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People Round Up, Early March, 2024

Publishing Trends

In addition Robin Desser has been named Editorial Advisor, Carly Gorga is Chief Marketing Officer and Andrea Bachofen has the role of COO. At Bloomsbury Continuum , editorial director Robin Baird-Smith left the company after 24 years at the end of February. She was previously VP of sales at Callisto Media.

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People Round-Up, Early October 2023

Publishing Trends

At HarperCollins , Stephanie Sano has joined as senior director of finance. and international finance of HarperCollins , will now oversee the publisher’s U.S. General Books Group and Children’s Books finance team. Most recently, she was the VP editorial director of Penguin Random House Convergent and Image Imprints.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

At DK , Scott Grande joins as VP, Commercial Finance & Operations for North America. Following a reorganization, Leigh Haber has left her position as VP of Books at Oprah Daily and Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club. In agency news… Laurel Symonds joins KT Literary as Literary Agent.

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People Round Up, Mid March, 2024

Publishing Trends

ReaderLink Distribution : Lakshmi Jiddu has joined as D365 Finance and operations developer. She was previously managing editorial assistant at Abrams. In Agency News… At Laura Dail Literary Agency , Jennifer Udden has joined as literary agent. Eric Chinski , has been promoted to editorial director, nonfiction at FSG.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

At Wonderwell , Eva Avery joins as Editorial Director. In agency news… Ann Rose , formerly of Prospect Agency , joins The Tobias Agency as Literary Agent. Sera Rivers joins Speilburg Literary Agency as Literary Agent; she was previously at Martin Literary Management. She was previously Editor at Chronicle Prism.

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People Round-Up, Mid-January 2023

Publishing Trends

Previously he was VP, Finance at Cengage Learning. Kevin McLain , formerly Editorial VP at Avalon Travel , joins Timber Press as Editorial 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.

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People Round-Up, Early November 2022

Publishing Trends

Catherine Woods joins MIT Press as Executive Editor for Economics, Finance, and Business. Bold Type Books eliminated the role of Editorial Director Hillary Brenhouse due to “changes in the partnership between the Type Media Center and Hachette.” At Donald Maass Literary Agency , Jolene Haley joins as Literary Agent.