Doubleday Publisher Pays Seven Figures For New Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Beats Out Former Protégé at Auction

Doubleday has acquired North American rights to bestselling Shadow of the Wind-author Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s new book, following an intense seven figure auction that came to a head when Doubleday’s publisher, Steve Rubin, found himself facing off against Deb Futter, the new editor-in-chief of Grand Central Publishing’s adult division whom Mr. Rubin trained in the Read More

Deb Futter Named Editor-in-Chief at Grand Central Publishing

Deb Futter will succeed Amy Einhorn as editor-in-chief of the hardcover division of Grand Central Publishing, it was announced today. Grand Central has been without an EIC since this summer, when Ms. Einhorn went to Putnam to lead her own imprint.

Ms. Futter comes to Grand Central from Doubleday, where she edited, among others, Read More