McDonald Promoted to Riverhead Executive Editor
Publishers Lunch and mediabistro reported that Sean McDonald was promoted from senior editor to executive editor at Riverhead last week. According to a Publishers Weekly article, Penguin Group president Susan Petersen Kennedy complimented McDonald for “greatly to Riverhead’s success.” Kennedy also pointed out that the new exec’s “range of editorial interests is broad and compelling.”…
continue readingSeattle Most Literate City in the Country
A USA Today article details a study that revealed Seattle is the nation’s most literate city. With all that rain keeping you inside, and all that coffee keeping you awake all night, I would think their ranking shouldn’t be a surprise. Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and San Francisco also placed in the top five. The…
continue readingDuBois Sells Novel
Back before the holiday, we featured an interview with mystery writer Brendan DuBois. Well, it turns out that the holiday gave the DuBois family much to be thankful for as Publishers Marketplace reported yesterday that a new book entitled Twilight was sold to Ruth Cavin at Thomas Dunne Books. Literary agent Liza Dawson represented DuBois…
continue readingHarper’s Announces New Editor
Harpers announced that Roger D. Hodge, a 38-year-old who has worked with the magazine since 1996, will take over the editor position in April. The New York Times ran an interesting profile of the new boss and discussed his childhood on a ranch in Texas. This little nugget in the article really caught my attention:…
continue readingSyntax of Things Reviews New Oxford American
The excellent Syntax of Things gave a nice preview of the new issue of the Oxford American. I just got my copy so I can’t comment on much, but the SoT folks provide a detailed discussion of the magazine’s contents. I did notice that Marc Smirnoff’s Editor’s Box column focuses on the personality and painting…
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