People Round Up, Mid February, 2025

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At Macmillan, St. Martin’s Press, Lisa Senz who’s been with the company for more than thirty years is retiring from her current position as VP, associate publisher, effective March 14. With her departure, the imprint has announced the following changes: Anne Marie Tallberg will become SVP, publishing director, fiction. She will oversee all SMP fiction, excluding Minotaur, Wednesday Books and Saturday Books. Laura Clark will become VP, publishing director, nonfiction. She will oversee all nonfiction, including St. Martin’s Essentials.

 

At Hachette Book Group, Sara Munjack has joined as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. She was previously director of DEI  at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

 

At Penguin Random House, Daniel Denning joins as senior marketing manager of Ballantine Books Group. He was previously at Union Square & Co.. Sophie Normil joins as senior marketing manager. She was previously at Gallery. Emily Siegmund joins as marketing manager. She previously worked in sales at Penguin Random House. Christiane Bezerra has joined as senior production designer at Random House Children’s. Most recently she was senior graphic designer at Thomson Reuters. Priyanka Godbole has joined as publicist. Most recently she was publicist, corporate communications, at Scholastic. Rachel Jensen has joined as a publicist. Most recently she was publicist at FINN Partners. At Ten Speed Press, Adah Li has joined as assistant editor. Adah was formerly at Algonquin Young Readers

 

At HarperCollins, Sarah George has joined as marketing associate in the academic marketing department.  She was previously at Sourcebooks. At HarperCollins Children’s, Lindsey Triebel has joined as senior publicist. She was previously publicity and marketing coordinator at Health Communications

 

At Simon & Schuster, Irene Harris joins the distribution client team as associate national account manager, Amazon. She was previously sales account coordinator at Amazon at Candlewick Press. Caroline Bonin has been named business analyst, sales and demand planning. Elisabeth Kingren-Hawkins has been named business analyst. At Atria Books, Molly Burgoyne, Kayla Slusser, and Jessica Laino have joined as publicity assistants. Cailin Duffy, formerly lead bookseller at Burton’s Bookstore, is joining Gallery Books as publishing assistant. 

Faber US has been launched by UK publisher Faber & Faber and will be overseen from Faber’s London offices by Mallory Ladd, director, Faber US and international sales, and Sara Talbot, sales director. Brittany Dennison has joined as senior publicist. Previously, she was at Artisan Books. Travis Smith has joined as senior marketing manager. He was most recently at Algonquin Books. Both will be based in the US.  PGW will distribute for the division, as it has for Faber UK.  

 

At Bloomsbury, Camille Kellogg, senior editor at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, is leaving the company to become a freelance editor. She can be reached at Camille.Kellogg@gmail.com.

 

At Scholastic, Kieran Viola has joined as executive editor. Viola was previously deputy publisher at Disney Hyperion and National Geographic Kids.

 

Berrett-Koehler Publishers has named Steven Piersanti to CEO,CFO, and publisher. He succeeds CEO Praveen Madan. Kristen Frantz has been named COO and SVP of sales & marketing, and joins the board.

 

At Sourcebooks, Andrew Arthur has joined as production coordinator.  Angela Corpus, formerly associate director of marketing and publicity at Quarto, has joined as  marketing director of nonfiction.

 

Ploughshares has named John Skoyles to interim editor in chief of the literary journal.

 

Emily Ritter has launched Emily Ritter Digital Marketing. Most recently she was the director of brand development for Sarah J. Maas.

 

At Zibby Publishing, Vanessa Vazquez-Watts has joined as director of sales operations. She was previously executive director of client services at Hachette Book Group. Holly Mauskopf has joined as business manager. Jordan Herskowitz has joined as director of impact. 

 

At Kids Can Press, Dylan Earle, formerly content coordinator at Nelson Education, has joined as sales assistant.

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In Agency News…

Spencerhill Associates Literary Agency have promoted Sandy Harding and Ali Herring to senior agent.

 

At BookEnds Literary, Allegra Martschenko has joined as literary agent. They were previously at Ladderbird Literary Agency.

 

At Jane Rotrosen Agency, Danielle Marshall has joined as an agent.

