Publishing Personnel
| ComiXology Names Ron Perazza as VP-General Manager of Publisher and Creator Services | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 20, 2012 |
| Digital comics publisher comiXology has hired long-term executive Ron Perazza to a senior position at the company. Perazza has previously worked for both DC and Marvel Comics... | |
| Open Road Integrated Media hires Betsy Mitchell as strategic advisor for sf | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 19, 2012 |
| Recently retired, and now freelance editor, Betsy Mitchell will now work with Open Road Integrated Media to acquire and publish backlist science fiction and fantasy titles... | |
| Now recruiting: editor required for brand new Angry Robot imprint | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 10, 2012 |
| Angry Robot books is looking to hire a commissioning editor for its new crime fiction imprint... | |
| Matt Parkinson promoted to Senior Director of Marketing at Dark Horse | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 6, 2012 |
| Director of Online Marketing Matt Parkinsons has been promoted to Senior Director of Marketing at Dark Horse, while VP of Marketing Micha Hershman departs to pursue other opportunities... | |
| Orbit hires Tom Bouman | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 6, 2011 |
| Orbit Books US has hired Tom Bouman as an editor, acquiring science fiction and fantasy... | |
| Alex Cox promoted to Deputy Director of CBLDF | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 2, 2011 |
| Alex Cox, who has been the Development Manager at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund since 2010, has been promoted to Deputy Director... | |
| Michael Rowley appointed Editorial Director of SF and Fantasy at Ebury Press | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 30, 2011 |
| Michael Rowley is moving from retailing (a buyer for Waterstone's) to publishing as the new Editorial Director for Ebury's sf line... | |
| Hyoe Narita named new president of VIZ Media Europe | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 22, 2011 |
VIZ Media Europe's President John Easum has left his post, and is replaced by Hyoe Narita, formerly Executive Vice President of VIZ Media in California...
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| Marvel Comics lays off 11 | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 26, 2011 |
| Marvel Comics laid off 11 people last week, including three editors... | |
| Prime Books welcomes Paula Guran and Jennifer Jackson | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 3, 2011 |
| Paula Guran is moving from her Juno Books imprint at Pocket to Prime Books. At the same time, Prime has signed with the Donald Maass Literary Agency to represent their subsidiary rights... | |
| Del Rey Editor-in-Chief Betsy Mitchell to Retire | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | September 27, 2011 |
| Betsy Mitchell, who has been the editor-in-chief of Del Rey Books since 2002, has announced she'll be taking early retirement in December... | |
| Paula Guran leaving Juno Books for Prime Books | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | September 26, 2011 |
| Editor and publisher Paula Guran is leaving the Juno Books line she founded under Wildside (which moved under the Pocket umbrella a few years ago), and will be taking a bigger role with Prime Books... | |
| Lynne M. Thomas to be the new editor of Apex Magazine | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | August 12, 2011 |
| Lynne M. Thomas will take over the editorial duties at online publication Apex Magazine, succeeding Catherynne M. Valente, beginning with this November's issue... | |
| Don D'Auria lands at Samhain | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 20, 2011 |
| Don D'Auria, who had been at Dorchester until the company dropped its print publishing line, has been hired to oversee Samhain's new horror line... | |
| Axel Alonso replaces Joe Quesada as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | January 5, 2011 |
| After ten years at Marvel, Axel Alonso is succeeding Joe Quesada as Editor-In-Chief of the publishing division, while Quesada moves on to larger projects within the company... | |
| Mark Waid leaving BOOM! Studios for the life of a freelancer | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 9, 2010 |
| After three years with BOOM! Studios, as editor in chief and then chief creative office, writer and editor Mark Waid is returning to life as a freelancer, but will continue his three series with BOOM!... | |
| Anne Clarke to be new Orbit editorial director | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 30, 2010 |
| Following Darren Nash's departure, Anne Clarke will be the new editorial director of Orbit UK... | |
| Realms of Fantasy remaining intact | |
| People > Magazines | November 11, 2010 |
| The entire editorial staff of the not-quite-so deceased Realms of Fantasy will be returning for the relaunch of the magazine under new owner Damnation Books... | |
| Lori Benton will be Scholastic's new publisher | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | November 11, 2010 |
| Lori Benton, formerly of Harcourt's and Capstone, will take over as Vice President and Publisher of Scholastic's Trade Publishing division in January... | |
| Personnel changes at Clarkesworld Magazine | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | October 13, 2010 |
| Clarkesworld Magazine announces the departure of Editor Sean Wallace and the addition of two new staffers... | |
| James DeMaiolo replaces Matt Staggs as Tachyon's Publicist | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | September 28, 2010 |
| Tachyon Publications' Publicist Matt Staggs is leaving after three years with the company. James DeMaiolo is replacing him on an interim basis... | |
| Leah Hultenschmidt lands at Sourcebooks' Casablanca | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | August 31, 2010 |
| Former Dorchester editorial director Leah Hultenschmidt has been hired by Sourcebooks as a senior editor for their Casablanca romance imprint... | |
| Orbit Books and sister imprint Sphere are hiring editorial assistants | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | August 25, 2010 |
| SF publisher Orbit Books and thriller publisher Sphere Fiction are both hiring editorial assistants to work in London... | |
| Tor Books hiring two paid interns for Fall 2010 | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | August 25, 2010 |
| Tor Books is taking applications to fill two slots for paid editorial interns for the Fall 2010 semester... | |
| News of Lightspeed Magazine's debut, staff, and more | |
| People > Magazines | May 24, 2010 |
| Lightspeed Magazine debuts next week, with fiction by Vylar Kaftan, David Barr Kirtley, Jack McDevitt, and Carrie Vaughn, and non-fiction by Mike Brotherton, Amanda Rose Levy, Carol Pinchefsky, and Genevieve Valentine... | |
VIZ Media Europe's President John Easum has left his post, and is replaced by Hyoe Narita, formerly Executive Vice President of VIZ Media in California...




