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. He has most recently worked as Sales and Marketing Director at Northwestern University Press.

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Publishing Trends

MAY 6, 2024

Stephanie Lewis , director of analytics, was most recently director, business analytics, at Insight Editions ; prior to Insight she held various data analytics positions at Sourcebooks. At Zando , Christopher King , has joined as art director, he was previously associate art director at Penguin Press.

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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 Ten Speed Press , Ginee Seo has joined in the newly created position of VP, editorial director of children’s publishing, reporting to publisher Aaron Wehner.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 23, 2024

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. At The Future of Agency , Francesca Carlos has joined as content and digital marketing strategist.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 19, 2023

At Zando , Hayley Wagreich joins as Director of Original Development and will manage the launch of Zando Projects, which will manage the development of original content with company partners. Kevin McLain , formerly Editorial VP at Avalon Travel , joins Timber Press as Editorial Director.

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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.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

She was formerly Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club and Books Editor for O Magazine. Adam Philips , previously Director of Marketing at Dynamite Entertainment , joins AWA Studios as Director of Sales and Trade Marketing. Talia Behrend-Wilcox is promoted to Associate Director, Subsidiary Rights.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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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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. Arune Singh has been promoted to VP of brand and editorial at Skybound. Norton as senior editor.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 24, 2023

Brianna Skelly has joined Scholastic as editorial assistant. PROMOTIONS At Penguin Publishing Group, Tawanna Sullivan has been promoted to senior director and will continue to sell foreign and domestic rights for Berkley. Janel Brown to managing editor on the trade managing editorial team.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 10, 2023

Most recently she was Executive Director of global NGO Girl Be Heard. Nathan Rostron joins ZE Books as Interim Publishing and Marketing Director. He was most recently Editorial and Marketing Director at Restless Books. At Longleaf Services , Chris Granville joins as Director of Editorial, Design, and Production Services.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Following a reorganization, Leigh Haber has left her position as VP of Books at Oprah Daily and Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club. On January 1, Traci Lester will step down as Executive Director of The Center for Fiction to pursue other opportunities. In agency news… Laurel Symonds joins KT Literary as Literary Agent.

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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

Diane Landolf has announced a new children’s editorial business, Diane Landolf Editorial. 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.

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Publishing Trends

JUNE 14, 2023

Carlos Hernandez has joined PRH Grupo Editorial as director of sales, special markets, focusing on the Origen imprint. He previously held senior sales positions at Editorial Unilit , Grupo Nelson , and Harper Christian. Jennifer Weis has launched The Weis Agency , based in New York City. She was previously at Catapult.

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