 

At The Rights Factory, Clara Chuiton has joined as associate agent. She was previously at Olswanger Literary

 

2 Seas Agency now handles foreign rights sales for all of Astra Publishing House with the addition of DAW.

 

Azantian Literary Agency has promoted Alexandra Weiss to literary agent and will take on the new role of agency manager. Larissa Melo Pienkowski joined as literary agent. She was previously at Jill Grinberg Literary Management.

 

Transatlantic Agency has named Rachel Letofsky as senior agent. She was previously at CookeMcDermid.

 

Franklin & Siegal Associates has been appointed adult, YA, and middle grade scout for Editura Trei in Romania, effective February 15.

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PROMOTIONS

At Penguin Random House, Jinna Shin has been promoted to art director. Trisha Previte and Monique Razzouk have been promoted to senior designer. Lauren Clauss has been promoted to senior editor, licensed publishing. Emily Shapiro has been promoted to associate editor at Labyrinth RoadCyrus Kheradi has been promoted to executive VP, international sales, marketing, and business development. At Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Diana Secker Tesdell has been promoted to executive editor, Vintage Classics and Everyman’s Library. Chris Howard-Woods has been promoted to associate editor at Doubleday. Amanda Orenstein has been promoted to assistant director, strategic insights. At Random House Children’s, Chris Angelilli has been promoted to SVP and editor-in-chief of licensed publishing.

 

At Scholastic, Mandy Earles has been promoted to senior publicist. Brooke Shearouse has been promoted to director, publicity.

Derek Stordahl, SVP of global planning and integration for Walker Books Group, will depart the company this month.  In his current role, he led the rights and publishing teams at Holiday House and Peachtree.  He may be reached at derek.stordahl@gmail.com

 

At Grove Atlantic, Zoe Harris has been promoted to assistant editor, continuing to report to CEO and publisher Morgan Entrekin.

 

Simon & Schuster has promoted Michael Mahoney to SVP, chief technology officer. Sandeep Patel has been promoted to director, application development. 

 

At Graywolf Press, Anni Liu has been promoted to editor. Brittany Torres Rivera has been promoted to assistant editor. Maggie Southard Gladstone has been promoted to the newly created role of director of publicity and strategy, fiction and special projects.

 

Princeton University Press has promoted Laura Lassen to editorial associate.

 

At Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Christy Kirk has been promoted to associate director of marketing. Elsa Frantz has been promoted to a full-time position as sales, marketing and publicity specialist. Alexis Woodcock has been promoted to editorial administrator.

 

At Phaidon, Ellis Smith has been promoted to managing editor. Jules Spector has been promoted to assistant editor. Phoebe Stephenson has been promoted to assistant editor.

 

Writers House has promoted Sofia Bolido to assistant manager, global licensing. 

 

At Sourcebooks, Valeria Pierce has been promoted to executive director, retail marketing and creative services.

 

At Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree Publishing, Shaelyn McDaniel has been promoted to assistant director of consumer marketing. Pam Consolazio has been promoted to associate art director. Nada Kamalhedayat has been promoted to senior consumer marketing coordinator. 

 

At Diversion Publishing, Mark Fretz has been promoted to associate publisher of Radius Book Group.

 

At TvS Media Group Hannah Boardman has been promoted to publicist.

 

At Zibby Publishing, Katie Teas has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Sierra Grazia has been promoted publishing manager. Alex Feigin has been promoted to marketing and editorial associate.

 

At Milkweed Editions, Madi McLaughlin has been promoted to advancement manager. Sean Beckford has been promoted to associate editor. Morgan LaRocca has been promoted to senior publicist.

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DULY NOTED

Publishing entrepreneurs Chris Gruener and Keith Riegert have launched The Stable Book Group, a collective of four independent publishers, She Writes Press, Trafalgar Square Books, Ulysses Press, and VeloPress and the newly established Galpón Press, coming in as a client, and Mountain Gazette Books, as a partner. The new company will distribute via S&S and operate out of Petaluma CA and Brooklyn NY.

 

At the Association of American Publishers, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray was elected board chair. Chronicle president Tyrrell Mahoney was elected vice chair. Taylor & Francis managing director, books Jeremy North was re-elected treasurer and Elsevier chair YS Chi remains an officer as immediate past chair.

