The former head of Doubleday has a new job at Random House. Stephen Rubin will be the new executive vice president and publisher at large. He will report to Random House CEO Markus Dohle.
The man who published "The Da Vinci Code" has a new job at Random House, two months after his division was dismantled in a companywide reorganization.
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At Doubleday, Rubin published Dan Brown's megaseller, along with blockbusters by John Grisham and Pat Conroy. Doubleday was shut down and its imprints dispersed after Random House reduced its major divisions from five to three in December.
Rubin's responsibilities include collaborating with Random House publishers worldwide on book acquisitions and continuing to work on projects with Grisham, Conroy and other writers.
The move certainly makes sense. If you don't have a position available for the man who published The Da Vinci Code, then you simply create one. You certainly don't let him get away, even if you just demolished his book imprint.
