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.
Are authors and Hollywood moving closer together on screen development?
Why are cookbooks so often also memoirs?
How is Gone Girl still influencing psychological thrillers?
When will the industry stop dismissing women over 45?
Has BookTok changed the way we talk about books?
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.
What effect do book bans have on the librarians instructed to enforce them?
Does a book tour translate on-screen?
How much progress have we made towards meaningful disability fiction?
Are boycotts really the most effective way to counter Amazon?
What can authors do to meet this historical moment?
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Julia Sommerfeld, Publisher of Amazon Publishing, has been named Head of Brilliance Publishing, in addition to her existing duties. Christopher Werner joins as Editorial Director; he worked previously as Executive Editor for Amazon Publishing.
At Pearson, Sulaekha Kolloru has joined as Chief Strategy Officer. Most recently she was VP of International Portfolio Strategy and Transformation at Delta Air Lines.
Wattpad Cofounder and CEO Allan Lau has stepped aside from that role and will remain with the company as Executive Advisor to Webtoon. President Jeanne Lam takes over as CEO.
Michael Rentas joins Artbook and Distributed Art Publishers (DAP) as VP and Chief Financial and Operating Officer. He succeeds Yvonne Puffer, who is retiring, and most recently worked as Director of Business Operations & Analysis at Ingram Content Group.
At Ingram Content Group, Mark Ouimet will retire as VP and General Manager of Publisher Services on June 10. His responsibilities will be assumed by VP and General Manager Sabrina McCarthy. Pamela Smith, VP and General Manager, plans to retire at the end of 2022.
Terry Nemeth, Publisher of Theater Communications Group Books (TCG Books), has announced his retirement. The search for a new publisher is underway and the job description is available here.
At the Harper Group, Maya Baran will join as Senior Director of Publicity on June 6. She was most recently Assistant Director of Publicity at Viking Penguin. Sabrina Kenoun, previously Associate Publicist at Sparkpoint Studio, joins HarperCollins Children’s Books as Associate Publicist.
At IDW, Jamie S. Rich joins as Executive Editorial Director. Most recently he was Editor in Chief of Original Comics and Novels at Tapas Media.
Dr. Antonio A. Fierro joins Tools 4 Reading as Chief Academic Advisor. He previously served as Coordinator and Director for Texas’s Reading First initiative.
Laurel Stokes joins Hachette Book Group as Backlist Director. Previously she was National Account Manager at HarperCollins.
Publicity Director Caroline Nitz has left Graywolf Press.
Beth Steidle joins Tin House as Associate Director of Design and Production. Most recently she was Senior Production Manager, Trade at W.W. Norton.
At Sourcebooks, Christina Noriega, most recently Director of Gift and Special Sales at Baker & Taylor Publishing Services, joins as Director of Gift Sales. Raquel Latko joins as National Account Manager, Adult Mass Market; previously she was Senior Product Manager at Readerlink Distribution Services. At duopress, Michele Suchomel-Casey joins as Associate Managing Director.
In agency news…Em Pagano, lately Book Rights Coordinator at Creative Artists Agency, joins Maria B. Campbell as Co-Director, Film and TV. Anne Panciera joins Jane Starr Literary Scouts as Scout. Kathleen Ortiz, formerly Literary Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media, has launched KO Media Management and can be reached at info@komediamanagement.com. Cassie Mannes Murray joins Triangle House Literary and Triangle House Review as Agent and In-House Publicist; previously she was Literary Agent at Howland Literary.
Mallory Hayes, formerly Publicist for 1517 Media, is launching freelance publicity firm Hayes Publicity and can be reached at mallory@hayespublicity.com.
Leila Siddiqui joins DK as Senior Manager, Digital Strategy. Previously she was Marketing Manager at Simon & Schuster. Shina Patel, lately Associate Marketing Manager at Penguin Press, joins Putnam as Marketing Manager.
At Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Mitch Thorpe joins as Senior Manager of Publicity. Previously he was Publicity Manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Christian Westermann, formerly Associate Manager, Fields Sales and Retail Marketing at Workman and Algonquin, joins Abrams as Senior Marketing Manager.
At New Harbinger Publications, Nora Spiegel joins as Acquisitions Editor. Previously she was Editor at Callisto Media.
Bess Pallares joins Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group as Editor.
At The Northwest Review, Jay McInerney joins as the journal’s first Advisory Editor.
Karen Gu joins Two Lines Press as Publicist.
At the University of New Mexico Press, Anna Zumbahlen joins as Publicist.
Briana Williams joins Bloomsbury as Marketing Associate. Hannah Bowe, previously Assistant Production Editor at Questar Assessment, joins as Assistant Production Editor, Children’s.
