This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
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%
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 ArtDirector for Fiction. Wilson has been named Director, effective January 2023. Lucy Ricketts joins Peachtree as Designer.
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 artdirector for the Knopf Cooks line. COO Joe Mangan has announced his retirement.
At Simon & Schuster , Stuart Roberts , formerly executive editor at Dey Street Books , has joined as VP, executive editor and special projects. Katherine Nintzel will join as VP, editorial director of Atria Books on November 11th. June Park has joined as artdirector, previously she was senior designer at Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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.
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 salesdirector of the Penguin Publishing Group.
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.
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 SalesDirector.
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.
The project took a digital platform and turned it into a physical magazine. Beginning in 2017, the team began focusing on developing content to generate true demand rather than fulfilling requests from sales representatives for ad hoc content. The Ambitions program set out to unify brand efforts. Think beyond the page.
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.
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.
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 salesdirector has departed the company. Celeste Knudson has joined as senior artdirector for children’s.
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.
At HarperCollins , on February 24, Monica Shah joined as VP of childrens sales, overseeing the childrens sales team across the chains, mass merch, online, and in the field. Shah reports to president of sales, Ed Spade. She was previously VP of sales and sales operations at Abrams.
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.
She previously worked in sales at Penguin Random House. She was previously sales account coordinator at Amazon at Candlewick Press. Caroline Bonin has been named business analyst, sales and demand planning. Kristen Frantz has been named COO and SVP of sales & marketing, and joins the board.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 36,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content