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People Round Up, Mid-December, 2023

Publishing Trends

At Random House Children’s , Julie Black has been named senior VP of sales strategic planning at Penguin Random House. Kristin Rasmussen , formerly co-executive director at CALIBA , has joined Scholastic as district sales manager. Jane Rotrosen Agency’s Tori Clayton has been promoted to subsidiary rights sales agent.

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Every publishing strategy should start with Amazon and Ingram

The Idea Logical Company

What has happened since the pre-21st Century publishing world I — and so many of the executives now running things in our industry — grew up in is that book sales have shifted and fragmented. Amazon sees its own sales. Ingram will accept it as part of their job description to help you optimize your sales through Amazon.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

Amy Solov joins as Manager of Gift Sales; Anna Shilova , as Product Manager for the Platform Development Team; and Adelynne Chang , as Contracts Associate. Josh Marwell , President of Sales at HarperCollins, is retiring. Morgan Green is now Associate Director of National Distributor Sales. DULY NOTED.

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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

At Blackstone Publishing , Mike Heuer has joined as national sales manager. Amaya Sood has joined as omni channel sales support. Jayashree’ Anderson , formerly gift & toy buyer at Red Balloon Bookshop , has joined Consortium as sales & support representative. Bhaskaran Mani has joined as lead data engineer.

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Self-Publishing Training Manuals And Focusing On Your True Fans With Guy Windsor

The Creative Penn

The rest of it comes from in-person seminars , which is actually my favorite thing. I travel around all over the place teaching seminars in America and Singapore and New Zealand and wherever. Then seminars, teaching in person, SwordPeople, and all the other stuff is sort of the tail end. Those are the two really big earners.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

He has most recently worked as Sales and Marketing Director at Northwestern University Press. Chad Peterson moves up to Account Executive, BJ’s Wholesale Club , while Katie Coscia becomes Director of Sales for Costco and Amy Gorski becomes Director of Sales for Sam’s Club. Key West Literary Seminar. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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What is direct response copywriting? 22 advantages of using direct response copywriting to promote your business

Credible Content

A landing page call-to-action may look like this: Book your seat today for our seminar. ” – Dan Kennedy, The Ultimate Sales Letter. It focuses on crafting compelling messages that generate measurable results, such as sales, leads, or inquiries.” ” “The Ultimate Sales Letter” by Dan S.