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At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mike Evans, has been named Chief Revenue Officer; he was formerly CFO at McGraw-Hill Education. Rakia Clark joins as Senior Editor; she was most recently Senior Editor at Beacon Press. Marleen Reimer, formerly Senior Scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates, joins as Subsidiary Rights Manager. At HMH Books for Young Readers, Nadia Almahdi joins as Marketing Manager, moving over from her previous role as Marketing Manager at little bee, and Abigail Stahlman joins as Senior Marketing Designer, moving over from her previous role as Senior Designer at Scholastic.
Jeff Carroll joined Macmillan as EVP, Marketing and Consumer Strategy. Most recently he was VP, Marketing for Radio.com. At Holt, Conor Mintzer joins as Associate Editor, moving over from his previous role as Assistant Editor at Flatiron Books.
Effective December 31, Larry Norton will retire as EVP and General Manager at IPG. Joining the company is Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman, Publicity Manager; she had been Associate Director of Publicity at InterVarsity Press.
Mike Hesselbach, EVP and CMO of Readerlink, has retired from the company.
Don Jacobson has joined HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus as SVP, Group Publisher. He previously served as President of D.C. Jacobson and Associates. Gabriel Aviles also joins the imprint as Senior Director of Marketing, Spanish-Language Division. Most recently he was CEO and Founder of the Fullblast Group. At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Jennifer Corcoran joins as Senior Director of Publicity and Events; she had been working as Senior Director, Communications for Universal Kids/NBCUniversal Media. Mimi Rankin also joins the imprint as Manager, School & Library Marketing, having worked most recently as Marketing Manager for Myrick Marketing & Media. Becca Putnam joins Harper as Senior Marketing Manager and Alicia Tan joins as Assistant Editor. At William Morrow, Alison Coolidge, previously Senior Publicist at Portfolio/Sentinel, and Brittani Hiles, previously Senior Publicist at Algonquin, both join as Publicity Manager.
At Pearson, Isantha Lokugé joins as SVP, Chief Product Officer and Satish Menon joins as SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Product Platforms. Both were previously at Shutterfly, Lokugé as Chief Product Officer and Menon as CTO and Vice President.
Mary Ellen Keating, longtime SVP, Corporate Communications at Barnes & Noble, is leaving “now that the company has found a new owner.” Tim Mantel, Chief Merchandising Officer, has been let go.
Roger Scholl, VP and Executive Editor of Crown and Currency, is retiring from that position effective January 2. As of that date, he can be contacted at rscholl260@gmail.com. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Mary Reynics joins as Executive Editor; she had held that title previously at Crown. Stephanie Cooper joins Dutton and Plume as Marketing Director, having most recently held that title at HarperCollins. At Convergent Books, Jessalyn Foggy, formerly Marketing Manager at HarperCollins Christian Publishing, joins as Senior Marketing Manager. Lauren Lauzon, previously Marketing Associate at William Morrow, joins Penguin Press as Marketing Manager. At the Random House imprint, Marie Pantojan has joined as Editor. She had been Associate Editor at Liveright. Katy Nishimoto, lately Agent at William Morris Endeavor, joins Dial as Senior Editor. Sara DeLozier, formerly Publicity Coordinator at Picador, joins Viking/Penguin as Publicist. Nicole Valdez, formerly Publishing Publicity Specialist for DC Entertainment, joins Random House Graphic as Marketing & Publicity. At Random House Children’s Books, Melinda Ackell, formerly Copy Chief at Macmillan Children’s, joins as Associate Director, Copyediting; Laura Hernandez, formerly Marketing Coordinator at DK, joins as Associate Manager for Digital Marketing; Carol Ly, formerly Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s, joins as Senior Designer, Middle-Grade; David Gilmore, formerly Marketing Coordinator at Barnes & Noble, joins as Marketing Coordinator; and Lili Feinberg, formerly Associate Publicist at Simon & Schuster Children’s Books, joins as Publicist. Wendy Lamb, VP and Publishing Director, will step down from her eponymous imprint at the end of the year to become a freelance editor and creative consultant, though the imprint itself will continue.
