Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

At Frankfurter Buchmesse , Christian Ebert will join as director of strategic marketing and sales, as of Jan 1st, 2024. Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. COO Joe Mangan has announced his retirement.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski joins Henry Holt as VP, Executive Director of Publicity. Previously she was Director of Publicity at Ecco. At Macmillan, Amy Solov , lately Sales Representative, Special Sales at Gibbs Smith , joins as Manager, Gift Sales. Dale Wilstermann joins Dexterity as Executive Sales Director.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

At Penguin Random House , David Phethean , VP, Mass Merchandise, National Accounts and Distributor Sales, will retire at the end of the year. Jordan Rodman has been named Senior Director of Publicity for Vintage Anchor. Most recently she was Director of Publicity at Avid Reader Press. At Scholastic , Richard Gonzalez, Jr.

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MAY 6, 2024

At Macmillan Publishers , Madeline Winter has joined as sales and business development specialist at Macmillan. Jessica Sorentino has joined as senior marketing and diversified sales manager at Macmillan. HarperCollins has announced Mary Beth Thomas , the VP and director of independent retail sales, has left the company.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Maya Battle , previously Associate Director of Audience Development and Category Specialist at Random House , joins as Director of Marketing Intelligence. Amy Solov joins as Manager of Gift Sales; Anna Shilova , as Product Manager for the Platform Development Team; and Adelynne Chang , as Contracts Associate.

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Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The most straightforward explanation for imprint closures: lack of sufficient sales. While there isn’t a specific frontlist sales number associated with being a profitable backlist title, publishers often know, based on similar books, which ones have the ability to sell steadily over time. An art director?

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Kristen Klemens has joined as client manager for Simon & Schuster Publishing Services , She was formerly partner manager for trade sales and marketing at Rebel Girls. In Agency news : Amy Bishop-Wycisk has joined Trellis Literary Management as agent. Harriet Poland has joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA) as an agent.

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MARCH 10, 2023

At HarperCollins , SVP, International Sales David Wolfson has retired and SVP, Sales and Associate Publisher for the children’s division Andrea Pappenheimer has departed the company. At Humanoids , Holly Aitchison , previously Consumer Marketing Manager at Oni Press , joins as Director of Sales.

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APRIL 23, 2024

At HarperCollins , Jefferey Chin has joined as sales analyst. At Atlantic Books , due to restructuring, nonfiction publishing director Poppy Hampson has left the company. At Zando , Ashley Alberico joins as director of sales, reporting to head of sales & publishing Andrew Rein. She was previously at IndieWire.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

Jazz Key joins Macmillan as Associate Sales Manager, Special Markets, and Lauren McNamara joins as Coordinator, Custom Sales. Gregory Brandenburgh joins Mango Publishing ’s international rights and sales team. Aliya Burke joins as Associate Director of Marketing; she was previously Marketing Manager at FSB Associates.

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JULY 23, 2024

Farrin Jacobs , most recently VP and editorial director at Little Brown Books for Young Readers , will join Random House Studios as executive editor on July 29th. Selene Covarrubias has joined as sales development manager for latinx market. Abrams has Nicole Valdez joining as marketing director at Abrams ComicArts.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

At Penguin Random House SVP, sales & customer operations John Bohman will retire on December 15 as part of the company’s VSO. Matt Gannon is joining HarperCollins Publishers as senior director of warehouse operations. Kelsey Manning has joined as director of marketing for The Morrow Group.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Macmillan president, sales & marketing, Jennifer Gonzalez , has been named SVP publisher of Sourebooks children’s books. At Abrams, Christine Edwards will join as senior vice president of sales on February 12. She was most recently senior vice president of the adult sales group at HarperCollins.

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APRIL 24, 2023

He was most recently retail sales manager/digital strategy specialist at Grove Atlantic. Sonya Harris has joined Chronicle as senior sales manager for special sales. At Baker & Taylor Publisher Services, Tim McCall has joined as trade sales director. John Aardema has been promoted to senior art director.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

At Scholastic , Annie Krege , formerly marketing intern at Astra Books for Young Readers has joined as trade sales assistant. At Sourcebooks , Jenne Abramowitz has joined as editorial director for Jabberwocky , Young Readers , and Fire Children’s Imprint. She previously was the editorial director at Scholastic. At William B.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

PEOPLE Alison Lazarus , executive VP, director of sales, is retiring and will leave Hachette Book Group next month. Lauren Monaco will be joining Hachette on October 2 as executive VP, director of sales. Sean Buckley is joining the independent sales team as telesales account manager at Simon & Schuster.

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MARCH 5, 2024

At One Signal Publishers , Alessandra Bastagli , has joined as VP and publisher, she was previously editorial director at Astra House. She succeeds founding publisher Julia Cheiffetz. 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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