Jane Friedman

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Harlequin Teen (started in 2009) was relaunched as Inkyard in 2019, publishing both YA and middle-grade fiction. It’s only logical: Publishing is a business, and if the imprint doesn’t earn its keep, there’s only so long it can continue. Publicist Kathleen Schmidt , who has had a long career in traditional publishing, agrees. “If

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Publishing Trends

MARCH 19, 2024

At Penguin Random House , Suzanne Herz is rejoining Penguin Random House as publisher of John Grisham , on April 15th, and will report to chief revenue officer Jaci Updike. Marisa Nakasone has joined Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group as designer. Cassie Gitkins has joined Random House Publishing Group as production editor.

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Publishing Trends

APRIL 6, 2023

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. Katy DiRienzo , formerly Production Coordinator at Penguin Publishing Group, joins as Reprint Production Manager. Christopher M.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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. Dan Reynolds , SVP and Publisher of Workman Publishing , will retire at the end of the year. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023.

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Publishing Trends

MAY 6, 2024

At Macmillan Publishers , Madeline Winter has joined as sales and business development specialist at Macmillan. 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. Kiehl as executive director.

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Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Andrea Fleck-Nisbet , founding VP and Publisher of Harper Horizon , will succeed Angela Bole as CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association. At Random House Children’s Books , Liz Dresner , lately Senior Art Director for Sourcebooks , joins as Art Director, YA.

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2022

At DK , Scott Grande joins as VP, Commercial Finance & Operations for North America. He was previously Director of Financial Analysis at Penguin Random House. 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.

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