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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

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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People Round-Up, Early November 2022

Publishing Trends

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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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

Maya Battle , previously Associate Director of Audience Development and Category Specialist at Random House , joins as Director of Marketing Intelligence. Amy Solov joins as Manager of Gift Sales; Anna Shilova , as Product Manager for the Platform Development Team; and Adelynne Chang , as Contracts Associate.

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People Round-Up, Early October 2022

Publishing Trends

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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Why Do Publishers Close Imprints?

Jane Friedman

The most straightforward explanation for imprint closures: lack of sufficient sales. While there isn’t a specific frontlist sales number associated with being a profitable backlist title, publishers often know, based on similar books, which ones have the ability to sell steadily over time. An art director?

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People Round-Up, Early December 2023

Publishing Trends

He previously was the CEO of The Quarto Group until 2018 and the co-founder of Welbeck Publishing Group until late 2022 where it was then sold to Hachette UK. At Penguin Random House SVP, sales & customer operations John Bohman will retire on December 15 as part of the company’s VSO. Shawn Dahl has joined Abrams as art director.