Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.
Book Slop Mountain- Are There Too Many Books?
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Taylor & Francis to Use AI to Translate Books
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.
What AI Tools Are Used to Bolster Research Integrity?
Who Has The Book Industry Swooning For Romantasy?
Meta Expośe Tops Bestseller Chart Despite Company’s Attempts to Ban
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The Galley Brag- The Book World’s Status Symbol
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.
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PEOPLE
At Penguin Random House, Parisa Ebrahimi will join Riverhead as VP, executive editor, beginning March 24. She was previously at Hogarth. At PRH Christian Publishing, Madison Trammel joined as editorial director, reporting to Laura Barker, VP and publisher. All nonfiction editors acquiring for the WaterBrook, Multnomah, Image and Forum imprints will report to Trammel. He was most recently publisher of B&H Publishing’s academic team. Julie Coryell joins Penguin Publishing Group as publicist, backlist. At Ten Speed Press and Clarkson Potter, Natalie Yera-Campbell has been promoted to publicist.
At Simon & Schuster, Noelle Brown has joined as publicity manager and Brit Smith has joined as editor at Adams Media.
At HarperCollins, on February 24, Monica Shah joined as VP of children’s sales, overseeing the children’s 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.
At Macmillan, Aliya Burke has joined 23rd Street Books as brand manager. Cara Reilly joins Holt as senior editor. Previously she was editor at Doubleday. Andrew Cox joined as director, data strategy, digital marketing. Kate Gester joined as senior director, strategic projects, business development. Christopher Picillo joined as manager, site reliability, technology. Norm Villacorte joined as senior director, project management, technology.
At the Center For Fiction, Erroll McDonald has stepped down after seven years. Board treasurer Nina von Moltke was unanimously elected as the new chair. Von Moltke is the co-founder and president of Authors Equity.
At Bloomsbury, Colleen Lawrie will join the adult trade editorial department in the newly created role of editorial director of nonfiction, starting March 4. She was previously editorial director with Public Affairs/Hachette Book Group. At Bloomsbury Children’s, Tiffany Coelho has joined as marketing coordinator on the school and library marketing team. She was previously at Holiday House.
At Sourcebooks, Angela Corpus has joined as marketing director, nonfiction. Michael Dempsey has joined as freelance resource manager. David Kwec has joined as information technology support manager. Ellis Jones has joined as assistant designer. Ash Jon has joined as assistant production designer.
At Princeton University Press, David McBride has joined as publisher for politics. He was previously executive editor at Oxford University Press.
At Crooked Lane Books, Denise Zaza has joined as senior editor, with a focus on crime fiction. Previously she was senior editor at Harlequin when she worked on the Intrigue line.
At Whitaker House, Ned Clements joins as VP of sales. He was previously at Multnomah Publishers. Chip McGregor joins as executive editor. He was formerly a publisher at Time Warner.
Salty Days Media CEO and publisher, Sara Domville, announced that David Nussbaum will be chair of a new advisory board. He is the former chair and CEO of America’s Test Kitchen and previously led F+W Media.
At Publishers Marketplace, Mary Ann Naples, joined the team in the newly created position of COO and publisher. She was previously VP and publisher at Hachette Books, after serving as VP and publisher of the Disney Book Group. She can be reached at maryann@publishersmarketplace.com.
At Post Hill Press, Jeremie Ruby-Strauss has joined as executive editor, acquiring platformed nonfiction and pop culture for the Permuted Press imprint. He was previously VP executive editor at Simon & Schuster.
At Candlewick Press, Sydnee Ellison has joined as graphic production assistant.
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In Agency News…
At The Robbins Office and Susanna Lea Associates, Jessica Rios joins as head of operations, reporting to both Kathy Robbins and Susanna Lea. Rios was previously a business affairs executive at UTA.
At Aevitas Creative Management, agents from Erin Murphy Literary Agency– Erin Murphy, Ammi-Joan Paquette, Tricia Lawrence, Kevin Lewis, and Miranda Paul– will join along with their clients. EMLA backlist titles remain under the EMLA umbrella with Murphy supervising.
At Writers House, David Moldawer joined as senior agent. He was previously at Amazon Publishing.
At BookEnds Literary Agency, James McGown has been promoted to senior literary agent.
Elizabeth Wachtel has joined True Literary as senior literary agent and VP. She previously served as literary media agent at WME.
At CookeMcDermid, Stephanie Anderson has been promoted to contracts and operations manager. Swadhi Thanabalasingan has been promoted to finance manager.
