Publishing Trends

APRIL 8, 2024

John Sicilliano is now executive editor for Viking and Penguin Life , in addition to his current title of executive editor for Penguin Classics and Penguin Books. She was previously director of Belknap Publishing at Harvard University Press. At Hachette Book Group , Pierre Leroy is retiring as deputy chief executive officer.

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Macmillan president, sales & marketing, Jennifer Gonzalez , has been named SVP publisher of Sourebooks children’s books. Yaniv Soha has joined Atria Books and Simon & Schuster as executive editor. At Penguin Random House ’s imprint, Portfolio , Casey Ebro joins as executive editor, reporting to Niki Papadopoulos.

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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. Ritsuko Okumura has been promoted to senior director and will sell foreign rights for Putnam, Avery, and Portfolio, reporting to Khan. John Aardema has been promoted to senior art director.

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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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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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