Tag Archives: Arthur Levine

People Round-Up, Mid-March 2019

PEOPLE Many changes in Children’s Books: Arthur Levine, Publisher of Arthur A. Levine Books, is leaving Scholastic “to form his own independent publishing company.” His backlist, including the Harry Potter series, remains at Scholastic. At Random House Books for Young Readers, Sonali Fry joins as VP, Publishing Director, effective March 29. She was formerly Publisher…Continue Reading

Summer School’s in Session: Our Annual Roundup of Pre-Professional Publishing Programs

University of Denver Publishing Institute (founded 1976) Contact: Director Joyce Meskis. (303) 871-2570; e-mail pi-info [at] du.edu 2008 dates/length: July 12–August 7 (four weeks) Cost: $4,150 Number of students: 95–100 Notable faculty: Dominique Raccah, Sourcebooks; Roger Scholl, Doubleday; Susan Moldow, Simon & Schuster; Carl Lennertz, HarperCollins; Larry Kirshbaum, LJK Literary Management; Bob Miller, HarperCollins; Kris…Continue Reading

Of Bollards and Muggles

At the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, publishing veteran Manuela Soares, most recently Managing Editor at Scholastic, addressed the perils and perplexities of Americanizing the British editions of children’s books — such as the overzealous copyeditor who once changed Boots Chemist to CVS Pharmacy, much to the author’s dismay. We’ve…Continue Reading