By Emily Witt 8/24/11 6:35pm

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Gillian Blake Promoted to Editor-in-Chief at Henry Holt, Jill Lamar Out After Six Months

Gillian Blake has been named editor-in-chief at Henry Holt, replacing Jill Lamar, who held the position for only six months. Ms. Lamar left her job heading Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Program to work at Holt, but since arriving made only one acquisition (according to Publisher’s Marketplace). In a statement, Stephen Rubin, publisher at Henry Holt, wrote that “after much thought and consideration, Jill and I mutually agreed that her fit as editor-in-chief here was not as natural as we had hoped.” Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 10/27/09 3:35pm

Steve Rubin Named President and Publisher of Henry Holt

Almost exactly a month after stepping down from his brief post-Doubleday stint as Random House publisher-at-large, Steve Rubin has landed at at the Henry Holt imprint of Macmillan.  Mr. Rubin has been named publisher and president of the imprint, thereby leaving current publisher Dan Farley to “turn his attention exclusively” to the children’s book division Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 7/23/09 8:53pm

Webb Younce Bouncing Out of Henry Holt for a Job in Germany

Less than a year after arriving there, Webb Younce is leaving his job as an editor at Henry Holt and moving to Germany. The 37-year-old Mr. Younce will be leaving for Frankfurt at the end of the month to become the English-language editor at the storied German publisher Suhrkamp Verlag.

“Oh, my Webb!” said Henry Read More