PEOPLE
At Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, Robin Bermel has joined as backlist & brand director. Bermel previously led brand efforts for NavPress Publishing. Savana Bishop joined as associate marketing manager. She was previously at Portfolio Books.
At Macmillan, Cinthia Andrade has joined as manager, social media content, central marketing. Cordia Leung has joined as a contracts associate. Jenni Surasky has joined as designer. Oui Wong has joined as a director of finance.
At Union Square & Co, Erica Gelbard joins as executive director of publicity. She was previously at Chronicle. Nicole Fisher joins as senior editor for cookbooks and lifestyle books. She was previously deputy director at Hearst Books. Eric Geron joins as senior editor for licensed books. He was previously senior editor at Insight Editions.
At Catapult Book Group, Shane Hawk will join as a contributing editor, focusing primarily on the Counterpoint list, and will acquire fiction and nonfiction by Native writers.
At Sourcebooks, Cristina Cushing has joined in the new role of director of sales strategy. She was previously at Macmillan.
At Chronical, Erynn Im-Sato has joined as senior sales manager, Amazon and digital. Allyn Savage has joined as trade sales coordinator.
At Chronicle Books, Emily Paik has joined as sales, marketing, and publicity assistant. Jennifer Bravo has a social media assistant.
At Adams Media, Cindy Tran has joined as marketing associate. She was previously marketing assistant at Hackett Publishing.
At Abrams, Erik Cruz has joined as senior financial analyst. Randy Odaga has joined as e-commerce channel manager.
At The Story Division, Arielle Jovellanos has joined as illustration and creative lead. Leah Persaud has been named managing editor. She was previously at Penguin Random House Canada. Steffie Davis, publishing director, is additionally taking on the role of leading the new rapid-response Publishing911 Studio.
At Alcove Press and Crooked Lane Books, Katie McGuire joins as editor, focusing on romantasy, romance, sci-fi/fantasy, and horror.
At ABA, Lauren Ciborski has joined as chief financial officer.
At Indiana University Press, Heather Lengyel has joined as rights and permissions manager.
At Sarabande Books, Michelle Malonzo has joined as director of marketing and sales.
At ReaderLink, Alexandra Rauchfuss has joined as demand planner. Matthew Lowe has joined as senior SQL server database administrator.
At Created Humans, Julie MacKay has joined as head of business development. She was previously senior lead of audiobook strategy at Audible.
At Amazon Publishing, Hayley Weaver joins as acquisition editor at Montlake and Amazon Publishing. She was previously at Grand Central Publishing.
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In Agency News…
At SteelWorks Literary, Faith Lane has joined as agency assistant.
At Transatlantic Agency, Noelle Falcis Math has been promoted to literary agent.
At The Future of Agency, Bridget Kearney has joined as operations manager.
At Marjacq Scripts, Sonny Marr has joined as a primary agent looking after commercial fiction and non-fiction. He was previously an independent agent.
At Harvey Klinger, Grace Demyan has joined as an associate agent, specializing in adult and YA sci-fi, fantasy, and romance. She was previously at Rosecliff Literary.
At David Black Agency, Mark Tavani has been named vice president, business strategy.
At Aevitas Creative Management, Kevin Hanson joins as an agent. He was most recently president and publisher at Simon & Schuster Canada.
At Cottage Door Press, Sean Hayes has joined as EVP of sales. He was previously SVP of sales at VTech.
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PROMOTIONS
At Penguin Random House, Marisa Melendez is promoted to assistant production director, supporting Vintage. Lisa Brown has been promoted to director, finance and operation. Jeri Castro has been promoted to senior associate, production, supporting Berkley. Daniel Brount has been promoted to senior designer. Heather Haase has been promoted to associate managing editor. Jenny Ko has been promoted to sales director, client sales. Jamie Sterner has been promoted to senior manager, client sales.
At Random House Children’s, Stacey Sundar has been promoted to administrator, creative services and resources, for the art department. Haley Brown has been promoted to junior production designer, reprint and proprietary design.
At PRH Corporate Bookmaking Department, Madeline Rohlin has been promoted to associate production director, supporting Viking. Gunjal Patel has been promoted to managing editor, supporting Penguin Young Readers. Diane Hobbing and Liz Eno have been promoted to assistant director, art/design, supporting the Random House Publishing Group and PRH Christian Publishing. Aly D’Amato to executive managing editor. Ali Wagner has been promoted to senior production associate. Chanler Harris has been promoted to production associate. Nathalie Mairena has been promoted to production associate.
At Penguin Publishing Group, Heather Mill has been promoted to associate director of backlist publicity. Cassier Marini has been promoted to associate manager of backlist publishing.
At Penguin Workshop, Lynn Portnoff has been promoted to VP and executive art director. Mary Claire Cruz has been promoted to senior art director.
At Macmillian, Kemi Umogbai has been promoted to VP of finance. Kleopatra Benyam has been promoted to senior director of finance.
At Arctis Books USA, Nic Lyons has been promoted to marketing manager.
At Chronicle, Emily Malter has been promoted to sales manager, ecommerce and digital merchandising. Mirabelle Korn has been promoted to senior editor, art & entertainment. Sarah Hamilton has been promoted to senior designer, brand design. Emma Hill has been promoted to associate marketing manager, children’s.At Sourcebooks Landmark, Liv Turner has been promoted to associate editor.
At Pamela Dorman, Natalie Grant has been promoted to assistant editor.
At Harper and Harper Perennial, Liz Velez has been promoted to associate editor.
At HarperCollins Christian, Laura Wheeler has been promoted to senior acquisitions editor.
At Bookshop, Daniel Berkowitz has been promoted to VP.
At Avery Books and Tarcher, Viviana Moreno has been promoted to publicist. Carla Iannone has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Abby Stubenhofer has been promoted to senior marketing associate.
At Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree, Saskia den Boon has been promoted to marketing coordinator, school and library.
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DULY NOTED
Library Journal, School Library Journal, and The Horn Book – Media Source Inc. has reorganized its media group “to reflect a renewed emphasis on editorial excellence, cross-brand collaboration, and a commitment to addressing the long-term needs of the communities it serves.” Group publisher Rebecca T. Miller and editor-in-chief of SLJ Kathy Ishizuka, (who was also partnerships & innovation director at LJ & SLJ) will both leave the company as a result of the restructuring.
DK announced a restructuring internally and will lay off an unspecified number of people across different teams and departments, the Bookseller reports. Reasons cited include a decline in education and translation markets, as well as backlist; inflation; and high costs. While the total number of job cuts is not specified, the reductions are significant enough that the company will engage in consultation with unions as well as individual employees, due to “the number of roles impacted.”
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EVENTS
August 13-17th
World Science Fiction Convention
Seattle, WA
August 13-23rd
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
Ripton, VT
August 14-15th
Durham Children’s Book Festival
Durham, ENG
August 30th
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