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.
Who is burning out in the publishing industry?
Where is the rare book trade heading?
How should an audiobook be narrated?
What challenges is the supply chain still facing?
How are Ukrainian publishers continuing to publish?
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 is one influencer raising the profile of Black books and authors?
When (and how) are in-person events for children’s authors coming back?
What actually got math textbooks rejected in Florida?
Why are so many political bombshells embargoed for books?
What’s powering the latest wave of bookstore unions?
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Jon Yaged has been named successor to Don Weisberg as CEO of Macmillan. Weisberg will leave the company at the end of the year. At Celadon, critic and professor Jabari Asim joins as Literary Acquisitions Advisor on June 20.
Brian Scharp joins Nelson Books as VP of Marketing. He worked in the past as SVP of Global Marketing for Our Daily Bread Ministries. At Mira, Dina Davis joins as Associate Editor and Leah Mol joins as Assistant Editor.
Editorial Director Jonathan Lee has left Bloomsbury to focus on developing projects for television, including an adaptation of his novel High Dive.
Claire Israel has left Legible, where she was Head of Development & Growth Initiatives; previously, she was Senior Director, Business Development at Barnes & Noble. She can be reached at cisrael480@gmail.com.
At Little, Brown, Bryan Christian joins as Senior Marketing Director, overseeing marketing for Little, Brown and Mulholland Books. He was formerly Associate Marketing Director at Meredith.
At the University of Chicago Press, Wayne Willis joins as Senior Director of Information Technology, beginning May 17. Previously he was Technical Account Director at Gutenberg Technology.
At Scribd, Laura Malinasky joins as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. She was previously Chief Legal & Compliance Officer at Planet Labs.
Penguin Random House Audio Director, Studio Production Dan Musselman has retired. At Ten Speed Press, Claire Yee, previously Editor at Weldon Owen and 4 Color Books, joins as Senior Editor. Raven Ross joins Viking Penguin as Marketing Coordinator, while Rachel Wainz joins as Social Media Manager. Nina Rodriguez-Marty joins Penguin Life as Associate Editor. And at Random House Children’s Books, Denise Morales Soto, formerly Picture Book Editor at A Kids Book About, joins as Bilingual Copyeditor.
Adam Philips joins Dynamite Entertainment as Director, Marketing. Most recently he was President of Untold Stories Marketing.
At Sounds True, Penny Anne Makras, formerly Associate Director of Marketing at HarperCollins, joins as Marketing Director.
Alison Black has left her position as Director, Business Operations, IPS at Ingram Content Group and can be contacted at alison_swetlik@bellsouth.net.
In agency news…Sanford J. Greenburger Associates is launching Greenburger Kids, a division of the agency dedicated to “specializing in the representation of authors and illustrators of children’s literature.” Alexander Slater, lately Literary Agent at Trident Media Group, joins as Literary Agent, alongside Greenburger agent Wendi Gu.
Elsewhere at the agencies: Adria Goetz joins P.S. Literary Agency as Senior Literary Agent. Previously she was Senior Literary Agent at Martin Literary Management. At Red Fox Literary, children’s author Sarah Stephens joins as Agent, as does Eve Adler, most recently Executive Editor at Union Square Kids. At BookEnds, Jenissa Graham joins as Subsidiary Rights Manager and Associate Agent. And Keir Alekseii and Shannon Lechon both join Azantian Literary Agency as Agents.
At Astra House, Paul Boccardi joins as Senior Finance Director; he worked in the past as Director of Finance for Hachette Book Group. Alexis Nowicki, lately Associate Publicist at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, joins as Publicist. At Toon Books, Tucker Stone, lately Client Marketing Manager at Consortium, joins as Executive Editor and Aria Balraj joins as Assistant Editor. Octavia Saenz joins minedition and Hippo Park as Assistant Editor.
Joe Brosnan joins Grove Atlantic as Senior Editor, dedicated to acquiring crime fiction. Previously he was Senior Marketing Manager at St. Martin’s Press and Site Manager at CriminalElement.com.
Nicole James joins The Quarto Group as Senior Acquisitions Editor; she was previously Agent and Founder of The James Literary Agency.
At Insight Editions, Michael Hylton, formerly Senior Production Editor at Hayden-McNeil Publishing, joins as Senior Production Editor.
Adrian Matejka is the new Editor of Poetry, effective May 16.
At Disney Publishing Worldwide, Alex Serrano, lately Publicity Manager at HarperCollins, and Crystal McCoy, lately PR Manager at Wattpad Books, both join as Publicity Manager.
