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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. They will report to Sourcebooks editorial director Jenne Abramowitz.

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People Round-Up, Early November 2023

Publishing Trends

At Publishers Weekly , art director Clive Chiu will retire at the end of the year. With his departure, Bobby Lawhorn , who is currently deputy art director, will take the lead on print design for the magazine. Lara Starr , associate director of publicity, has left Insight Editions.

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People Round Up, Early February, 2024

Publishing Trends

He was previously executive director of 92Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center. Publishers Marketplace project director, for the past 12 years, Robin Dellabough retired on January 31st. At Hoopla , Stephen Mariasy has joined as an account manager and will be leading the management of active accounts across ebook and audiobook publishers.

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People Round-Up, Mid November 2023

Publishing Trends

Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. At Sourcebooks , Nicole Lecht has joined as associate art director for Bloom Books. Emily Mahon has been promoted to senior art director at Doubleday.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

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. Greg Stadnyk is now Art Director for Atheneum Books for Young Readers and Margaret K.

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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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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. An art director? A marketing director? Publicist Kathleen Schmidt , who has had a long career in traditional publishing, agrees. “If A managing editor?

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