Publishing Trends

APRIL 8, 2024

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. She was previously at Penguin Random House as imprint sales director of the Penguin Publishing Group.

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Publishing Trends

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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. She was most recently senior vice president of the adult sales group at HarperCollins.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

At Scholastic , Annie Krege , formerly marketing intern at Astra Books for Young Readers has joined as trade sales assistant. At Sourcebooks , Jenne Abramowitz has joined as editorial director for Jabberwocky , Young Readers , and Fire Children’s Imprint. She previously was the editorial director at Scholastic. At William B.

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Publishing Trends

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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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The most straightforward explanation for imprint closures: lack of sufficient sales. If the acquiring editors of the imprint are bringing in projects that aren’t selling well enough as frontlist titles, chances are they will not backlist well. In 2022, children’s hardcover sales were down 12.5%

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

At Macmillan , SVP, Communications and Events Erin Coffey is leaving the company on December 1. Francesca Oddo-Budinoff joins as Director, Marketing Strategy she was previously Senior Global Marketing Manager at Edelman. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. McElderry Books.

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 5, 2024

At One Signal Publishers , Alessandra Bastagli , has joined as VP and publisher, she was previously editorial director at Astra House. She succeeds founding publisher Julia Cheiffetz. 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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