At the American Booksellers Association, Talia Whyte has been named to the board.

 

Spotify partners with The Blacklist on a mental health grant award for fiction writers. The deadline to apply is July 8th, 2025.

 

The longlist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction was announced on February 3rd. 

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EVENTS

February 13-23rd

Feria Internacional del Libro La Habana

Havana, Cuba

 

February 23-26th

ABA Winter Institute

Denver, CO

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People Round Up, Early Feb 2025

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At Simon & Schuster, Marysue Rucci will become publisher of Scribner on February 24, succeeding Nan Graham. Graham will remain at Scribner, acquiring new titles and editing her authors. 

 

At Penguin Random House, Windy Dorresteyn has moved back to VP and deputy publisher of  Ten Speed Graphic, licensing, Clarkson Potter Gift, and Compendium.  At Anne Schwartz Books, VP & publisher Anne Schwartz will retire from her current role on February 1. She will transition to editor-at-large under the umbrella of Knopf Books For Young Readers.

 

At Hachette,  senior director of marketing Saimah Haque and director of metadata strategy and consumer insights Laurel Stokes’s roles  were eliminated as part of a reorganization in corporate marketing. At Grand Central, John Morgan has joined as executive editor. He was previously executive editor at Marvel Press, a division of Disney Publishing. Kate Ellsworth has joined as editor at Running Press.

 

At Macmillan, Lindsey Doyle has joined as supply chain inventory analyst. 

 

At Sourcebooks, Tim Hall has joined as children’s art director. Christina Homola has joined as production specialist. Rachael Renner is taking on a new role as account fulfillment representative international. Carolynn Telesca has joined in the newly created role of VP of Bespoke Publishing operations. She was previously at Macmillan, as production and manufacturing lead for Fablelistik.

 

At New York Times Book Review, Laura Thompson has joined as a fact-checker. She was previously at New York magazine. 

 

At Grove Atlantic, Jisu Kim has joined as sales and operations executive. Kim previously was senior manager of marketing, sales, and publicity at The Feminist Press.

 

At Scholastic, Eida del Risco has joined en Español as associate editor. 

 

At Zando, Marina Padakis Lowry has joined as director of publishing operations. She was previously executive managing editor at Union Square & Co. Ash Tsai has joined as designer. 

 

At Tokyopop, Owais Farooqui has joined as director of marketing and sales, reporting to COO and publisher Marc Visnick. He was previously at King Digital, Yahoo!, Atari, and Discovery Communications.

 

The American Booksellers Association has recommended Village Books owner Paul Hanson as a candidate for election to the board. Current board members Brien Lopez, Cynthia Compton, and Raquel Roque are running for reelection.

 

Running Wild appoints Reuben “Tihi” Hayslett  following the departure of Rize acquisition editor, Cody Sisco.

At Hay House, Cheryl Segura has joined as senior acquisitions editor. She was previously editor at Wiley

In Agency News…

At Calligraph, Leila Campoli has joined as principal agent. She was previously with Stonesong.

 

At Stonesong, Melissa Edwards has been promoted to executive vice president. Maria Ribas has been promoted to literary agent and executive editor of book packaging.

 

At Georges Borchardt, Pronoy Sarkar will join as agent. He was most recently senior editor at Little, Brown

 

At Trident Media Group, CEO and co-founder Dan Strone resigned three weeks ago and officially leaves the agency on February 7. He can be reached at dastrone@gmail.com or (917) 685-0000.  Foreign rights director Ana Ban departed shortly after Strone. Sam Birmingham will join as international rights director on February 3. Birmingham will join as international  rights director. Office manager/human resources head Milana Amirgulova has also left the agency. Aurora Fernandez and Claire Romine are promoted to literary agent.

 

At David Black Literary Agency, Anagha Putrevu has been promoted to foreign rights agent. 

 

At Looking Glass Literary & Media, Patricia Nelson has joined as senior agent. She was formerly with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency and takes her client list with her.

 

At Context Literary Agency, Monica Rodriguez has been promoted to agent.

