The U.S. Book Show opened on May 22nd to an overflow crowd that represented a broader range of industry folk than most conferences do: presidents and past CEOs (like Marcus Dohle, wearing a Shimmr t-shirt, to announce his recent investment in the company); veterans like Carol Fitzgerald, president of The Book Report Network; graduate students…Continue Reading
A round-up of people and business moves in the publishing industry for Mid May, 2024.
PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster, Craig Mandeville, VP and general manager at Simon & Schuster, will retire effective July 13. Knopf announced that Emily Cunningham will join as executive editor, effective June 3. She will work on Knopf’s nonfiction list. Cunningham comes to Knopf from Penguin Press, where she is a senior editor. At Macmillan…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Hachette Book Group, Diana Venitmiglia has joined Balance as executive editor, reporting to publisher Nana Twumasi. She was previously at Sounds True. Lauren Roberts joins Little, Brown, as senior publicity manager. She was most recently at Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (FSG). Mo Crist will join Bloomsbury as an Editor on Bloomsbury’s Adult…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe will exit his role once his contract expires in 2026. At Penguin Random House, Suzanne Herz is rejoining Penguin Random House as publisher of John Grisham, on April 15th, and will report to chief revenue officer Jaci Updike. Alessandra Scarpaci has joined Random House Children’s Books as publicity assistant. At Putnam, Regina…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Colin Shields, VP and executive director of global and international sales, is leaving Simon Schuster. Laura Perciasepe, formerly senior editor at Riverhead Books/PRH, is joining Summit Books/S&S as executive editor. Alessandra Balzer and Donna Bray will move from HarperCollins to Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group on April 15 They will set up a new…Continue Reading
