Publishing Trends

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

PEOPLE Alison Lazarus , executive VP, director of sales, is retiring and will leave Hachette Book Group next month. Lauren Monaco will be joining Hachette on October 2 as executive VP, director of sales. President and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books , Suzanne Murphy will leave the publisher at the end of the month.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Finan , Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship ( NCAC ), is retiring this summer. At Hachette Book Group , Carolyn Pittis joins as Director, Enterprise Transformation. At Ecco , Cordelia Calvert joins as Director of Publicity. Christopher M. A search for his successor is underway.

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APRIL 24, 2023

At Random House Children’s Books, Joey Ho has been promoted to publicist. She was most recently publicity manager at Interlink Books. Dawn Adams has been promoted to senior art director at Sourcebooks. Michelle Mayhall has been promoted to senior book designer. John Aardema has been promoted to senior art director.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 4, 2023

PEOPLE Marcus Leaver has announced the launch of his new company, Gemini Books Group. Palazzo Editions , Ad Lib Publishers , Mardel Books , and Pimpernel Press. At Hachette Book Group , associate publisher Jaimee Callaway will succeed Bill Newlin , VP and publisher of Avalon Travel , who will be retiring on June 30th, 2024.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 5, 2024

PEOPLE Co-Founders Madeline McIntosh, Nina von Moltke and Don Weisberg announced the launch of Authors Equity, a new collaborative book publisher. At Simon & Schuster , Ali Cutrone , formerly executive director of online sales at Hachette Book Group , is joining as VP of digital and online sales.

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APRIL 23, 2024

PEOPLE At Hachette Book Group , Diana Venitmiglia has joined Balance as executive editor, reporting to publisher Nana Twumasi. Emillia Rhodes has joined Atria Books as executive editor. Melissa Wu is joining HarperCollins Children’s Books as senior financial analyst. She was previously at Sounds True.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Andrea Fleck-Nisbet , founding VP and Publisher of Harper Horizon , will succeed Angela Bole as CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Jordan Rodman has been named Senior Director of Publicity for Vintage Anchor. Most recently she was Director of Publicity at Avid Reader Press.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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. Independent bookstores only account for a small percentage of book sales. And that can be to the serious detriment of those books.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 10, 2023

Chiwoniso Kaitano joins MacDowell as Executive Director, succeeding Interim Director Philip Himberg. Most recently she was Executive Director of global NGO Girl Be Heard. Nathan Rostron joins ZE Books as Interim Publishing and Marketing Director. Rucker was most recently Sales Director at Gibbs Smith.

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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. Sara Bershtel , previously SVP, Publisher at Metropolitan Books , joins Penguin Press as Editor-at-Large. John Snyder joins PR by the Book as Assistant Publicist.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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. At Tin House Books , publisher Craig Popelars has stepped down after four years with the company. McElderry Books , and Denene Millner Books.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

He was previously Director of Financial Analysis at Penguin Random House. Knopf Books for Young Readers , Esther Cajahuaringa , lately Editor at Union Square Kids , joins as Editor. Brandon Proia , formerly Executive Editor at University of North Carolina Press , joins Basic Books as Executive Editor. At Alfred A.

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Publishing Trends

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Melissa Posten , previously Children’s Book Buyer and Director of Inventory at The Novel Neighbor , joins as Telemarketing Account Manager, Southern Region. Additionally, Kayleigh Webb has left her position as Senior Publicist and Marketer at Gallery Books and Saga Press. She was formerly Publicity Director at Oni Press.

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JUNE 14, 2023

PEOPLE Sasha Quinton has been named EVP and president of Scholastic’s School Reading Events , the newly formed division that combines the book fairs and book clubs businesses. Emily Graff has joined Simon Element/Marysue Rucci Books a s executive editor. Jennifer Strada has joined as senior production editor for McElderry Books.

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