PROMOTIONS

At Penguin Random House, Jessica Cashman has been promoted to assistant director, foreign rights. Minhee Bae has been promoted to senior manager art operations. Daphne Chiang has been promoted to designer. Michael Morris has been promoted to art director, One World. Irene Ng, has been promoted to designer. At Ten Speed Press, Kauser Fahimuddin and Gabby Ureña Matos have been promoted to assistant editor. Rebecca Westall has been promoted to senior production manager on the adult reprint team. Jennifer Wong has been promoted to senior production manager for the Penguin Orange Group. Carolyn Williams has been promoted to senior editor at Doubleday. At Penguin Life and The Open Field, Nina Rodriguez-Marty has been promoted to executive editor, and Isabelle Alexander has been promoted to assistant editor. At Knopf, Sara Eagle has been promoted to director of marketing for Knopf and Knopf Cooks. At Crown, Natalie Muglia, has been promoted to associate, sales marketing. Alisse Goldsmith-Wissman has been promoted to publicity manager. Jordan Pace has been promoted to publicity manager. Marni Folkman has been promoted to associate publicist. Hope Hathcock has been promoted to associate publicist. Brianna Kusilek has been promoted to publicist.  Rachel Parker has been promoted to publicist. At Ten Speed Press, Maggie Ramm has been promoted to designer. Lily Dondoshansky has been promoted to assistant editor, continuing to report to VP, executive editor Jason Kaufman and editor Cara Reilly

 

At Hachette,Ruqayyah Daud has been promoted to senior editor. Milena Blue Spruce and Jessica Levine have been promoted to associate editor.  At Pantheon, Denise Oswald is promoted to VP, editor-in-chief. Cynthia Lasky has been promoted to EVP, group sales director. 

 

At Macmillan, Raymond Ernesto Colόn has been promoted to executive director, production. Amanda Gutierrez has been promoted to associate director, production. Jeremy Haiting has been promoted to senior manager, production. Jose Olivera has transferred to publishing operations as senior manager, production. Stephanie Torres has been promoted to manager, production. Amanda Schoonmaker has been promoted to senior director, contracts, legal. Melissa Golding has been promoted to associate director, contracts, legal. 

 

At HarperCollins/Avon, Shannon Plackis has been promoted to senior editor. Madelyn Blaney and Allie Roche have been promoted to associate editor.

 

At Princeton University Press, Erik Beranek has been promoted to associate editor, paperbacks. Jaden Young has been promoted to production editor.

 

At Norton, Caroline Adams has been promoted to associate editor in the trade department. Haley Bracken has been promoted to associate editor at Liveright.

 

At Ingram Publisher Services, Lauren O’Donnell has been promoted to manager, marketing services.

 

At Sourcebooks, Heather Hall has been promoted to manager of editorial production for Bespoke Publishing.

 

At Scholastic, Julia Sabbagh was promoted to senior creative director licensing, proprietary, and Klutz. Vanessa Han was promoted to associate creative director. 

 

At Candlewick, Holiday House, and Peachtree, Taylor Norman has been promoted to editorial director at Neal Porter Books, Sara DiSalvo has been promoted to assistant director of publicity. Rachel Kirby has been promoted to publicity manager. Stephanie Pando has been promoted to senior publicist.

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DULY NOTED

Rebecca Yarros’s first week sales of ‘Onyx Storm’, the third volume in her Empryean series had a first printing of two million copies for its $32.99 deluxe edition, and according to Circana BookScan has sold nearly 1.1. million copies in its first week.

 

Karen Shapiro, publishing manager of the IP children’s editorial group at Sourcebooks and founding editorial director of Wonderland died at 57. 

