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. In agency news… Ann Rose , formerly of Prospect Agency , joins The Tobias Agency as Literary Agent.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 5, 2024

In Agency News… Stephanie Winter has joined KO Media Management as literary agent. Laura Crockett has been promoted to senior literary agency and foreign rights manager at TriadaUS Literary Agency. Molly Ketcheson has joined Wolfson Literary Agency as literary agent. Zibby Media has promoted Anne Messite to president.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

In agency news… Jana Hanson , formerly Agent at Metamorphosis Literary Agency , joins D4EO Literary Agency as Agent. Allison Devereux joins Trellis Literary Management as Agent; she was previously Agent and Foreign Rights Director at the Cheney Agency. Sweeney will join as Partner and Associate Publisher on May 1.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. At Sourcebooks , Nicole Lecht has joined as associate art director for Bloom Books. Emily Mahon has been promoted to senior art director at Doubleday.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Jordan Rodman has been named Senior Director of Publicity for Vintage Anchor. Most recently she was Director of Publicity at Avid Reader Press. At Random House Children’s Books , Liz Dresner , lately Senior Art Director for Sourcebooks , joins as Art Director, YA. Lori Galvin is now Senior Agent at Aevitas.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Matt Gannon is joining HarperCollins Publishers as senior director of warehouse operations. Kelsey Manning has joined as director of marketing for The Morrow Group. Shawn Dahl has joined Abrams as art director. She is the co-author of Brooklyn Street Style. Maria Goldverg will join Liveright , the imprint of W.W.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 23, 2024

At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October. In Agency News… At The Book Group , Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has joined in the new hybrid role of director of strategy & business development, literary agent, starting in June.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 19, 2023

At Tuttle Publishing , Laura Ferguson joins as Sales and Marketing Director. In agency news… Kristina Sutton Lennon , founder of Focused Artists , joins Context Literary Agency as Director of Media Rights, Translation Rights Agent, and Junior Agent. Sarah Sisterson becomes Art Director at Sourcebooks.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 24, 2023

Cecilia Lyra has been promoted to literary agent at P.S. Literary Agency. Dawn Adams has been promoted to senior art director at Sourcebooks. Brittany Vibbert has been promoted to associate creative director, calendars & gift. John Aardema has been promoted to senior art director.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 10, 2023

At Oxford University Press , Zachary Haynes has left his position as Director of Global Business Development. Sarah Brody joins Sourcebooks as Associate Art Director. Associate Art Director Matt Roeser has left Candlewick Press and can be contacted at roeser.matt@gmail.com. Jay Farahani joins as PHP Web Developer.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In Agency news : Amy Bishop-Wycisk has joined Trellis Literary Management as agent. Harriet Poland has joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA) as an agent. Elinor Davies has been appointed as associate literary agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency. Katie Klimowicz has been promoted to associate art director.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In agency news… Laurel Symonds joins KT Literary as Literary Agent. She was previously Literary Agent at The Bent Agency. Additionally, Fernanda Martínez has launched an editorial services agency, Fernanda Literary Services. At Little, Brown Books for Young Readers , Saho Fujii becomes Executive Art Director.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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? A marketing director? A managing editor?

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 6, 2022

In agency news, Adefisayo Adeyeye joins Andrea Brown Literary Agency as Contracts/Royalty Coordinator. She was formerly Publicity Director at Oni Press. Most recently she was Art Director at Hello!Lucky. In agency news… Keely Boeving has been promoted to Senior Agent at WordServe Literary.

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Publishing Trends

JUNE 14, 2023

Jennifer Weis has launched The Weis Agency , based in New York City. Weis was a senior agent at Ross Yoon Agency , which was recently acquired by WME , and previously executive editor at St. Shannon O’Neill joins the agency as editorial director. Foreign rights will be handled by Kimberly Whalen at The Whalen Agency.

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