{"id":3266,"date":"2011-01-11T22:17:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T03:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2012-05-03T19:59:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T00:59:14","slug":"cary-goldstein-new-publisher-of-twelve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortunecookiechronicles.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/11\/cary-goldstein-new-publisher-of-twelve\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary Goldstein, New Publisher of Twelve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Central Publishing today abruptly announced that Cary Goldstein, publicist extraordinaire<\/a> and deputy publisher, is going to take over as publisher of Twelve, effective immediately (their website changed quickly enough).
\nThis is covered by The New York Times<\/a>, the Associated Press<\/a>, Publishers Weekly<\/a>. Cary recently signed a two-book deal with Christopher Hitchens<\/a>, who was diagnosed with esophagus cancer \u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00c2\u00a0which is a real coup as Hitchens did not move over to Simon & Schuster with Jon Karp (awesome editor). Hitchens, of course, gave Twelve its first long-running number one New York Times best seller, God is not Great<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is the email we got<\/p>\n

Dear Friends:<\/p>\n

I am writing to let you know about changes being made in the management of Twelve. Susan Lehman will be leaving the imprint and Cary Goldstein will be taking over the role of Publisher. While I realize that change is hard, and that there have certainly been significant changes at Twelve over the past months, the elevation of Cary to Publisher speaks to the continuity of the imprint, as Cary has been a pillar from the start. More than that, Cary has been the mastermind behind many of Twelve\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most notable successes, and is fully committed (passionate would be an even more apt word) to the imprint\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unique publishing philosophy, and its success.<\/p>\n

Details are included in the attached press release.<\/p>\n

All best,<\/p>\n

Jamie Raab<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the attached press release:<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nContact: Sophie Cottrell
\n212-364-1281 \/ Sophie.cottrell@hbgusa.com<\/p>\n

CARY GOLDSTEIN NAMED PUBLISHER OF TWELVE<\/p>\n

(January 11, 2011 \/ New York) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jamie Raab, EVP and Publisher of Grand Central Publishing, announced today that Cary Goldstein will be assuming the position of Publisher of Twelve, replacing Susan Lehman.<\/p>\n

As Associate Publisher of Twelve, Goldstein has been responsible for orchestrating the imprint\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s publicity strategies, and acquiring and editing works of fiction and nonfiction. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cary has been part of Twelve since its inception, and has truly been one of the pillars of the imprint,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Raab. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a brilliant marketing strategist, a very fine editor with a keen eye for acquisitions, and, most importantly, has a real vision for the future of Twelve. He created enormously successful campaigns for Ted Kennedy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s TRUE COMPASS and Sebastian Junger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s WAR \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and these are just two of many. Cary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commitment to Twelve\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s books and authors is extraordinary, and I look forward to seeing him thrive in his new role as he shapes Twelve\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s publishing program and guides the imprint to continued success and acclaim.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Susan Lehman is an extremely insightful, creative and talented editor,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Raab said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unfortunately, the role of Publisher just wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the perfect fit.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Twelve was launched in 2007 with a unique approach \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to publish no more than one book per month \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the results of this intense focus have been remarkable: Twelve has published 43 titles, 20 of which have been New York Times bestsellers, including god is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens and True Compass by the late Senator Ted Kennedy (both of which reached the #1 slot), and Christopher Buckley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s novel Boomsday. Other recent bestsellers include the aforementioned War by Sebastian Junger, as well as Nurtureshock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, and The Sherlockian by Graham Moore.<\/p>\n

At Twelve Goldstein has edited Jess Winfield\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s My Name is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs and Shakespeare, a New York Times Book Review \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Editor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Choice\u00e2\u20ac\u009d; Jerry Weintraub\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s memoir When I Stop Talking, You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll Know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Dead, which was a New York Times bestseller; and Benjamin Hale\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s forthcoming debut novel The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and IndieNext pick for February 2011. Most recently, Goldstein negotiated a two-book deal with Christopher Hitchens for a collection of essays entitled Arguably, scheduled for publication in September 2011, and a book-length meditation on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153malady and mortality,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chronicling Hitchens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ongoing ordeal with esophageal cancer.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining Twelve in July 2006, Goldstein was the Associate Director of Publicity and Director of Web Publicity at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, where he began his career as an intern in 1996. He has also been senior publicist at Basic Books, Director of National Poetry Month for The Academy of American Poets, and buyer and features editor responsible for Fiction, Literature, and Poetry at BarnesandNoble.com.<\/p>\n

Goldstein\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s role is effective immediately. New additions to Twelve\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s staff will be announced shortly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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