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EVENTS

Jan 28- Feb 9th

Kolkata International Book Fair

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

 

January 24- Feb 4th

Cairo International Book Fair

Cairo, Egypt

 

February 5-9th

Lahore International Book Fair

Lahore, Pakistan

 

February 12-16th

San Miguel Writers Conference

Guanajuato, Mexico

 

February 13-23rd

Feria Internacional del Libro La Habana

Havana, Cuba

February 23-26th

ABA Winter Institute

Denver, CO

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People Round Up, Mid January, 2025

PEOPLE

At Hachette VP Publisher of James Patterson books, Ned Rust is leaving Little, Brown “to pursue other opportunities.”  Samantha Smith will take over as VP, Publisher for James Patterson books, reporting to Sally Kim, President and Publisher of Little, Brown. She was most recently at Pan Macmillan as Publisher, Fiction and Nonfiction, children’s and YA.  Also at Hachette, Tiffany Porcelli has been promoted to marketing director, Grand Central Publishing. Alexandra Hernandez has been promoted to publicity manager, Balance. Laura Gonzalez has joined as associate marketing manager. She was previously senior marketing associate at Harper Amistad/Harper Via. Rachel Rodrigeuz has joined as marketing associate. She was previously a marketing assistant at Crown. At Running Press, Madeleine Shalaby has joined as associate editor.

HarperCollins’ Harlequin Publishing has restructured its trade division, moving from five to three imprints. The publisher will keep all staff and publish the same number of titles among Mira Books, Park Row Books, and Hanover Square Press, joining editorial director Peter Joseph, executive editor John Glynn, associate editor Grace Towery, and editorial assistant Eden Railsback. Mira Books will absorb Canary Street Press and Graydon House will be phased out by the end of year.   At Harlequin, senior editor April Osborn, editor Dina Davis, and editorial assistant Evan Yeong will move from Mira Books to Hanover Square. Senior editors Meredith Clark and associate editor Leah Mol will move from Mira to Park Row, joining editorial director Erika Imranyi, executive editor Annie Chagnot and editorial assistant SarahElizabeth Lee. The Mira team will now comprise editorial director Susan Swinwood, executive editor Michele Bidelspach, senior editor Melanie Fried, senior editor Cat Clyne, associate editor Sarah Rodgers, assistant editor Lynn Raposo, and editorial assistant Marina Green.

At The New York Times, Pamela Paul, longtime editor of the New York Times Book Review who moved to the Opinion section in 2022, will depart as part of downsizing being made at the section.

Barnes & Noble’s chief merchandising officer since 2020 Jackie De Leo has left the company.  In regards to queries the company has asked publishers to address Lindsay Bogard at lbogard@bn.com (associate director, commercial strategy of children’s YA books). Additionally, it was also announced that Stephanie Fryling, vice president, commercial strategy and category management has after 12 years in October to join Penguin Random House.

At Penguin Random House, Tara Gilbride will rejoin the group on January 13th as director, marketing and publicity at Crown Currency. Hilary Redmon will join Knopf as vice president, editorial director of nonfiction, starting February 14. She was most recently vice president, editorial director of nonfiction for Random House. Katelyn Hemmeke has joined Inklore as editor. She was most recently at Webtoon.

At Simon & Schuster, Alyssa Weinberg has joined as an associate marketing manager. She was formerly an assistant marketing manager at Holt. Hanna Brattesani has joined the flagship imprint in the newly created role of backlist manager. She was most recently literary agent and director of international rights at The Friedrich Agency. Bridget Thoreson has joined as director of client publishing operations. Thoreson was previously vice president of operations at Ulysses Press.  At Simon & Schuster Audio, former Polis founder and publisher Jason Pinter joined the division in November as vice president, editorial director of Simon Maverick, a new line that acquires and publishes audiobooks from self-published authors. At Simon Element, Carah Gedeon joins as a publicist. She was previously at Fortier Public Relations.

At Macmillan, Marc Resnick will continue as vice president and editorial director, now focusing on nonfiction.

At HarperCollins, Sarah Bode joined as associate director of marketing at Holt. She was previously at Penguin Random House. Andy Tan-Delli Cicchi has joined as associate editor of Holt. He was previously at Spiegel and Grau. At Dey Street, Libby Burton has joined as vice president, editorial director, overseeing acquisitions for the imprint while also building out the list for the new Harper Pop line. She was previously executive editor at Crown. At Mariner, Caroline Zancan has joined as editorial director of fiction. She was previously executive editor at Holt.

At Norton, Elizabeth Gaffin has joined as the newly-created role of client services director for the Norton Trade Group. She was previously director of Publisher Services at Artbook/D.A.P.. Andrew Gibeley has joined the trade publicity department as publicity manager. He was most recently senior publicist at Abrams Books.

