Prime Books is launching Lightspeed Magazine as an all-science fiction counterpart to their Fantasy Magazine. Lightspeed will debut with the new year, as a paying market for fiction, non-fiction, and art...
Fantagraphics Books has hired Jacq Cohen as their new Director of Publicity. Eric Reynolds, who formerly held that title, is not leaving the company...
Jon Wood, has been promoted to deputy group publisher at Orion. In the new role, he'll be reporting to Malcolm Edwards. Wood will also keep his portfolio as publishing director of Orion Fiction and Gollancz, and still reporting to Lisa Milton in those roles.
Simon & Schuster had another round of cost-cutting, which this time caught Pocket Books Editor Margaret Clark, who had responsibility for the Star Trek line...
Former HarperCollins editor Michael Stearns, who was recently an agent with Firebrand, has formed his own agency with Chris Richman and Danielle Chiotti. The new house, Upstart Crow Literary...
Realms of Fantasy nonfiction editor and art director Douglas Cohen is now also acquiring books for Wilder Publications' Fantastic Books. He is mostly interested in fantasy...
Associate Publisher Ellen Krieger, of Simon & Schuster's Aladdin imprint, has announced her retirement at the end of June, after 15 years with the company...
Publicist Julia Baxter is leaving Vintage and Anchor Books Publicity today. Effective 18 May, she'll take over as Publicist at the McGraw-Hill Professional Group...
IDW Comics hired Jeff Webber to its newly created position of Director of E-Publishing. In this post, Webber will be exploring ways to follow up their success with the iPhone app sales of Star Trek: Countdown...
Formerly an editor at Scholastic, Sheila Keenan is taking her experience starting up their Graphix imprint to Harry Abrams to work on that company's new ComicsArts imprint...
SFScope Editor Ian Randal Strock is now also acquiring books for Wilder Publications' Fantastic Books. His first acquisition is a reprint collection by Lou Antonelli entitled Fantastic Texas...
Sarah Reidy has been named Associate Director of Publicity at Pocket Books. She was most recently Director of Publicity at Soho Press, and has worked in the marketing and publicty departments at Penguin's Dutton and Gotham Books imprints.
Tom Easton retired from writing the magazine's monthly book review column in December, after thirty years. Writer, editor, and reviewer Don Sakers now replaces him...
Small press magazine Shimmer is offering issue #10 (with a dozen stories and an interview with Cory Doctorow) for free. They're also announcing the departure of Art Director Mary Robinette Kowal, and their re-opening for submissions...
Keeping the Realms of Fantasy family together, new owner Warren Lapine announces that Advertising Director Jeff Kight, too, is staying with the magazine, as he sets up his own rep firm...
IDW Comics hired Jeff Webber to its newly created position of Director of E-Publishing. In this post, Webber will be exploring ways to follow up their success with the iPhone app sales of Star Trek: Countdown...
Small press magazine Shimmer is offering issue #10 (with a dozen stories and an interview with Cory Doctorow) for free. They're also announcing the departure of Art Director Mary Robinette Kowal, and their re-opening for submissions...
