2012 Service to SFWA Award goes to Clarence Howard ‘Bud’ Webster
For his work on the SFWA Estate Project, Bud Webster will receive this year's Service To SFWA Award...
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Tag Archives: Vice President
ComiXology Names Ron Perazza as VP-General Manager of Publisher and Creator Services
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...
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New audiobook recording of George R.R. Martin’s A Feast for Crows now available from Random House, narrated by Roy Dotrice
Roy Dotrice has rerecorded A Feast for Crows, the fourth in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice, bringing his trademark voice creation skills...
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Book Four of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance, goes on sale November 8
The concluding volume of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance cycle quadrology, Inheritance, will be published November 8...
Read more [...] Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush to be graphic novel from Sea Lion
Sea Lion Books has bought comic book and graphic novel rights to Becca Fitzpatrick's debut bestseller, Hush, Hush. The YA psychological thriller will appear late this year...
Read more [...] Lori Benton will be Scholastic’s new publisher
Lori Benton, formerly of Harcourt's and Capstone, will take over as Vice President and Publisher of Scholastic's Trade Publishing division in January...
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DC’s Zudacomics.com is closing
DC Comics is shutting down its online publishing/competition/submission portal Zudacomics.com, and folding its activities into their newer initiatives...
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Deadline for SFWA candidates is today
This year's SFWA Board of Directors election has only a few contested offices. There are only one candidate declared for both the Presidency and Vice Presidency...
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SFWA Vice President resigns, and is replaced
SFWA Vice President Elizabeth Moon has resigned for personal reasons. Former President Michael Capobianco has been appointed Vice President to serve out the remainder of the term...
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Liz Scheier coming back to publishing
Former Del Rey editor Liz Scheier, who most recently worked for iPhone app creator ScrollMotion, is joining Barnes & Noble.com as editorial director...
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Random House hires Denise Cronin as VP of Sub Rights
Denise Cronin, moving from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, will be the new Vice President of Subsidiary Rights for the entire Random House Publishing Group...
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Simon & Schuster realigns Pocket and other imprints
Simon & Schuster is removing hardcovers from Pocket Books' mandate, merging them into a new division, and turning Pocket into a catch-all for all the other imprints' mass-market publishing...
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Pocket Books to republish seven Permuted zombie titles
Pocket Books signed a co-publishing deal with Permuted Press to capitalize on the current zombie craze. The first of the Permuted titles to appear from Pocket will be...
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Senior level personnel changes at S&S Children’s
Major shifts and personnel replacements in the upper echelons of Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing division, with some long-timers departing...
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Television executive Nora O’Brien dies
Nora O'Brien was NBC Universal's Vice President of Drama Programming, after stints at the Sci Fi Channel, and work on programs such as Stargate and The Lost Room...
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