At Abrams, Toni Martinez has joined as vice president, people. She will lead human resources. Previously she was at Tribune Publishing, Fuse Media and MTV Networks. Jacq Cohen has joined as marketing and publicity director, Abrams ComicArts. Juliet Dore has been promoted to editor.

Phaidon will have John Quinn join as CFO, effective January 27. Emma Tsankov has joined as social media manager.

Podium Entertainment has Andy Dodds  join as director of acquisitions. He was previously at Grand Central Publishing.

At Astra House, Susan Dobinick has been promoted to associate publisher, Astra Books for Young Readers. Liz Koehler-Crean has been promoted to associate publisher, DAW.  Joshua Starr has been promoted to senior marketing and publicity manager, DAW. Madeline Goldberg has been promoted to assistant editor, DAW. Tiffany Gonzalez has been promoted to senior marketing manager.

ARC Collective has launched a literary division. Jaidree Braddix joins as head of publishing. Jaidree was previously at Park & Fine Literary and Media.

At the University of Georgia Press, Rachel Watkins has joined as marketing and sales director. She was previously at Avid Bookshop. Former marketing and sales director Steven Wallace retired on January 3rd.

At Melville House, Cecilia Flores has joined as editor. She was most recently at Soft Skull Press. Jay Pabarue has joined as director of digital media. They were most recently at The New Press.

At Nosy Crow, Phoebe Kosman has joined as head of marketing and communications. She was formerly director of publicity at Candlewick Press, Holiday House Publishing, and Peachtree Publishing.

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In Agency News…

Theresa Park and Celeste Fine, co-founders of Park & Fine Literary and Media, and Kimberly Brower, founder of Brower Literary & Management, have partnered to form Park,Fine & Bower Literary Management.

At Dunow, Carlson, & Lerner, Eleanor Jackson and Rachel Vogel have been made partners at the agency.

At Sterling Lord Literistic, Lily Dolin has joined as associate agent. She was previously at UTA.

At Azantian Literary Agency, Mara Hollander, joins as associate agent. She was previously at Fine Print Literary Management. Carey Blankenship-Kramer joins as associate agent. She was previously at Belcastro Agency.

Franklin & Siegal has promoted Brianna Zimmerman to senior literary scout. Chanelle Norman has been promoted to literary scout, moving to the adult department from children’s and film/tv. Jasper Cerone and Ava Goodwin have joined as assistant scouts.

At Maria B. Campbell, Maggie Thompson has been promoted to director of US scouting. Leticia Vila-Sanjuan has been promoted to director of international scouting.

At Trident Media Group, Kristen Bertoloni has been promoted to associate literary agent.

At KO Media Management, Veronica Grijalva has joined as international licensing manager.

Victress Literary has promoted Alisha West to associate agent.

Andrew Brown Literary Agency has promoted Analia Cebello to associate agent.

The Good Literary Agency, co-founders Julia Kingsford and Nikesh Shukla will close at the end of March. All staff will be laid off. Rights and revenue will revert to their over 200 authors.

At The Book Group, Sara Shandler has joined as senior agent. She was previously at Alloy Entertainment.

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PROMOTIONS

At Penguin Random House, Matt Godzieba has been promoted to the newly created role of vice president, acquisitions and affiliate services. Andrew Taets has been promoted to associate marketing manager. On the preK-12 education marketing team: Lani Williams has been promoted to senior director. Colin Reublinger has been promoted to senior manager. Kaitlyn Spotts has been promoted to manager. Annabella Sherman has been promoted to associate account manager.

At Penguin Children’s, Olivia Russo has been promoted to executive director, publicity. Emily Rodriguez has been promoted to senior managing editor.  Sierra Pregosin and Karter Powell have been promoted to publicist. Krista Asadorian has been promoted to associate director, publishing office. Olivia Kwiatkowski has been promoted to senior designer, marketing. Alicia Ross has been promoted to associate manager, digital marketing at Berkley. Elise Tecco has been promoted to marketing associate at Berkley.

