Archive for 'Publishing Personnel'

Scholastic Names Samantha Smith, Fiction Publisher, and Rachel Partridge, Group Marketing and Publicity Director, Scholastic UK

New Scholastic UK Fiction Publisher Samantha Smith joins the company from Little Brown, while new Publicity Director Rachel Partridge is moving from Universal Pictures…

Abaddon Books appoints David Moore as new commissioning editor

David Moore has been promoted from desk editor to commissioning editor at Rebellion’s Abaddon Books…

Dark Horse announces the promotion of Jim Gibbons to associate editor

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Dark Horse promoted Jim Gibbons to associate editor, replacing departing associate editor Rachel Edidin…

Gardner Dozois joins Clarkesworld Magazine: award-winning sf editor to helm reprint department

Multiple-award winning and Year’s Best editor Gardner Dozois is joining Clarkesworld Magazine to edit the new reprint department, which will publish two stories per issue…

Two new part-timers at JABberwocky Literary Agency

JABberwocky Literary Agency has hired two new part-time office assistants: Sam Morgan and Lisa Rodgers…

Karen Berger leaving Vertigo

Executive Editor Karen Berger, who has been helming DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, is leaving the company in March, after 20 years…

Steven H Silver leaving ISFiC Press, which he co-founded in 2004

Steven H Silver has been publisher and editor of ISFiC Press for nearly a decade, and is helping develop a transition plan…

Ellen Datlow joins Tor.com’s editorial team

Editor Ellen Datlow’s newest gig is as a consulting fiction editor for Tor.com…

Helen Marshall Steps Down as Managing Editor at ChiZine Publications

Managing Editor Helen Marshall is leaving the company to pursue her education, and will be succeeded by Samantha Beiko…

Dark Horse Announces the Promotion of Scott Allie to Editor in Chief

After eighteen years with the company, Scott Allie has been promoted to Editor in Chief at Dark Horse Comies…

Michael Pietsch to Succeed David Young as CEO of Hachette Book Group

David Young is leaving Hachette to return to his family in the UK, and next year will take up the top post at Orion. Michael Pietsch will succeed Young at Hachette in the US…

Analog Editor Stanley Schmidt to Retire Today

Dr. Stanley Schmidt is retiring from the editorship of Analog Science Fiction and Fact after 34 years at the helm. Managing Editor Trevor Quachri is being promoted into the big chair…

Matt Parkinson promoted to Vice President of Marketing at Dark Horse

Recently promoted Dark Horse Senior Director of Marketing Matt Parkinson has once again been promoted, to Vice President of Marketing…

JABberwocky welcomes Brady McReynolds as foreign rights manager

JABberwocky Literary Agency is expanding by hiring its first director of foreign rights, Brady McReynolds (previously of Penguin USA)…

Tor Books looking to hire a Senior Publicist

Tor Books is looking to hire a Senior Publicist with 4-5 years of book publicity experience and a knowledge of gaming media and epic fantasy…