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Kachka Leaving 'New York' for 'L.A. Times'
Boris Kachka, whose tenure as books editor at 'New York' magazine saw the publication experiment with tripling its book coverage, will succeed former books editor Carolyn Kellogg at the 'L.A. Times.'
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PW Notables: Our Readers Pick Their Industry MVPs
This year, we asked our readers to tell us who they think are some of the industry’s most valuable players. Here’s what some of them wrote.
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PW Notable: Reese Witherspoon
A new book club queen has emerged—and she's almost as good at selling books as she is on the silver screen.
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PW Notable: Sally Richardson
To say Richardson, who is is wrapping up her 50th year at the St. Martin’s Publishing Group, has done it all at the company is an understatement.
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PW Notable: Jed Lyons
Under Lyons's leadership, Rowman & Littlefield keeps growing.
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PW Notable: Angela Bole and Terry Nathan
The CEO and COO of IBPA keep moving the cause of indie publishers and self-published authors forward.
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PW Notable: Trip Adler
Scribd keeps innovating. Its founder and CEO is a big part of why.
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Dav Pilkey Is PW’s Person of the Year for 2019
Over the course of a wildly creative career, Dav Pilkey has written and drawn more than 60 books that have gotten millions of children excited about reading with goofy, gross-out humor and genuine empathy.
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Quinton Leaves B&N for Scholastic
Sasha Quinton, who moved to Barnes & Noble in March as v-p and general merchandise manager, will take over as president of Scholastic's book fair business on January 1.
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Audible Appoints New CEO
Audible founder Don Katz will turn over the position of CEO to former IDG and Dun & Bradstreet executive Bob Carrigan on January 2.
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Vroman's Names Cowlishaw CEO
Julia Cowlishaw has been named the new CEO of Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif., and Book Soup in West Hollywood, Calif., She begins on January 6.
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Michaels Resigns as Macmillan Learning CEO
With Ken Michaels' departure, Macmillan Learning general manager, Susan Winslow, will lead the company with the group’s senior leadership team. They will report to Macmillan CEO John Sargent.
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Meader to Join Vintage/Anchor
James Meader, most recently v-p and associate publisher of Picador, will join Vintage/Anchor as executive director of publicity and social media on December 16.
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Noden Promoted to President of BAM
Books-A-Million has promoted R. Todd Noden to president of the bookstore chain.
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Bogaards Named Deputy Publisher of Knopf and Pantheon
Paul Bogaards, longtime head of publicity at Knopf and Pantheon, has been promoted to deputy publisher of the two Penguin Random House imprints.
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Witte Promoted at SMPG
George Witte has been promoted to senior v-p and editor-in-chief of the St. Martin's Publishing Group, effective immediately.
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Ward, Desser Have New Roles at Random House
At Penguin Random House's flagship imprint, Andy Ward has been promoted to publisher, while Knopf's Robin Desser has been tapped as senior v-p and editor-in-chief. Ward is replacing Susan Kamil, who died, suddenly, last month.
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Habash Departs, Varno Named Fiction Reviews Editor at PW; Cramer Goes Full-Time
David Varno has been named fiction reviews editor, effective November 18, replacing Gabe Habash, who will leave the company on November 15. Phoebe Cramer is now a full-time associate reviews editor, covering genre fiction.
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Herz Up, Messitte Out at Knopf Doubleday
Suzanne Herz, executive v-p and executive director of publishing at Doubleday, will replace Anne Messitte as publisher of Vintage/Anchor; Messitte will leave the company in December. Todd Doughty has been promoted to senior v-p and deputy publisher at Doubleday.
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Gleick to Succeed Scharlatt as Algonquin Publisher
Elisabeth Scharlatt, publisher of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, will retire on December 1 after 30 years with the company, and Workman Publishing has named editorial director Betsy Gleick the next head of the imprint.
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