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People Round-Up, Mid-August 2023

Publishing Trends

At Doubleday , Director of interior design Maria Carella will retire. SVP and creative director John Fontana will retire after 23 years as part of the company’s VSO offer. Bill Smith now has an expanded role as director of marketing and sales. Jessica Pellien takes on the newly created role of head of communications.

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People Round Up, Early March, 2024

Publishing Trends

And Felicia Quon , previously VP of marketing and communications at Simon & Schuster Canada , has joined Page Two as sales director. Sally Poulson will lead both imprints, Priddy Books and Neon Squid as managing director. DULY NOTED The Jerusalem International Book Forum has postponed their event until 2025.

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People Round-Up, Mid-April 2023

Publishing Trends

At Macmillan, Kelly Collins has joined as VP, communications and community. She was previously global head of internal communications at cybersecurity firm Synk. 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, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

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. November 11-27. Montreal, QC.

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People Round-Up, Mid November 2023

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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 Curtis Brown , Karin Schulze has joined as director of foreign rights. She was previously director of subsidiary rights at Abrams Books.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

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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. Robert Imfeld is now Director of Marketing at HarperCollins Children’s Books. At Macmillan , Ajay Roy joins as COO. January 5-8.

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People Round-Up, Early April 2023

Publishing Trends

Most recently she was Division Director of Curriculum, Digital Media, and Communications at the Smithsonian Science Education Center. At First Second , Kirk Benshoff has been promoted to Creative Director, while Sunny Lee moves up to Associate Art Director and Samia Fakih becomes Assistant Editor.