Publishing Trends

MARCH 19, 2024

Shea Dunlop has joined as sales assistant. Megan Zimlich is being promoted to senior manager of digital content at Kensington Publishing Chronicle Books has named Christina Amini as publisher of gift and she will also work in partnership with Chronicle’s Games & Toys. At Phaidon , Audrée Damiba is joining as marketing manager.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. At Blackstone Publishing , Mike Heuer has joined as national sales manager. Amaya Sood has joined as omni channel sales support.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

See Promotions, below, for changes at Ingram. Macmillan president, sales & marketing, Jennifer Gonzalez , has been named SVP publisher of Sourebooks children’s books. At Abrams, Christine Edwards will join as senior vice president of sales on February 12. Kristin Rasmussen has joined as district sales manager.

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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. Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. COO Joe Mangan has announced his retirement.

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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. Sean Buckley is joining the independent sales team as telesales account manager at Simon & Schuster.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Barnes & Noble Education , Hunter Blankenbaker joins as VP of Investor Relations. 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. PROMOTIONS.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Adam Philips , previously Director of Marketing at Dynamite Entertainment , joins AWA Studios as Director of Sales and Trade Marketing. Most recently she was Division Director of Curriculum, Digital Media, and Communications at the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Martin’s Paperbacks and St. Martin’s Griffin.

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