Lots of Movement at NYT Book Review
MediaBistro is reporting a lot of office shifting at The New York Times Book Review. Eden Ross Lipson is retiring as children’s editor and is being replaced by Julie Just, who moves over from her spot as the deputy editor. Meanwhile, Bob Harris has been promoted to deputy editor, taking over Just’s vacated desk. And…
continue readingYou Can’t Avoid: Death, Taxes, and Book Club Torture
The Washington Post has an interesting article today on the Sisyphus-ean task of extricating yourself from a book club. Read the full article here.
continue readingBooker Prize Longlist Released
Starting out this post, I originally wanted to use an image of the janitor from Good Times but then I found out that his name was Bookman, not Booker. So then I stumbled across some wrestler guy named Booker T. but the WWE website didn’t seem to like me taking their images. And no one…
continue readingEditor and Agent Moves
There has been a number of press items about editors and agents moving here and there. Here’s a roundup: MediaBistro reported that Maureen Graney has been named executive editor of The Globe Pequot Press. The website also reported that Steve Zeitchik is leaving Publishers Weekly after a tenure of nearly seven years in order to…
continue readingThe Role of Editors in Modern Publishing
This past weekend, there was an interesting article in The Guardian that discusses the role, if there even is one, of editors in modern publishing. The article mourns the passing of the truly hands-on, truly involved editor. The article says “tha sharp-dressed corporate beasts run the show, reluctant to make decisions of their own, and…
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