Melanie Saxton

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

I help business leaders chronicle their journeys by copywriting corporate books and ghostwriting memoirs and autobiographies. Corporate books can include the trajectory upward, from founding to Fortune 500 status. I either write or edit these amazing books for business clients or on behalf of authors who cover the topics below.

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MARCH 5, 2024

PEOPLE Co-Founders Madeline McIntosh, Nina von Moltke and Don Weisberg announced the launch of Authors Equity, a new collaborative book publisher. 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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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

PEOPLE Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch , is transitioning to the role of Chairman, and will be succeeded by Hachette UK CEO , David Shelley , who will take on both HBG and HUK roles. Richard Kiston , deputy CEO of Hachette UK, will be taking on the same role for Hachette Book Group. COO Joe Mangan has announced his retirement.

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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 director of Belknap Publishing at Harvard University Press. She was previously at Ecco.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

At Random House Publishing Group , EVP and executive director of publishing operations Lisa Feuer will retire in December after 22 years at the company. Seema Mahanian joins Pamela Dorman Books as senior editor and reports to Dorman. David Adams has been appointed reviews director. She was previously at Grand Centra l.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

She first joined S&S in 2008 after three years as publisher of Rodale Books. She was previously the senior director or marketing at Morrow. She was formerly the managing editor at PowerHouse Books. Little Bee Books and Yellow Jacket’s associate editor, Jaime Gelman will now acquire trade books for both imprints.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Jordan Bishop joins Random House Children’s Books as Digital Marketing Associate. 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. McElderry Books.

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