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People Round Up, Early May, 2024

Publishing Trends

Stephanie Lewis , director of analytics, was most recently director, business analytics, at Insight Editions ; prior to Insight she held various data analytics positions at Sourcebooks. At Zando , Christopher King , has joined as art director, he was previously associate art director at Penguin Press.

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People Round-Up, Early June 2023

Publishing Trends

PEOPLE Sasha Quinton has been named EVP and president of Scholastic’s School Reading Events , the newly formed division that combines the book fairs and book clubs businesses. Chelsea Hunter has joined Holiday House , Peachtree , and Pixel+Ink as associate art director, novels and middle grade. She was previously at Catapult.

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Why Do Publishers Close Imprints?

Jane Friedman

Some imprint launches are opportunistic, meant to take advantage of current events or a growing market. They are, however, being thrifty with post-acquisition spend, and writers need to understand this. Writers need to be thinking about what critical investments they should be making in their work. An art director?

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People Round-Up, Mid-April 2023

Publishing Trends

He has worked as a freelance writer and editor and a pastor. Dawn Adams has been promoted to senior art director at Sourcebooks. Brittany Vibbert has been promoted to associate creative director, calendars & gift. John Aardema has been promoted to senior art director.

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People Round-Up, Early April 2023

Publishing Trends

Writer Becca Rothfield joins the Washington Post as Book Critic on April 10. Sophia Nguyen joins the paper’s Book World vertical as News and Features Writer, moving over from the national politics desk, where she was Features Editor. At Granta , writer and editor Thomas Meaney will start as Editor in mid-April.

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People Round-Up, Early March 2023

Publishing Trends

At Oxford University Press , Zachary Haynes has left his position as Director of Global Business Development. Sarah Brody joins Sourcebooks as Associate Art Director. Associate Art Director Matt Roeser has left Candlewick Press and can be contacted at roeser.matt@gmail.com. Jay Farahani joins as PHP Web Developer.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

Myers is currently Publisher of Lexham Press and Director of Original Content for Faithlife , makers of Logos Bible Software. Coffey , SVP of Communications and Events, has left the company. At Little, Brown Books for Young Readers , Saho Fujii becomes Executive Art Director. At Macmillan , Ajay Roy joins as COO.