Samantha Simon, formerly Marketing Manager at Clarkson Potter and Ten Speed Press, joins Chronicle Books as Food & Lifestyle Marketing Manager, and Gabriel Martinez joins as Junior Production Designer.
At Simon & Schuster, Olivia Taylor Smith joins as Senior Editor; she was previously Executive Editor at Unnamed Press, which she cofounded. Shauneice Robinson, lately Marketing Associate at Sourcebooks, joins as Associate Marketing Manager for Book Clubs and Partnerships.
At Marble Press, Michael Green, formerly President and Publisher of Philomel Books, joins as Acquisitions Editor for picture books, graphic novels, and middle-grade. He can be contacted at michael.green@marblepress.com.
Cat Reynolds, formerly Editor at Sesame Workshop, joins Dr. Seuss Publishing as Editor.
Brock Schnoke, formerly Marketing Coordinator at Cornell University Press, joins the University of North Carolina Press as Digital Marketing Specialist.
At Verto Literary Group, author Jenny Fran Davis joins as Assistant Editor.
Every month, Publishing Trends runs fiction international bestsellers lists from four territories–France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. This month, our four regular territories are joined by two more: Brazil and Singapore. Those books that have been published in English are listed with their official English-language title. All others are translated as literally as possible from the original. Where applicable, the US publisher is listed after the local publisher, separated by a “/”. The lists are taken from major newspapers or national retailers, which are noted at the bottom of each list.
Download the full list as a PDF here.
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.
What are religious publishers doing to create inclusive and diverse lists?
An AI study revealed four times more male protagonists than female in literature from the Gutenberg Project.
Can crime writers ethically depict violence?
How do blind authors approach writing for sighted readers?
As pandemic growth slowed, Amazon’s sales fell last quarter.
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.
Who’s putting books in the hands of celebrities?
What should nonfiction authors know about trade publishing?
Where does the responsibility for library ebook curation fall?
Do in-person book fairs have a place in our full-remote era?
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Paula Amendolara joins Sourcebooks as SVP of Sales. She was most recently VP and Director of Sales, National Accounts at Simon & Schuster. At Sourcebooks Fire, Karen Masnica joins as Associate Director of Marketing & Publicity; she was previously Senior Marketing Manager at Simon & Schuster.
At Diamond Book Distributors, Rich Johnson joins as VP, Sales and Business Development. He was most recently President and Founder of the publishing consultancy Brick Road Media.
Sandy Resnick joins WEBTOON as Head of Rights. He worked previously as Director, Global Affiliated Publishing & Business Development at DC Comics.
Among the executive departures at e-reading startup Legible are Chief Publishing Officer Cameron Drew, Chief Revenue Officer Wai-Ming Yu, Chief Financial Officer Helina Patience, Head of Accessibility Laura Brady, and Chief Technology Officer Adam Zouak. In addition, over a third of employees were laid off, bringing the company from 60 people to 37.
VP, Marketing & Publicity Lauren Hoffman has left her position at Simon & Schuster Children’s.
Ebony LaDelle has left her position as Brand Marketing Director at Penguin Random House and can be contacted through her website.
At Audible, Rhea Lyons joins as Content Acquisitions Director. Most recently she was Agent and Director of Film and Television Rights at HG Literary.
Josh Noem joins Ave Maria Press as Editorial Director. Previously he was Senior Editor at Grotto Network, an initiative from the University of Notre Dame.
At Wayne State University Press, Traci Cothran joins as Sales and Marketing Director. She was formerly Director of K-12 Content Strategy and Development at Gale. Sandra Korn, previously Assistant Editor at Duke University Press, joins as Acquisitions Editor.
In agency news…Karen Murgolo returns to Aevitas Creative Management as Agent. She was previously Editorial Director of Lifestyle & Culinary at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. At WME, Angeline Rodriguez, lately of the UK’s Orbit Books, joins the New York office as Agent.
At Little, Brown, Alex Littlefield, formerly Executive Editor at Mariner Books, will join as Executive Editor on May 16.
Emily Graff joins Harper Group as Senior Editor. She was previously Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster. At Harper Alley, Maddy Price joins as Assistant Designer.
At Sounds True, Sarah Stanton, lately Senior Acquisitions Editor at Shambhala Publications, joins as Senior Editor.
Zakiya Jamal has resigned as Senior Manager of Social Media at Scholastic.
Natalie Weaver joins Springer Nature as Marketing Manager. She was previously Speakers Bureau Associate at HarperCollins Speakers Bureau.
At Transit Books, Theadora Walsh joins as Marketing Manager.
At Westminster John Knox Press, Jose Santana joins as Academic Marketing Manager.
Kathleen Morandini joins Bloomsbury Children’s as Children’s Assistant School and Library Marketing Manager.
