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

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 Molly Fischer 10/27/09 6:30pm

Random House Publisher Steve Rubin Takes a Job That Is Better, Maybe

Leon Neyfakh reports that Steve Rubin, former Doubleday publisher and Random House publisher-at-large, will be taking over as president and publisher at Macmillan imprint Henry Holt.

Neyfakh recaps the gossip that preceded this move:

How Mr. Rubin, the former publisher of Random House’s once proud Doubleday division, would follow his long career at 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 4/20/09 3:35pm

Doubleday Will Publish New Dan Brown on Sept. 15 With Initial Print Run of 5 Million Copies

After years of painful waiting, Doubleday finally has Dan Brown’s follow-up to mega-best-seller The Da Vinci Code and has announced plans to publish it on September 15. The book, titled The Lost Symbol (not The Solomon’s Key, as it was originally called), will have an initial print run of five million, which according to the Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 2/12/09 4:24pm

After Months of Negotiations, Steve Rubin Becomes ‘Publisher At Large’ at Random House

When Markus Dohle announced the restructuring of Random House back in December, one knot left untied was the fate of Steve Rubin, who had been with the company, in one capacity or another, for more than 20 years. His most recent job there, as president and publisher of the Doubleday Broadway Group, Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 12/03/08 4:11pm

Random House Memos on Irwyn Applebaum’s Departure and Steve Rubin’s Possible New Job

Here are the two memos that accompanied Random House C.E.O. Markus Dohle’s big announcement this morning. The first concerns the elimination of Steve Rubin’s job at the top of Doubleday and the possibility of his being appointed to a new job within the company. The second concerns Irwyn Applebaum, who will be leaving Random House Read More

By Matt Haber 11/05/08 12:44pm

Lineup for November 5th, 2008

Felix Gillette sits down with CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, who says, "I really would like more time," said Ms. Couric. "Because I think time is not our friend at the Evening News."

Leon Neyfakh looks at Steve Rubin, publisher of Doubleday, and writes, "Steve Rubin would like everyone in book publishing Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 11/04/08 8:57pm

Steve Rubin Says Doubleday Dismissals Were Self-Inflicted

Steve Rubin would like everyone in book publishing to know that the 16 people who were laid off from Random House’s Doubleday division last week lost their jobs because he thought it had to be done, not because the new guy in corporate told him so.

Mr. Rubin, who at 66 Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 3/26/08 4:52pm

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

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

Random House Publisher Steve Rubin Takes a Job That Is Better, Maybe

Steve Rubin Named President and Publisher of Henry Holt

Doubleday Will Publish New Dan Brown on Sept. 15 With Initial Print Run of 5 Million Copies

After Months of Negotiations, Steve Rubin Becomes ‘Publisher At Large’ at Random House

Random House Memos on Irwyn Applebaum’s Departure and Steve Rubin’s Possible New Job

Lineup for November 5th, 2008

Steve Rubin Says Doubleday Dismissals Were Self-Inflicted

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

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