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

At Macmillan Publishers , Madeline Winter has joined as sales and business development specialist at Macmillan. Jessica Sorentino has joined as senior marketing and diversified sales manager at Macmillan. HarperCollins has announced Mary Beth Thomas , the VP and director of independent retail sales, has left the company.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

At Frankfurter Buchmesse , Christian Ebert will join as director of strategic marketing and sales, as of Jan 1st, 2024. Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. COO Joe Mangan has announced his retirement.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 19, 2023

Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski joins Henry Holt as VP, Executive Director of Publicity. Previously she was Director of Publicity at Ecco. At Macmillan, Amy Solov , lately Sales Representative, Special Sales at Gibbs Smith , joins as Manager, Gift Sales. Dale Wilstermann joins Dexterity as Executive Sales Director.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 23, 2024

Crist will be reporting to Callie Garnett , Editorial Director, Adult Trade. At HarperCollins , Jefferey Chin has joined as sales analyst. At Zando , Ashley Alberico joins as director of sales, reporting to head of sales & publishing Andrew Rein. She was previously VP, associate publisher at Henry Holt.

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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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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. Kalie Barnes-Young joins Morrow as Assistant Marketing Manager.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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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DECEMBER 4, 2023

At Penguin Random House SVP, sales & customer operations John Bohman will retire on December 15 as part of the company’s VSO. Matt Gannon is joining HarperCollins Publishers as senior director of warehouse operations. Kelsey Manning has joined as director of marketing for The Morrow Group.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 24, 2023

He was most recently retail sales manager/digital strategy specialist at Grove Atlantic. Sonya Harris has joined Chronicle as senior sales manager for special sales. At Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, Tim McCall has joined as trade sales director. Brianna Skelly has joined Scholastic as editorial assistant.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Kristen Klemens has joined as client manager for Simon & Schuster Publishing Services , She was formerly partner manager for trade sales and marketing at Rebel Girls. She was formerly editorial assistant at Little, Brown and Company. Popelars was formerly the director of marketing for Algonquin Books and joined Tin House in 2019.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 10, 2023

At HarperCollins , SVP, International Sales David Wolfson has retired and SVP, Sales and Associate Publisher for the children’s division Andrea Pappenheimer has departed the company. He was most recently Editorial and Marketing Director at Restless Books. Rucker was most recently Sales Director at Gibbs Smith.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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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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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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.

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