PEOPLE
At Simon & Schuster, William Scarlett, formerly deputy director of publicity at W.W. Norton & Company, has joined Simon Element as publicity director.
Erin Kibby joins Atria Books as senior marketing manager. Addie Gilligan joins Scribner as a publicist. Niamh Hoban has joined Simon & Schuster as videographer and video editor.
At Hachette SVP of human resources, Andrea Weinzimer, will be leaving at the end of December after twenty years at the company. She will be succeeded by Carrie Bloxson, SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK.
At HarperCollins, Hannah Phillips has joined William Morrow as executive editor. She was previously at St. Martins Press.
Penguin Random House: Deb Wood will join Knopf Cooks as design director. At Putnam, Ruoxi Chen has joined as executive editor. Bantam Books has named Wendy Wong as editor.
Macmillan Publishers announced that former senior editor at Avid Reader Press, Julianna Haubner is joining Flatiron Books as executive editor.
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At Scholastic, Chandler Rawson, formerly digital intern at PR by the Book, has joined as field sales assistant.
At ReaderLink, Anna Herling has joined as senior national account manager.
Adrienne Westenfeld, books and fiction editor at ‘Esquire’ magazine, has left the company and can be contacted at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com.
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association sees executive director Carrie Obry step down from her position. Grace Hagen will serve as interim executive direction while the board conducts a search for a replacement.
Hoopla Digital, Christina Faubert has joined as senior account manager of digital acquisitions.
University of North Carolina Press, Susan Garrett, sales director, will retire effective January 31.
Broadleaf Books, Rachel Sammons joins as publicist and can be contacted at chollyrns@gmail.com. She was formerly trade marketing associate at Barefoot Books.
In Agency News…
At P.S. Literary Agency, Mireya Chiriboga, formerly assistant editor at HarperCollins, has joined as a literary assistant.
Martin Literary Management, Alicia Brooks, formerly agent at Jean V. Nagger Agency, has joined as senior literary manager and can be contacted at alicia@martinliterarymanagement.com.
Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management sees Brooke Mondor join as associate agent.
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PROMOTIONS
At Simon & Schuster, Michael Andersen joins Simon & Schuster’s corporate marketing team as senior director of audience insights. He was previously the director of cultural intelligence at Simon Element. Imani Seymour has been promoted to senior manager of multicultural marketing and social media. Carolyn Kelly has been promoted to editor at Avid Reader Press. Mia Robertson has been promoted to associate editor at Simon & Schuster, moving over from Gallery Books.
Penguin Random House: Jen Donovan, previously senior acquisitions editor of Penguin Random House Audio, has been promoted to executive acquisitions editor. Marissa Secreto has been promoted to associate marketing manager at Penguin Random House Audio. Sana Iqbal has been promoted to associate marketing manager Penguin Random House Audio. Robert Guzman has been promoted to director of marketing at Penguin Random House Audio. Juliette DeSena has been promoted to assistant director of social media at Penguin Random House Audio. Brian Laurito has been promoted to marketing and publicity associate at Penguin Random House Audio. Taylor Noel has been promoted to director of marketing for Ballantine, Bantam, and Dell.
At Macmillan Publishers, Chris Sergio has been promoted to SVP and creative director. Julie Will has been promoted to SVP and editor-in-chief of nonfiction at Flatiron Books.
Scholastic, Brianna Peterson has been promoted to senior marketing operations coordinator. Julia Hines has been promoted to senior metadata coordinator. Travis Paulson has been promoted to metadata optimization coordinator.
ReaderLink, David Banks has been promoted to senior Microsoft Dynamics 365 finance and operations functional analyst.
Johns Hopkins University Press has promoted Wendy Queen to the role of chief transformation officer.
University of North Carolina Press, Molly Koecher has been promoted to chief financial officer. Brock Schnoke has been promoted to digital marketing. Liz Orange Lane has been promoted to assistant sales manager.
Longleaf Services, Clinton Bullock has been promoted to senior manager of operations.
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DULY NOTED
Union workers from The Strand Bookstore went on strike, Saturday, December 7th, asking for owners to pay more than minimum wage. The union and the store’s management are set to discuss contracts again on Monday, December 9th.
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EVENTS
Dec 4-10th
Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Center for Fiction Annual Awards Benefit
Dec 10th
New York, NY
Dec 14-15th
Los Angeles, CA
