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People Round Up, Mid March, 2024

Publishing Trends

ReaderLink Distribution : Lakshmi Jiddu has joined as D365 Finance and operations developer. Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to associate art director at Random House Children’s Books. At Black Dog & Leventhal , Katie Benezra has been promoted to art director.

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People Round-Up, Early April 2023

Publishing Trends

He was a former director of BookExpo America and New York Comic Con. Kleopatra Benyam , formerly Senior Director of Finance at Ralph Lauren , joins as Director of Finance. Lillian Sun is now Production Director, Children’s and Black Dog & Leventhal. At Macmillan , joins as VP of Strategy and Investments.

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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 May, 2024

Publishing Trends

Stephanie Lewis , director of analytics, was most recently director, business analytics, at Insight Editions ; prior to Insight she held various data analytics positions at Sourcebooks. At Zando , Christopher King , has joined as art director, he was previously associate art director at Penguin Press.

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People Round-Up, Early November 2022

Publishing Trends

At Random House Children’s Books , Liz Dresner , lately Senior Art Director for Sourcebooks , joins as Art Director, YA. At Avid Reader Press, Davis Kass , formerly VP and Executive Director of Publicity at Hilsinger Mendelson , joins as Senior Director of Publicity.

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Why Do Publishers Close Imprints?

Jane Friedman

An art director? A marketing director? DeWerd says that the people in leadership or finance always have their eye on potential and immediate solutions to make budget, and sometimes imprint closures may come down to cutting very senior people making high-level salaries. A managing editor?

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

At DK , Scott Grande joins as VP, Commercial Finance & Operations for North America. He was previously Director of Financial Analysis at Penguin Random House. At ReaderLink Distribution Services , Shadrack Orina joins as Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Developer for Information Technology.