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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 07/01-07/05

Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 07/01-07/05

People Round Up, Early July, 2024

PEOPLE At Putnam/PRH, Lindsay Sagnette will join as VP, editor in chief, on July 15th. She was most recently VP, editorial director at Atria. Newly reporting to Sagnette are Tara Singh Carlson, Michelle Howry, Daphne Ming Durham, and Kate Dresser.  She takes the position previously held by Sally Kim, who moved to Little, Brown as…Continue Reading

People Round Up, Mid June, 2024

PEOPLE Jonathan Shar has been named CEO of Barnes & Noble Education by the company’s board of directors. He succeeds Michael P. Huseby, whose resignation from the position went into effect on June 11th.   The National Book Foundation, has elected three new board members, bringing the board total to 23 members: Jonathan Karp, president…Continue Reading

2024’s U.S. Book Show Attracts a Range of Industry Participants

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

People Round Up, Mid May, 2024

A round-up of people and business moves in the publishing industry for Mid May, 2024.

People Round Up, Early 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 Round Up, Mid April, 2024

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 Round Up, Early April, 2024

PEOPLE Penguin Random House, Anna Paustenbach will join Avery Publishing as executive editor on April 1st. She was previously executive editor at Harper One. Jen Schwabinger, VP and director, sales development is departing after 40 years with the company. Valerie Van Delft, SVP of logistics, will retire this August. Alison Martin is named SVP of…Continue Reading

People Round Up, Mid March, 2024

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 Round Up, Mid February, 2024

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