PEOPLE Hachette’s Little Brown, & Company division announced that, beginning October 28th, Nadxieli Nieto will be joining Algonquin Books as editorial director. She will report to Sally Kim. She was previously executive editor at Flatiron Books. Quarto Group CEO Alison Goff will step down from her position at the end of the year. She…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Penguin Random House, Stephanie Fryling will be join as SVP, adult retail sales on October 28. She will oversee the Barnes & Noble, BAM, field sales, and client sales teams. Most recently she has been vp, commercial strategy and category management at Barnes & Noble, where she has worked for the last 12…Continue Reading
A round-up of people and business moves in the publishing industry for Mid-September, 2024.
PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster, Lauren Marino will join Simon Element as executive editor on September 9th. She was previously editorial director at Hachette Books. Macmillan Publishers: Paul Sleven, SVP, general counsel will retire in January. He has worked for Macmillan since 1995. At Tor Publishing Group, Susan Barnes has joined as senior…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Penguin Random House, Helen Thomaides, previously assistant editor at W.W. Norton has joined as editor for Hogarth and the Modern Library. Ariela Rudy Zaltzman has left Penguin Random House. She can be contacted at arielarudy@gmail.com. Hannah Perrin has joined Crown as associate marketing manager. Jamie Lescht has joined as publicity manager. She was…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Bob Miller, founder, president, and publisher of Flatiron Books is leaving the company. Celadon president and publisher Deb Futter will be Miller’s replacement and will now be president and publisher of Celadon Books & Flatiron Books. At Simon & Schuster, Eliza Kirby has joined Weldon Owen as editor. She was formerly editor at…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Hachette announced a series of promotions and realignments on July 15th that included: Running Press and Workman will combine into Workman Running Press Group as of January 1st, 2025. Workman’s Algonquin Books imprint will become part of Little, Brown, reporting to Sally Kim; and Algonquin Young Readers will become part of Little, Brown Children’s,…Continue Reading
Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blog Posts of the Week 07/01-07/05
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 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
