PhotoIn the preface to his novel “Muse,” an affectionate sendup of the publishing industry, Jonathan Galassi pines for a bygone era when “literature was life” and “books were revered, hoarded, collected.”During a publishing career that covers more than four decades, Mr. Galassi, 68, the publisher of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, has often been hailed as one of the last living specimens of a dying breed of scholarly, old-fashioned publishing executives. But after nearly 20 years as FSG’s publisher, Mr. Galassi felt it was time to appoint a successor. Later this year, Mitzi Angel, 43, the publisher of Faber & Faber in London, will join FSG as its new publisher and senior vice president, and will oversee the company’s editorial and marketing operations. Mr. Galassi, who will remain as president and continue to acquire and edit books, summed up his thinking, naturally, by quoting the Italian novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. “Publishing has changed radically in the last 15 years, and we need to hold to the core of what we’re doing, but change what we’re publishing and how we publish.”

Source: New York Times March 08, 2018 15:00 UTC