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People Round Up, Early April, 2024

Publishing Trends

Jen Schwabinger , VP and director, sales development is departing after 40 years with the company. Alison Martin is named SVP of customer solutions, analytics, projects, and strategy, and Jeanie Wood will report to her. She was previously at Penguin Random House as imprint sales director of the Penguin Publishing Group.

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People Round-Up, Mid November 2023

Publishing Trends

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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People Round Up, Mid August 2024

Publishing Trends

At Simon & Schuster , Ingrid Paredes , formerly special projects manager at Scholastic , has joined as manager for corporate and premium sales and special markets. Dan Vidra , international sales director has departed the company. Celeste Knudson has joined as senior art director for children’s.

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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. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023. Lucy Ricketts joins Peachtree as Designer.

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Why Do Publishers Close Imprints?

Jane Friedman

The most straightforward explanation for imprint closures: lack of sufficient sales. If the acquiring editors of the imprint are bringing in projects that aren’t selling well enough as frontlist titles, chances are they will not backlist well. In 2022, children’s hardcover sales were down 12.5%

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People Round-Up, Early April 2023

Publishing Trends

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. Anna Goolsby joins Dreamscape Media as Content Marketing Specialist.

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People Round-Up, Mid-January 2023

Publishing Trends

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.