At Gersh, head of books Joe Veltre was promoted to senior partner as part of a broader leadership restructuring. Leslie Siebert was named sole president and will oversee day-to-day operations at the agency. Bob and David Gersh serve as cochairs.
At Andrea Brown Literary Agency, executive literary agent Kelly Sonnack will take over as the new owner and president, effective immediately. Andrea Brown, will remain on as founder, president emeritus and a member of the executive team.
At Laura Dail Literary Agency, Taj McCoy joined as an agent. She was previously at Rees Literary Agency.
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PROMOTIONS
At Hachette Book Group, Natassja Haught has been promoted to senior marketing manager at Orbit. Angelica Chong and Tiana Coven have been promoted to editor at Orbit. Nick Burnham has been promoted to associate editor at Orbit. Chris Miceli has been promoted to senior finance director at Workman Running Press Group and Basic Books Group. Tom Guerin has been promoted to senior finance director of Little Brown for Young Readers division. Jillian Amirault has been promoted to senior finance director at Grand Central Publishing Group. At Hachette Audio, Tom Mis has been promoted to director, audiobook production. Melanie Schmidt has been promoted to senior producer. Allison Lane has been promoted to preproduction coordinator. In the accounting department: Stephanie Gildea has been promoted to senior director, Meghan Vortherms has been promoted to senior manager, Jocelyn Machado has been promoted to costing operations manager, and Curtis Lin has been promoted to senior accountant.
At Simon & Schuster, Alissa Rashid, has been promoted to associate marketing director for Aladdin, Little Simon, Simon Spotlight, and Maragaret K. McElderry Books. Kathyrn Belden has been promoted to VP, editor-in-chief and Stu Smith has been promoted to VP, deputy publisher at Scribner.
At Penguin Random House, Julia Katz has joined Random House Publishing Group as VP, director of strategy and finance. She previously worked at PRH Publisher Services. Crisandry Javier has been promoted to senior analyst. Helen Rouner has been promoted to editor at Penguin Press. Sarah Breivogel has been promoted to Bantam as publicity lead. Melissa Folds has been promoted to Dell as publicity lead. Jess Deitcher has been promoted to senior marketing director, Doubleday. Anne Jaconette has been promoted to associate marketing director, Doubleday. Sierra Figueroa has been promoted to senior marketing manager, Vintage. Amanda Orenstein has been promoted to assistant director, strategic insights. At Ten Speed Press and Clarkson Potter, Natalie Yera-Campbell has been promoted to publicist.
At HarperCollins, Ryan Amato has been promoted to associate editor at Harper One. Makayla Tabron has been promoted to associate editor at Amistad Books.
At Macmillan, Mina Chung has been promoted to art director.
At Sourcebooks, Scott Eells has been promoted to associate director of automation and AI. Mandy Chahal has been promoted to associate director of publicity and marketing, Poisoned Pen Press. Emily Engwall has been promoted to senior marketing and publicity associate, Poisoned Pen Press.
At Soho Press, Nick Whitney, has been promoted to editor.
Independent Publishers Group, promoted Tim McCall to SVP of sales and marketing.
At Audible, Kristin Lang has been promoted to head of global audible book acquisitions, leading the company’s efforts to acquire exclusive audiobooks and audio-first literary titles. Reporting to Lang, Louise Quayle will lead Audible Books acquisitions for North America as director. Ridhima Thakral will lead for APAC as director, Audible Books Acquisitions, APAC.
At Celadon, Alex Cruz-Jimenez has joined as marketing manager. She was previously at Viking and Penguin Books.
At Harlequin Intrigue, Susan Litman has been promoted to senior editor.
At Books-A-Million, Brandon Waters has been promoted to chief information officer.
At Catapult Book Group, Victoria Maxfield has been promoted to junior designer.
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DULY NOTED
The 2025 International Booker Prize Longlist was announced February 25th. This year’s list consists of 11 novels and 2 short stories. The short-list will be announced April 8th and the ceremony will take place on May 20th.
Herman Graf, the longtime publisher and key figure in the independent press movement, died at 91.
Joseph Wambaugh, acclaimed ‘cop writer’ and author of ‘The Onion Field’, died at 88.
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EVENTS
Mar 4th
New York, NY
Mar 7-15th
Austin, TX
March 11-13
London, England
Mar 20-23rd
Charlottesville, VA
Mar 26-29th
Los Angeles, CA
March 27- Apr 7th
Bangkok International Book Fair
Bangkok Thailand
Mar 31st- Apr 3rd
Bologna, IT
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.
Carrie Bloxom On The Value of DEI
Did Books Help Bring Down Communism?
As Publishing Becomes More Corporate, Shouldn’t The Salaries Go Up?
