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People Round Up, Mid April, 2024

Publishing Trends

Norton , where they have been an acquiring editor since 2020. Crist will be reporting to Callie Garnett , Editorial Director, Adult Trade. At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October. Crist comes from W.W.

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People Round-Up, Mid October 2023

Publishing Trends

She was formerly editorial assistant at Little, Brown and Company. At Macmillan, Bess Braswell has joined as VP and associate publisher at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group ; she was previously senior publishing director of Harlequin’s Inkyard Press. Masie Cochran , editorial director, has been appointed as interim publisher.

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Why Do Publishers Close Imprints?

Jane Friedman

versus the prior year and below their levels from 2020 and 2019. Andrea DeWerd, who runs The Future of Agency and has worked in marketing and publicity at three of the Big Five publishers, says that sometimes imprints spend too much on acquiring books, and “the sales simply aren’t there” to back up big advances. An art director?