At Aladdin Books, Kristin Gilson, formerly Editorial Director of Puffin Books, joins as Editorial Director. Stephanie Hitchcock joins Atria as Senior Editor; she had been Editor at Harper and Harper Business. Kayla Wasil, lately Associate Art Director at Penguin Workshop, and Leslie Mechanic, lately Senior Designer at Penguin Random House, both join Simon Spotlight and Little Simon as Associate Art Directors. At Tiller Press, Hannah Robinson, formerly Associate Editor at Harper Wave, joins as Editor and Veronica Alvarado, formerly Assistant Editor at Skyhorse, joins as Associate Editor.
John Grafton, Editor at Dover, has retired after 51 years with the company.
Barbara Ann Hagen joins ThriftBooks as VP of Sales and Marketing. She was most recently VP of Samsung Global.
Wanda Jewell, Executive Director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, will retire in June 2020 after 30 years leading the organization.
At Baker & Taylor Publishing Services, Andi Richman has joined as Director of National Accounts. Most recently she was Senior Account Manager at Guilford Publications. Matt Warner also joins the company as Director of Marketing, moving over from his previous position as Director, Ebook Channel Merchandise & Sales and Director, Product Management at Barnes & Noble/NOOK. Dave Lewis, EVP, Sales and Marketing, has retired from Baker Publishing Group.
At Sourcebooks, Chuck Deane has joined as Sales Director. He was previously VP of Sales for the Americas at John Wiley & Sons. Jessica Thelander joins as Senior Production Editor, moving over from her previous role as Premium Content and Book Editor at Prime Publishing LLC. Also joining the company are Tim Golden, lately Regional Account Manager at Baker & Taylor, as National Sales Account Manager; while Shauneice Robinson, lately Marketing Associate at Simon & Schuster, in that position; and Maria Reband as Accounts Receivable Associate. Emma Hintzen, previously Editorial Coordinator at HarperCollins Christian Publishing, has joined Sourcebooks eXplore as Assistant Editor.
Pep Carrera has joined ProQuest Books as President. He had been President and COO at Ingram’s VitalSource.
Paul Colarusso, formerly Marketing Director at Abrams, joins the Aperture Foundation as Communications Director.
Paul Moore joins Scholastic as Associate Director, Metadata. He was previously Manager, Publishing & Planning/Operations at Disney Publishing. Also joining the company are Veronica Mang, Junior Designer, Licensing and Brands, and Michael Moccio, Coordinator, Licensing and Brands.
Angela Engel has joined Tra Publishing as Director of Business Development. Most recently she was Senior Sales Manager at Chronicle Books.
Robert Van Kolken has joined Hachette Audio as Senior Producer, a position he previously held at Macmillan Audio. At Orbit, Angeline Rodriguez joins as Associate Editor. Lexi Smail, Associate Editor, is leaving Grand Central and can be contacted at lexi.smail.editor@gmail.com. At Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Alexandra Hightower, lately Assistant Editor at Delacorte, joins as Associate Editor; Esther Cajahuaringa joins as Assistant Editor; and Jenny Kimura joins as Junior Designer.
At Abrams, Marti Malovany has retired after 42 years with the company. She was most recently Director of Museum Sales & Distribution.
In agency news…Sylvie Carr has founded The Carr Agency. She had been Agent at Fletcher & Company. Jesseca Salky, cofounder of HSG Agency, is leaving her role as Managing Partner and Agent to start Salky Literary Management. Samantha Wekstein, formerly Junior Agent at Writers House, has joined Thompson Literary Agency as Agent. Cindy Uh, formerly Senior Literary Agent at Thompson Literary Agent, joins Creative Artists Agency as Agent. At Context Literary Agency, Jessica Simsheimer, co-creator of #MSWL and former Associate Agent at for the Sarah Jane Freymann Agency, joins as Agent. At the Frances Goldin Agency, Roz Foster, lately Literary Agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, joins as Agent. At New Leaf Literary & Media, Jennifer Udden, formerly Agent at Barry Goldblatt Literary, joins as Agent; Kate Sullivan, formerly Senior Editor at Penguin Random House, joins as Senior Content Development Manager; and Meredith Barnes, formerly Publicity Manager at HarperCollins, joins as Business Development Manager. And at Belcastro Agency, Cortney Radocal joins as Agent, moving over from her previous position as Literary Agent Apprentice with Corvisiero Literary.