Go Ahead Give The Difficult Read A Chance
Children Turn to Audiobooks Over Traditional Reading
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JD Vance’s Memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is The Latest Target of Book Bans
Spotify is Making it Easier to Release Audiobooks Narrated by AI
Order Up! – Honoring First Known Cookbook By a Black American Women a 160 Years Later
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Annouces Finalists
Amazon is Killing Your Ability to Download Kindle Books Next Week
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At Macmillan, St. Martin’s Press, Lisa Senz who’s been with the company for more than thirty years is retiring from her current position as VP, associate publisher, effective March 14. With her departure, the imprint has announced the following changes: Anne Marie Tallberg will become SVP, publishing director, fiction. She will oversee all SMP fiction, excluding Minotaur, Wednesday Books and Saturday Books. Laura Clark will become VP, publishing director, nonfiction. She will oversee all nonfiction, including St. Martin’s Essentials.
At Hachette Book Group, Sara Munjack has joined as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She was previously director of DEI at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
At Penguin Random House, Daniel Denning joins as senior marketing manager of Ballantine Books Group. He was previously at Union Square & Co.. Sophie Normil joins as senior marketing manager. She was previously at Gallery. Emily Siegmund joins as marketing manager. She previously worked in sales at Penguin Random House. Christiane Bezerra has joined as senior production designer at Random House Children’s. Most recently she was senior graphic designer at Thomson Reuters. Priyanka Godbole has joined as publicist. Most recently she was publicist, corporate communications, at Scholastic. Rachel Jensen has joined as a publicist. Most recently she was publicist at FINN Partners. At Ten Speed Press, Adah Li has joined as assistant editor. Adah was formerly at Algonquin Young Readers.
At HarperCollins, Sarah George has joined as marketing associate in the academic marketing department. She was previously at Sourcebooks. At HarperCollins Children’s, Lindsey Triebel has joined as senior publicist. She was previously publicity and marketing coordinator at Health Communications.
At Simon & Schuster, Irene Harris joins the distribution client team as associate national account manager, Amazon. She was previously sales account coordinator at Amazon at Candlewick Press. Caroline Bonin has been named business analyst, sales and demand planning. Elisabeth Kingren-Hawkins has been named business analyst. At Atria Books, Molly Burgoyne, Kayla Slusser, and Jessica Laino have joined as publicity assistants. Cailin Duffy, formerly lead bookseller at Burton’s Bookstore, is joining Gallery Books as publishing assistant.
Faber US has been launched by UK publisher Faber & Faber and will be overseen from Faber’s London offices by Mallory Ladd, director, Faber US and international sales, and Sara Talbot, sales director. Brittany Dennison has joined as senior publicist. Previously, she was at Artisan Books. Travis Smith has joined as senior marketing manager. He was most recently at Algonquin Books. Both will be based in the US. PGW will distribute for the division, as it has for Faber UK.
At Bloomsbury, Camille Kellogg, senior editor at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, is leaving the company to become a freelance editor. She can be reached at Camille.Kellogg@gmail.com.
At Scholastic, Kieran Viola has joined as executive editor. Viola was previously deputy publisher at Disney Hyperion and National Geographic Kids.
Berrett-Koehler Publishers has named Steven Piersanti to CEO,CFO, and publisher. He succeeds CEO Praveen Madan. Kristen Frantz has been named COO and SVP of sales & marketing, and joins the board.
At Sourcebooks, Andrew Arthur has joined as production coordinator. Angela Corpus, formerly associate director of marketing and publicity at Quarto, has joined as marketing director of nonfiction.
Ploughshares has named John Skoyles to interim editor in chief of the literary journal.
Emily Ritter has launched Emily Ritter Digital Marketing. Most recently she was the director of brand development for Sarah J. Maas.
At Zibby Publishing, Vanessa Vazquez-Watts has joined as director of sales operations. She was previously executive director of client services at Hachette Book Group. Holly Mauskopf has joined as business manager. Jordan Herskowitz has joined as director of impact.
At Kids Can Press, Dylan Earle, formerly content coordinator at Nelson Education, has joined as sales assistant.
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In Agency News…
Spencerhill Associates Literary Agency have promoted Sandy Harding and Ali Herring to senior agent.
At BookEnds Literary, Allegra Martschenko has joined as literary agent. They were previously at Ladderbird Literary Agency.
At Jane Rotrosen Agency, Danielle Marshall has joined as an agent.
At The Rights Factory, Clara Chuiton has joined as associate agent. She was previously at Olswanger Literary.
