Publishing Trends

MAY 6, 2024

PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Craig Mandeville , VP and general manager at Simon & Schuster, will retire effective July 13. Jessica Sorentino has joined as senior marketing and diversified sales manager at Macmillan. Miguel Cervantes , formerly marketing manager at PublicAffairs , has joined Celadon Books as marketing manager.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Sally Poulson will lead both imprints, Priddy Books and Neon Squid as managing director. Joanne Clark will become creative director and Fiona Macdonald will take on the role of publishing director. Erin Pierce is interim publicist and strategic partnerships manager. Sam Priddy will serve as publisher.

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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. At Macmillan , Casey Sears has joined as senior production manager. Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. She was previously director of foreign rights at Curtis Brown.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

Katy DiRienzo , formerly Production Coordinator at Penguin Publishing Group, joins as Reprint Production Manager. Leigh Butler , SVP, and Hal Fassenden , VP, Director of Subsidiary Rights, are retiring from Penguin Publishing Group after forty-five and thirty-six years, respectively. Previously she was Publicity Director at Liveright.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Alisa Trager has joined as managing editor. Robert Naggar has joined as senior director of production operations. Hannah Dragone has joined as senior production manager. Matt Gannon is joining HarperCollins Publishers as senior director of warehouse operations. Shawn Dahl has joined Abrams as art director.

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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. At Scholastic , Richard Gonzalez, Jr.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Lauren Roberts joins Little, Brown , as senior publicity manager. At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October. At Aevitas Creative Management , Adriana Domingeuz is named partner. She was previously at Sounds True.

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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 will still continue to serve in her role as editorial director. He was formerly assistant managing editor at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.

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APRIL 24, 2023

At Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Andrew Unger has joined as business manager. 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. Sonya Harris has joined Chronicle as senior sales manager for special sales.

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Publishing Trends

JANUARY 19, 2023

At Penguin Random House , Vaishali Nayak , previously Senior Marketing Manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books , joins as Assistant Director of Brand Marketing. Erika Semprun joins Dutton , Plume , and Tiny Reparations Books as Social Media Manager. Previously she was Director of Publicity at Ecco.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

He was previously Director of Financial Analysis at Penguin Random House. Maya Battle , previously Associate Director of Audience Development and Category Specialist at Random House , joins as Director of Marketing Intelligence. Most recently he was Manager of Advocacy at the American Chemical Society.

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MARCH 10, 2023

At Longleaf Services , Chris Granville joins as Director of Editorial, Design, and Production Services. He was formerly Production Manager at Duke University Press. At Humanoids , Holly Aitchison , previously Consumer Marketing Manager at Oni Press , joins as Director of Sales. Studios , joins as Director of Marketing.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

He says that business managers across the publishing industry review yearly profit & loss statements, and if an imprint is consistently in the red, watch out. Further, B&N store managers aren’t overstocking categories. A managing editor? An art director? A marketing director?

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Holt VP and Executive Director of Publicity Pat Eisemann is retiring on December 2. Arriel Vinson joins Holt as Marketing Manager, having worked previously as Marketing Coordinator for Catapult / Counterpoint / Soft Skull Press. Brandi Stewart joins as Telesales Account Manager, Western Region. Martin’s Publishing Group.

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JUNE 14, 2023

At Spiegel & Grau , Jess Bonet has joined as marketing director, reporting to publishing director Nicole Dewey. Michelle Waters joins Riverhead as marketing manager. Rachael Marks has joined Chronicle Books as a senior production coordinator and Cydel Virtucio has joined as sales manager for independent specialty sales.

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