoted to senior editor at a time when he has two books on the New York Times bestseller lists... | |
| Jim Lee and Dan DiDio now copublishers of DC Comics | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | February 18, 2010 |
| The recently reorganized DC Comics organization once again has comics professionals in the top spots, with the appointments of Jim Lee and Dan DiDio as copublishers, as well as... | |
| Pyr now open to some unagented submissions; hires new editorial assistant | |
| People > Market Reports | February 17, 2010 |
| Pyr SF has hired a new editorial assistant, Rene Sears, and she'll be reading unagented submissions in certain subgenres... | |
| BenBella hires Debbie Harmsen as editor-in-chief | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | February 8, 2010 |
| Travel editor Debbie Harmsen is the new editor-in-chief at BenBella Books, focusing on their general nonfiction line... | |
| Pouya Shahbazian fills FinePrint vacancy left by Brendan Deneen's departure | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | February 1, 2010 |
| Screenwriter agent and lawyer Pouya Shahbazian is replacing Brendan Deneen at FinePrint Literary Management... | |
| St. Martin's Press hires agent Brendan Deneen | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 29, 2010 |
| After two and a half years as an agent at Fineprint Literary, Brendan Deneen is leaving to be an editor at St. Martin's... | |
| Promotions at Weird Tales | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 25, 2010 |
| Ann VanderMeer is now Weird Tales' Editor in Chief, Mary Robinette Kowal is the new Art Director, and Paula Guran is the new Nonfiction Editor. Stephen H. Segal is stepping away from the magazine's day-to-day operations... | |
| Promotions at HarperCollins UK, including Voyager | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 20, 2010 |
| HarperCollins UK has promoted several editors, including Voyager's Emma Coode... | |
| Liz Scheier coming back to publishing | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 12, 2010 |
| Former Del Rey editor Liz Scheier, who most recently worked for iPhone app creator ScrollMotion, is joining Barnes & Noble.com as editorial director... | |
| Ami Greko leaving Macmillan/Tor for tech firm AdaptativeBlue | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 8, 2010 |
| Macmillan/Tor's Digital Marketing Manager Ami Greko is leaving the company for tech firm AdaptativeBlue, and its Glue... | |
| Fantastic Books hires SFScope editor as new publisher | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 30, 2009 |
| SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock is expanding his responsibilities by taking over the job of publisher for Fantastic Books... | |
| Two promotions at Orbit Books | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 22, 2009 |
| Orbit Books' editors DongWon Song and Jennifer Flax have received promotions... | |
| Jenny Rappaport is closing her eponymous literary agency | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 9, 2009 |
| Another victim of the poor economy, Jenny Rappaport announces the closing of The Rappaport Agency at the end of the year... | |
| Susan Hawk joins the Bent Agency as an agent | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 1, 2009 |
| Susan Hawk moves from marketing books at Henry Holt to agenting them at the Bent Agency. She's looking to represent many genres, including science fiction and fantasy... | |
| Douglas Cohen promoted to Editor of Realms of Fantasy | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 17, 2009 |
| Realms of Fantasy's Assistant Editor/Nonfiction Editor/Art Director Douglas Cohen is consolidating his titles under the new one, "Editor". Fiction Editor Shawna McCarthy keeps her role... | |
| Realms of Fantasy looking to hire a designer | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 5, 2009 |
| Publisher Warren Lapine wants to hand off the design and layout of Realms of Fantasy, which he's been handling since buying the magazine earlier this year... | |
| Former publisher Lisa Gallagher joins Sanford J. Greenburger Associates | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 3, 2009 |
| After losing her job in the HarperCollins reorganization early this year, former publisher Lisa Gallagher will be an agent with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates... | |
| McVeigh Agency hires Anne Miller as SubRights Director | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 22, 2009 |
| Anne Miller, who worked in HarperChildren's subsidiary rights department, is now the Director of Subsidiary Rights for the McVeigh Agency... | |
| Tantor Audio hires Amy Santo to be Marketing Manager | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 22, 2009 |
| Tantor Audio's new marketing manager, Amy Santo, will first be guiding the relaunch of the company's web site... | |
| Random House hires Denise Cronin as VP of Sub Rights | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 21, 2009 |
| Denise Cronin, moving from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, will be the new Vice President of Subsidiary Rights for the entire Random House Publishing Group... | |
| Prime Books to launch Lightspeed Magazine | |
| People > Magazines | October 16, 2009 |
| Prime Books is launching Lightspeed Magazine as an all-science fiction counterpart to their Fantasy Magazine. Lightspeed will debut with the new year, as a paying market for fiction, non-fiction, and art... | |
| Jacq Cohen is Fantagraphics' new Director of Publicity | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 7, 2009 |
| Fantagraphics Books has hired Jacq Cohen as their new Director of Publicity. Eric Reynolds, who formerly held that title, is not leaving the company... | |
| Jon Wood promoted at Orion | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 5, 2009 |
| Jon Wood, has been promoted to deputy group publisher at Orion. In the new role, he'll be reporting to Malcolm Edwards. Wood will also keep his portfolio as publishing director of Orion Fiction and Gollancz, and still reporting to Lisa Milton in those roles. | |
| Publicity Director Rina Gill moving from Century to Corvus | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | September 24, 2009 |
| After seven years with Century, Rina Gill is joining new imprint Corvus books at Grove Atlantic... | |