At Audible Originals, Allison Carroll has joined as Executive Editor, Romance. Previously she was Editor at Harlequin. Colleen Lindsay, Publicity Lead for Amazon Publishing, has left the company and can be reached at colleen.lindsay@gmail.com.
At Kensington Publishing, Selena James has left her position as Executive Editor and can be contacted at selena@selenajames.com.
Deborah Gershenowitz, previously Senior Editor at Cambridge University Press, is joining the University of North Carolina Press as Executive Editor. Jennifer Singletary joins Penn State University Press as Acquiring Editor for the Eisenbrauns imprint. Maria Whelan has joined Princeton University Press as Promotions Manager. She was previously Senior Publicist at Dutton. At the University of Pittsburgh Press, Kelly Lynn Thomas joins as Marketing Coordinator. And at Belmont University, Sara Wigal, lately Senior Manager at JKS Communications, has joined as Director of the Publishing
Jayme Heffler joins VitalSource as Senior Manager, Marketing Services. She had been Inclusive Access Lead at Pearson. Jason Rice joins Ingram Content Group as Sales Representative.
Jennifer M. Brown, who founded the children’s/YA section of Shelf Awareness and was that section’s editor from 2007-2015, returns to the company as Senior Editor. Most recently she was Publisher of Knopf Books for Young Readers.
At Alcove Press, Junessa Viloria joins as Senior Editor. She had been Editor at Ballantine and Loveswept.
Jamie Thompson, previously Managing Editor at Knock Knock, joins Chronicle Books as Executive Editor of Gift Formats. Kaitlyn Spotts, previously Library and Trade Sales Marketing Coordinator at Hachette Book Group, joins as Associate Marketing Manager, School and Library, while Eddie Chow joins as Junior Financial Analyst. Additionally, Morgan Gutierrez, lately Product Artist at Corefact Corporation, joins as Junior Production Developer.
At Mango Publishers, Jane Kinney-Denning has joined as Acquisitions Editor. She had been working as Executive Director of Internships and Corporate Outreach at Pace University.
At Wiley, Michael Campbell has joined as Acquisitions Editor, Trade Business. He was formerly Editor at Skyhorse.
Nick Small joins Sounds True as Publicity Manager. Previously he was Associate Director of Publicity at Grand Central Life & Style.
At Quirk Books, Jennifer Murphy, previously Assistant Marketing Manager for Magination Press, joins as Marketing Manager and Publicist.
Carla Bruce-Eddings has joined Counterpoint Press/Catapult/Soft Skull as Senior Publicist. Previously she held that title at Algonquin Books.
At Lonely Planet, Mariko Conner joins as Publicist for Trade Titles. Most recently she was Marketing and Publicity Manager for Heyday.
At The New Press, Emily Janakiram joins as Publicist, a title she previously held at Verso.
Bev Rivero has joined the National Book Foundation as Communications and Marketing Manager. She previously worked as Publicity and Social Media Manager for The New Press.
Dylan Julian joins Workman as Associate Production Editor.
At Turtle Point Press, Jeffrey Peer joins as Publishing Associate and Project Editor.
Joining Skyhorse are Rebecca Shoenthal, Editor; Yezanira Venecia, Assistant Editor; and Kai Texel, Cover Designer.
PROMOTIONS
Amy Einhorn has been named President and Publisher of Holt. Eileen Lawrence has been promoted to VP and Executive Director of Marketing at Tom Doherty Associates. Theresa DeLucci is now Senior Associate Director of Marketing for Tor Books, Forge, and Nightfire. At Macmillan Children’s, Melissa Zar becomes Associate Director, Marketing; Johanna Kirby, Senior Marketing Manager; and Jordin Streeter, Marketing Coordinator. Renata Sweeney has been promoted to Senior Marketing Manager, Tor, while Ruoxi Chen has been promoted to Associate Editor at Tor.com. At Picador, Brianna Scharfenberg becomes Senior Publicist. Jennie Conway has been promoted to Associate Editor at St. Martin’s Press/Wednesday Books.