Loren Jaggers has been promoted to executive publicist. Amanda Maurer has been promoted to assistant editor. Gabrielle Pachon has been promoted to assistant editor. At Putnam, Katie McKee has been promoted to associate director of publicity. Jazmin Miller has been promoted to associate publicist. At Dutton, Cassidy Sachs has been promoted to senior editor. Diamond Bridges has been promoted to marketing associate at Dutton, Plume, and Tiny Reparations Books. Whitney Frick has been promoted to vice president and publisher of The Dial Press. Molly Turpin has been promoted to executive editor, Random House. Monica Rae Brown has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House. Leila Tejani has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House. Maddie Woda has been promoted to assistant editor, Hogarth.

At PRH Christian Publishing Group, Bunmi Ishola has been promoted to senior editor. Sonia Persad has been promoted to art director, illustrated products. Shauna Carlos has been promoted to publicist. Nicole Counts has been promoted to editorial director at One World, reporting to Christopher Jackson. Annie Lowell has been promoted to assistant  marketing director, brands and licensing, Random House Worlds, reporting to Daniel Wikey. At Random House Children’s, Tim Terhune has been promoted to senior production editor.

At Avery/Tarcher Perigee, Jacob Surpin has been promoted to executive editor at Avery. Lauren O’Neal has been promoted to senior editor at Tarcher Perigee. Rachel Dugan has been promoted to publicist at Avery & Tarcher Perigee. At Viking Penguin, Elizabeth Yaffe has been promoted to associate art director. Elizabeth Schaefer has been promoted to publishing director, Random House Worlds. Tom Hoeler has been promoted to editorial director, licensed fiction and special projects, Random House Worlds. Gabriella Munoz has been promoted to associate editor. Logan Balestrino has been promoted to senior manager of publishing and editorial operations at Inklore. At Pamela Dorman Books, Seema Mahanian has been promoted to executive editor.

At Macmillan, Sarah Cantin has been promoted to vice president and editorial director, fiction at St. Martin’s Publishing Group.

At HarperCollins, Julia Elliott has been promoted to executive editor of William Morrow. Cassie Jones  has been promoted to SVP/executive editor at William Morrow and editorial director of William Morrow Cookbooks. Ann Dye has been promoted to the expanded role of vice president, sales operations. At Harper Collins Children’s, John Sellers has been promoted to senior director, publicity.

Union Square & Co. has promoted Mahalaleel M. Clinton to assistant editor.

At Zando Nathalie Ramirez has been promoted to executive director, marketing & imprint partnerships. Anna Hall has been promoted to director, digital marketing. Emily Morris has been promoted to associate publicist.

At Phaidon, Ellie Levine has been promoted to global director of digital marketing.

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DULY NOTED

NYU’s Center for Publishing and Applied Liberal Arts (PALA) is now The Center for Publishing, Writing, and Media. Associate Dean of the program, Andrea Chambers, notes: “We believe that this name more accurately reflects our mission to educate, lead, and innovate in the world of global communications for the benefit of our students and academic community.”

The BINC Foundation is raising money to support bookstores and booksellers affected by disasters, most recently the wildfires in California. They will match up to a total of $45,000. The matching funds will be provided by Dav Pilkey, Forefront Books, Ingram Content Group, Macmillan Publishers, and Mad Cave Studios, following a $10,000 match from Bookshop.org,

Michael Jacobs, formerly president and CEO of Abrams Books, and Sheridan Hay have launched Filmore Projects, which will provide “executive coaching, organizational development and board governance, structure and strategic advice for profit and non-profit enterprises in publishing and the creative arts”. They also will provide editorial development and launch a publishing and packaging imprint Galpόn Press, which will debut in fall 2025.

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EVENTS

Jan 24-27th

ALA LibLearnX

Phoenix, AZ

Jan 24- Feb  4th

Cairo International Book Fair

Cairo, Egypt

Jan 28- Feb 9th

Kolkata International Book Fair

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Meta Used Pirated Books to Build AI 

 

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Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 12/30-01/03

Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know.

How 2024 Became the Year of Audiobooks

 

Need a Goal for 2025? Here’s How to Read 100 Books

 

Are You Reading for Yourself or Your Social Media? 

 

Will Eliminating the Department of Education Help Children’s Literacy Scores? 

 

England Provides a Phonics Check for Children Should the US Join?