Publishing Trends

JUNE 14, 2023

Carlos Hernandez has joined PRH Grupo Editorial as director of sales, special markets, focusing on the Origen imprint. He previously held senior sales positions at Editorial Unilit , Grupo Nelson , and Harper Christian. VP, creative director at Harper Children’s Barbara Fitzsimmons is retiring on June 30.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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 William Morrow Group , Melissa Esner , formerly deputy director of marketing at Crown , has joined as senior director of marketing.

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Publishing Trends

AUGUST 24, 2023

Jim Milliot , who has been editorial director of Publishers Weekly since 2014, will be retiring at the end of the year. Jonathan Segura has been named editorial director. David Adams has been appointed reviews director. At Doubleday , Director of interior design Maria Carella will retire.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He was most recently Director of Consumer Insights at Ingram Content Group. At Penguin Young Readers , Ken Wright , President and Publisher of the Viking , Philomel , and Flamingo Publishing Group , will retire at the end of January 2023. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. PROMOTIONS.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

She was formerly Editorial Director of Oprah’s Book Club and Books Editor for O Magazine. Adam Philips , previously Director of Marketing at Dynamite Entertainment , joins AWA Studios as Director of Sales and Trade Marketing. Talia Behrend-Wilcox is promoted to Associate Director, Subsidiary Rights.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Jesse Myers has been named President and CEO of Baker Publishing , effective May 1, 2023, and is the first person outside the Baker family to hold the position. Myers is currently Publisher of Lexham Press and Director of Original Content for Faithlife , makers of Logos Bible Software. Kim Lauber moves up to VP, Children’s Marketing.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 8, 2024

At Random House , Sara Birmingham will join May 6 as executive editor, reporting to VP editor in chief Ben Greenburg and working closely with editorial director Caitlin McKenna , to expand the fiction list. Working at Lagardère for 54 years, Leroy had been chair and CEO of Hachette Livre from 2021 to 2023 as well.

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