At Baker Publishing Group, Nathan Henrion has been promoted to EVP, Sales, while Mark Rice moves up to EVP, Marketing for the Ada divisions.
Simon Tasker is now EVP, Group Publisher at Readerlink Distribution Services.
At Random House Children’s Books, Judith Haut is now EVP, Deputy Publisher, Jennifer Morena becomes Senior Production Manager, and Maggie Gibson becomes Production Supervisor. At Penguin Young Readers, Jocelyn Schmidt has been promoted to EVP, Associate Publisher; Carmela Iaria becomes VP, Executive Director of School and Library Marketing and Creative Marketing Director; and Jed Bennett becomes Executive Director of Marketing for Preschool and Brand. At Penguin Random House, Skip Dye moves up to SVP, Library Sales and Digital Strategy and Cathy de la Cruz has been promoted to Metadata Manager for Online & Digital Sales. Joanna Cárdenas is moves up to Senior Editor at Kokila. At Knopf, Julianne Clancy is now Assistant Director of Marketing, Emily Murphy is now Marketing Manager, and Lexy Bloom is now Senior Editor. Marisol Salaman has been promoted to Publicist at Portfolio/Sentinel.
Justin Chanda, Publisher for Simon & Schuster Children’s, Atheneum, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Salaam Reads, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, and Denene Miller Books, has been promoted to Senior Vice President. Chris Wagner becomes VP, Operations and Distribution Services for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Lisa Moraleda is now Senior Director of Publicity for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Atheneum, and Beach Lane Books. Caitlin Sweeny becomes Director of Marketing for Simon Pulse, Aladdin Books, Little Simon, and Simon Spotlight. Also at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Anna Jarzab has been promoted to Director of Digital and Social Marketing and Kate Bouchard has been promoted to Digital and Social Marketing Coordinator. At Atria, Isabel DaSilva is now Associate Marketing Manager, where Kaitlin Olson becomes Editor; Melanie Iglesias Pérez and Loan Le each become Associate Editor; and Megan Rudloff becomes Publicist. In the Gallery Books Group, Karyn Marcus has been promoted to Executive Editor, while Molly Gregory, Sara Quaranta, Brita Lundberg, and Max Meltzer have each become Assistant Editor. At Scribner, Kara Watson becomes Senior Editor and Marketing Liaison. At Emily Bestler Books, Lara Jones has been promoted to Associate Editor. Chelcee Johns has been promoted to Assistant Editor at 37 INK. At the Simon & Schuster imprint, Emily Simonson becomes Assistant Editor. Finally, Adams Media sees the promotions of Julia Jacques to Editor, Mary Kate Schulte to Publicist, Erin Alexander to Senior Designer, and Jo-Anne Duhamel to Production Editor.
At Ingram, Ron Galvin is now VP of IT Services and Angela Maclean is now Client Relations Manager.
Elizabeth Blue Guess moves up to Sales Director for Author Brands at Hachette Book Group, while Louise Robertson becomes Senior Director for Enterprise Transformation. Karina Granda becomes Art Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Cindy Sipala has been promoted to Executive Editor of Running Press.
Hisae Matsuda is now Publisher at Parallax Press.
Maggie Lehrman has been promoted to Editorial Director, Fiction for Abrams Children’s. Megan Evans is now Marketing Coordinator.
At Northwestern University Press, Parneshia Jones has been promoted to Editorial Director for Trade and Engagement.
