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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. Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to associate art director at Random House Children’s Books. Eric Chinski , has been promoted to editorial director, nonfiction at FSG.

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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, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

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. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023. Yana Hosken moves up to Director, Accounting.

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People Round-Up, Mid-April 2023

Publishing Trends

Brianna Skelly has joined Scholastic as editorial assistant. PROMOTIONS At Penguin Publishing Group, Tawanna Sullivan has been promoted to senior director and will continue to sell foreign and domestic rights for Berkley. Emily Reardon has been promoted to assistant director of publicity at Knopf.

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People Round-Up, Early April 2023

Publishing Trends

He was a former director of BookExpo America and New York Comic Con. Kleopatra Benyam , formerly Senior Director of Finance at Ralph Lauren , joins as Director of Finance. She was formerly Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club and Books Editor for O Magazine.

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People Round-Up, Early November 2022

Publishing Trends

At Random House Children’s Books , Liz Dresner , lately Senior Art Director for Sourcebooks , joins as Art Director, YA. At Avid Reader Press, Davis Kass , formerly VP and Executive Director of Publicity at Hilsinger Mendelson , joins as Senior Director of Publicity.

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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. He was previously Director of Financial Analysis at Penguin Random House. Following a reorganization, Leigh Haber has left her position as VP of Books at Oprah Daily and Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club.