Publishing Trends

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. Rachel Ake has been promoted to associate art director at Modern Library.

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MARCH 19, 2024

The American Booksellers Association announced Preethi Kannath has joined the education team as lead instructional designer. In Agency News… At Laura Dail Literary Agency , Jennifer Udden has joined as literary agent. Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to associate art director at Random House Children’s Books.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Barnes & Noble Education , Hunter Blankenbaker joins as VP of Investor Relations. 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. PROMOTIONS.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 23, 2024

Crist will be reporting to Callie Garnett , Editorial Director, Adult Trade. At Simon & Schuster , Jasmine Normil has joined as children’s education & library marketing coordinator. At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

Most recently she was Division Director of Curriculum, Digital Media, and Communications at the Smithsonian Science Education Center. In agency news… Jana Hanson , formerly Agent at Metamorphosis Literary Agency , joins D4EO Literary Agency as Agent. At Monkfish Publishing , author and publishing veteran Jon M.

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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. At Milkweed Editions , Joanna Demkiewicz , marketing director is leaving.

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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. Robert Imfeld is now Director of Marketing at HarperCollins Children’s Books.

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