At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Jacquelynne Burke becomes Associate Director, Publicity; Lindsay Karl becomes Senior Manager, Conferences and Conventions; and Talia Chaves and Tyler Breitfeller become Marketing Associates. Theresa Dooley is now Publicity Manager at HarperCollins. Matthew Daddona is now Senior Editor at Dey Street Books. At Katherine Tegen Books, Mabel Hsu becomes Editor. Rebecca Raskin has been promoted to Assistant Editor at Harper Wave and Harper Business, while Haley Swanson becomes Associate Editor at Harper Wave. At Ecco, Rachel Kaplan is now Associate Publicist.
At Lerner Publishing Group, Emily Harris moves up to Associate Art Director and Viet Chu becomes Designer. Andrea Nelson becomes Associate Editor of Foreign Acquisitions and Reprints. Allison Juda becomes Editor for School Library Planning and Partnership Management. Additionally, Amy Fitzgerald is now Editorial Director of the Carolrhoda Books imprint.
In agency news…Carrie Pestritto has been promoted to Audio Rights Director at Laura Dail Literary Agency, in addition to her existing role as Literary Agent. Chrysothemis Armefti has been promoted to Senior Agent at 2 Seas Agency. Cassie Mannes Murray has been promoted to Assistant Agent at Howland Literary. At Triada US, Amelia Appel is now Associate Literary Agent. At HSG Agency, Ellen Goff and Jon Cobb move up to Junior Agent.
Janet Potter has been promoted to Events and Marketing Manager at IPG.
Matthew Sciarappa has been promoted to Marketing Coordinator at little bee.
Alexandra Woodworth has been named Senior Editor of Amazon Books and Manager of Amazon Literary Partnership.
At Coffee House Press, Erika Stevens is now Senior Editor and Lizzie Davis is now Editor.
Courtney Burke has been promoted to Editor at Page Street Kids.
At Rowman & Littlefield, Brianna Westervelt is now Associate Production Editor.
At BuzzPop, Jaime Gelman has been promoted to Assistant Editor.
Karin DeHaven is now Academic Publicist at InterVarsity Press.
Chloe Wertz has been promoted to Publicist at the University of Pittsburgh Press.
At Sourcebooks, Molly Fletcher has been promoted to Digital Marketing Specialist.
DULY NOTED
McSweeney’s has moved distribution for their books and quarterly magazine from PGW to Baker & Taylor Publisher Services. Baker & Taylor now also provides sales representation and distribution for Syncretic Press (October 1, US and Canada), Elemental Music (September 1, US and Canada), SendPoints Publishing Co. Ltd. (July 1, worldwide), Dry Climate Studios (May 1, US and Canada), CityFiles Press (April 1, worldwide), The Center for Railroad Photography and Art (April 1, US and Canada), and Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (June 1, select international markets). In the Christian market, it provides sales representation and distribution for Square Halo Books (September 1, US and Canada), PrayerShop Publishing (September 1, US and Canada), and A&N Media (The Catholic Planner) (March 1, US and Canada). In addition, Baker & Taylor provides fulfillment and third-party logistics for The Good Book Company (September 1) and Marshall Cavendish Education (June 1).
In other distribution news…The University of Chicago Press now markets and distributes University College Dublin Press. MIT Press, presently distributed by TriLiteral, will be sold and distributed worldwide by Penguin Random House Publisher Services beginning in July 2020. Effective January 1, Gibbs Smith handles worldwide sales and distribution for Angel City Press. And Harvard University Press will be sold and distributed in the Indian subcontinent by Harper India.
In scouting news…Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is now the adult scout for V&R Editoras in Latin America and Brazil. Edmison Harper Literary Scouts now scouts for Redrum Productions, Passenger Pictures, and Fremantle North America. Mary Anne Thompson Associates now scouts for Harper Holland.
Poisoned Pen Press will, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, publish a line of classic American crime novels, beginning with three titles in spring 2020. Edgar Award winner Leslie S. Klinger is Series Editor for The Library of Congress Crime Classics.
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Frankfurt Book Fair
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October 17-20
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October 20
Harlem Book Fair
Harlem, NY
October 21-27
Vancouver Writers Fest
Vancouver, BC
October 24-27
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October 26-27
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October 26-27
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November 1-3
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November 6-16
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Sharjah, UAE
November 15-17
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November 20-25
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November 21-24
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