2 Seas Agency now handles foreign rights sales for all of Astra Publishing House with the addition of DAW.
Azantian Literary Agency has promoted Alexandra Weiss to literary agent and will take on the new role of agency manager. Larissa Melo Pienkowski joined as literary agent. She was previously at Jill Grinberg Literary Management.
Transatlantic Agency has named Rachel Letofsky as senior agent. She was previously at CookeMcDermid.
Franklin & Siegal Associates has been appointed adult, YA, and middle grade scout for Editura Trei in Romania, effective February 15.
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PROMOTIONS
At Penguin Random House, Jinna Shin has been promoted to art director. Trisha Previte and Monique Razzouk have been promoted to senior designer. Lauren Clauss has been promoted to senior editor, licensed publishing. Emily Shapiro has been promoted to associate editor at Labyrinth Road. Cyrus Kheradi has been promoted to executive VP, international sales, marketing, and business development. At Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Diana Secker Tesdell has been promoted to executive editor, Vintage Classics and Everyman’s Library. Chris Howard-Woods has been promoted to associate editor at Doubleday. Amanda Orenstein has been promoted to assistant director, strategic insights. At Random House Children’s, Chris Angelilli has been promoted to SVP and editor-in-chief of licensed publishing.
At Scholastic, Mandy Earles has been promoted to senior publicist. Brooke Shearouse has been promoted to director, publicity.
Derek Stordahl, SVP of global planning and integration for Walker Books Group, will depart the company this month. In his current role, he led the rights and publishing teams at Holiday House and Peachtree. He may be reached at derek.stordahl@gmail.com
At Grove Atlantic, Zoe Harris has been promoted to assistant editor, continuing to report to CEO and publisher Morgan Entrekin.
Simon & Schuster has promoted Michael Mahoney to SVP, chief technology officer. Sandeep Patel has been promoted to director, application development.
At Graywolf Press, Anni Liu has been promoted to editor. Brittany Torres Rivera has been promoted to assistant editor. Maggie Southard Gladstone has been promoted to the newly created role of director of publicity and strategy, fiction and special projects.
Princeton University Press has promoted Laura Lassen to editorial associate.
At Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Christy Kirk has been promoted to associate director of marketing. Elsa Frantz has been promoted to a full-time position as sales, marketing and publicity specialist. Alexis Woodcock has been promoted to editorial administrator.
At Phaidon, Ellis Smith has been promoted to managing editor. Jules Spector has been promoted to assistant editor. Phoebe Stephenson has been promoted to assistant editor.
Writers House has promoted Sofia Bolido to assistant manager, global licensing.
At Sourcebooks, Valeria Pierce has been promoted to executive director, retail marketing and creative services.
At Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree Publishing, Shaelyn McDaniel has been promoted to assistant director of consumer marketing. Pam Consolazio has been promoted to associate art director. Nada Kamalhedayat has been promoted to senior consumer marketing coordinator.
At Diversion Publishing, Mark Fretz has been promoted to associate publisher of Radius Book Group.
At TvS Media Group Hannah Boardman has been promoted to publicist.
At Zibby Publishing, Katie Teas has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Sierra Grazia has been promoted publishing manager. Alex Feigin has been promoted to marketing and editorial associate.
At Milkweed Editions, Madi McLaughlin has been promoted to advancement manager. Sean Beckford has been promoted to associate editor. Morgan LaRocca has been promoted to senior publicist.
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DULY NOTED
Publishing entrepreneurs Chris Gruener and Keith Riegert have launched The Stable Book Group, a collective of four independent publishers, She Writes Press, Trafalgar Square Books, Ulysses Press, and VeloPress and the newly established Galpón Press, coming in as a client, and Mountain Gazette Books, as a partner. The new company will distribute via S&S and operate out of Petaluma CA and Brooklyn NY.
At the Association of American Publishers, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray was elected board chair. Chronicle president Tyrrell Mahoney was elected vice chair. Taylor & Francis managing director, books Jeremy North was re-elected treasurer and Elsevier chair YS Chi remains an officer as immediate past chair.
At the American Booksellers Association, Talia Whyte has been named to the board.
Spotify partners with The Blacklist on a mental health grant award for fiction writers. The deadline to apply is July 8th, 2025.
The longlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction was announced on February 3rd.
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EVENTS
February 13-23rd
Feria Internacional del Libro La Habana
Havana, Cuba
February 23-26th
Denver, CO
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.
Can Romantasy Be Scholarly? – A Virginia Tech Professor Believes So
Love is In The Air- Inside The Rise of Romance Bookstores
How Authors Against Book Bans Helped Stop Florida Bans
Microsoft Offers Authors $5,000 to Train AI on Their Books
