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People Round Up, Early April, 2024

Publishing Trends

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. Podium Audio has named Kate Runde head of acquisitions and Shannon Frost has been named director, growth marketing.

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People Round Up, Early February, 2024

Publishing Trends

Macmillan president, sales & marketing, Jennifer Gonzalez , has been named SVP publisher of Sourebooks children’s books. Wendy Ceballos has joined HarperCollins in the newly created role of director of retail marketing. Amanda Woods has joined Zondervan as publicity director. His last day will be February 9th.

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People Round-Up, Early November 2023

Publishing Trends

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. Sabrina Papas has joined Penguin Random House Canada as marketing and publicity coordinator. At William B.

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People Round-Up, Mid November 2023

Publishing Trends

At Frankfurter Buchmesse , Christian Ebert will join as director of strategic marketing and sales, as of Jan 1st, 2024. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. At HarperCollins , Frank Albanese , SVP, market insight & sales operations will be leaving after 30 years with the company.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

McAveney has been working as Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Integrated Media. At Open Road, Peter McCarthy has become Chief Marketing Officer, succeeding Mary McAveney. He was most recently Director of Consumer Insights at Ingram Content Group. Lucy Ricketts joins Peachtree as Designer.

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Why Do Publishers Close Imprints?

Jane Friedman

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 the case of Razorbill and Inkyard, it helps to consider current sales trends: The children’s market has been declining. In 2022, children’s hardcover sales were down 12.5%

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People Round-Up, Early March 2023

Publishing Trends

PEOPLE Nina von Moltke , President and Director of Strategic Development at Penguin Random House , is leaving the company in May. In other PRH news Marissa Secreto joins Penguin Random House Audio as Marketing Associate. Nathan Rostron joins ZE Books as Interim Publishing and Marketing Director.