Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Lisa Beech joins Nelson Books as Director of Publicity; previously, she was Associate Director of Publicity at WaterBrook & Multnomah. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023. Lucy Ricketts joins Peachtree as Designer.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At Penguin Random House , David Phethean , VP, Mass Merchandise, National Accounts and Distributor Sales, will retire at the end of the year. Jordan Rodman has been named Senior Director of Publicity for Vintage Anchor. Most recently she was Director of Publicity at Avid Reader Press. At Scholastic , Richard Gonzalez, Jr.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The most straightforward explanation for imprint closures: lack of sufficient sales. If the acquiring editors of the imprint are bringing in projects that aren’t selling well enough as frontlist titles, chances are they will not backlist well. In 2022, children’s hardcover sales were down 12.5%

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Jazz Key joins Macmillan as Associate Sales Manager, Special Markets, and Lauren McNamara joins as Coordinator, Custom Sales. Gregory Brandenburgh joins Mango Publishing ’s international rights and sales team. Aliya Burke joins as Associate Director of Marketing; she was previously Marketing Manager at FSB Associates.

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