GRIFFIN TO JOIN EGMONT
Thursday 21 February 2008
New American publisher Egmont USA announced today that they have hired Regina Griffin as Executive Editor.
Doug Pocock, Executive V.P said "It has always been our intention to be a serious player in the USA and to do that we want to hire a team of commercially astute and experienced editors. Regina fits the bill."
EGMONT USA NAMES PUBLISHER
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Egmont USA Names Publisher and Announces Random House As Distribution Partner
Douglas Pocock, Executive Vice President of Egmont USA Inc., announced today that Elizabeth Law, former Vice President and Associate Publisher of Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, has been named Vice President and Publisher of Egmont USA.
EGMONT TO LAUNCH IN USA
Wednesday 14 November 2007
Egmont UK announced today that it will launch a USA publishing company in January 2008. Douglas Pocock, currently Group Sales Director of Egmont UK, will take up the post of Executive Vice President of Egmont US Inc.
Egmont USA (egmont-us.com) will employ a publishing team based in New York. Its launch list of quality young adult and children’s fiction and picture books will be published in Autumn 2009. Egmont USA’s focus will be on delivering a list shaped for the USA from both established and new authors. Egmont's list will be sold across all key market sectors with a focus on trade, school and library markets.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Egmont Contact Doug Pocock Regina Griffin |
Egmont USA 443 Park Ave South |
UK Contact Liz Sich and Hannah Blake at Colman Getty |
