Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harlequin Teen (started in 2009) was relaunched as Inkyard in 2019, publishing both YA and middle-grade fiction. It’s only logical: Publishing is a business, and if the imprint doesn’t earn its keep, there’s only so long it can continue. Publicist Kathleen Schmidt , who has had a long career in traditional publishing, agrees. “If

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APRIL 8, 2024

PEOPLE Penguin Random House , Anna Paustenbach will join Avery Publishing as executive editor on April 1st. Jen Schwabinger , VP and director, sales development is departing after 40 years with the company. Alison Martin is named SVP of customer solutions, analytics, projects, and strategy, and Jeanie Wood will report to her.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

PEOPLE Bloomsbury Publishing has appointed Sabrina McCarthy as president of Bloomsbury US , effective in early April. Previously, she was the VP and general manager of Ingram Publisher Services. Macmillan president, sales & marketing, Jennifer Gonzalez , has been named SVP publisher of Sourebooks children’s books.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

At Frankfurter Buchmesse , Christian Ebert will join as director of strategic marketing and sales, as of Jan 1st, 2024. At Tor Publishing Group , Erika Tsang has joined their imprint Bramble as executive editor. Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

PEOPLE At Penguin Random House , Roseanne Serra , VP and director of art and design and Paul Buckley , senior VP and executive creative designer have left Penguin Publishing Group. At Simon & Schuster , Elizabeth Huang has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing as a digital marketing assistant.

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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. McIntosh holds the title of CEO and Publisher, von Moltke is President and Weisberg is Senior Advisor. Sam Priddy will serve as publisher.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Penguin Young Readers , Ken Wright , President and Publisher of the Viking , Philomel , and Flamingo Publishing Group , will retire at the end of January 2023. Dan Reynolds , SVP and Publisher of Workman Publishing , will retire at the end of the year. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023.

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