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.
Why do so many men still avoid reading women?
What lies ahead for Christian publishing?
How are translators and publishers platforming Ukrainian voices?
Which novelists can truly thrive on Substack?
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.
Can cultural sanctions change Russia’s course?
If more high-profile authors self-publish, how will the industry rebalance?
Why is Amazon closing physical retail locations?
How do book challenges affect school library budgets?
What can translated children’s literature teach adults?
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Therese Ratcliff has been named Director and CEO at Liturgical, becoming the first woman to lead the Catholic press. She will replace outgoing director Peter Dwyer in June and is presently VP of the Association of Catholic Publishers’ board of directors. In news from other religious presses, Katelyn Beaty has been named Editorial Director of Brazos; she was previously Acquisitions Editor for Baker Publishing Group. And the Rev. Dr. Bridgett A. Green returns from a stint in academia to become VP of Publishing for the Presbyterian Publishing Corp. and Editorial Director for the WJK Press.
At HarperCollins, James Phirman, previously Senior Director of Special Sales at HMH Books & Media, joins as VP of Special Markets. Louise Braverman joins HarperOne as Director of Publicity; she was formerly Director of Publicity for Viking/Penguin. At Dey Street/William Morrow, Allison Carney, formerly Assistant Director of Marketing at Macmillan, joins as Marketing Director. Jessica Gilo, lately Senior Marketing Manager at Countryman Press, joins the Harper Group as Associate Director of Marketing for Harper Wave and Harper Business. At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Michelle Bigman joins as Senior Designer.
Chris Kouzes, formerly Director of Sales at Readerlink, joins Talkshoplive as VP of Vendor Management and Distribution.
Michael Spradlin joins Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream as VP of Sales and can be contacted at michael.spradlin@pdicbooks.com.
Kendra Newton, previously Senior Director of Marketing at HarperCollins/Dey Street joins Cent, Inc. as Director of Marketing.
As part of the continued Workman integration, a number of changes have been announced at Hachette. In the finance group, Bill Jackson will serve as Workman Executive Finance Director, Jocelyn Lentin will be Financial Analyst, and Linda Stark and Heather Tietgens will both be Finance Managers. The Accounts Receivable and Customer Financial Services group will have Christine Torres, Senior CFS Representative; Rosemary Colucci and Cecilia Ruiz, CFS Representative; Deyanisa Moronta, Senior National Accounts Representative (International); Lucy Spiotta, Senior National Accounts Representative; and Cathy Rivera, Senior Accounts Receivable Reconciler. The General Accounting, Accounts Payable, Royalties, and Payroll Group will have Fun Leung as Payroll Coordinator; Anne Guest as Royalty Analyst; Stacey Shufelt as Subrights Coordinator; Eileen Spinella as Compliance Specialist; Dawn Chavis as Cost Coordinator; Editha Wolf as Senior Accountant; and Vena Balraj and Lawrence Chang as Staff Accounts. And in the contracts department, Shani Weisser joins as Associate and Jodi Donovan joins as Contracts Operations Coordinator.
Elsewhere in the company, Cassie Malmo joins Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as Associate Publicity Director. She was previously Senior Publicity Manager at Simon & Schuster Children’s Books. Camryn Cogshell also joins as Assistant Designer. At the Hachette Speakers Bureau, Ashley Cave Himes joins as Senior Manager
Alex Kelleher, lately Associate Director, Publicity at Scholastic, joins Simon & Schuster as Associate Director of Publicity. Jennifer Jimenez joins as Digital Marketing Associate; in the past, she was Production Associate for Abrams. Naomi Kennedy joins the indie team as Telemarketing Account Manager, Independents and Educational Specialist. She was previously National Accounts Coordinator, Children’s Sales for Hachette Book Group.
Sarah Sisterson joins Sourcebooks Kids as Associate Art Director; she was previously Senior Art Director at Phoenix International Publications. Sophie Kossakowski, formerly International Marketing Coordinator at HarperCollins, joins as Associate International Marketing Manager. At Sourcebooks, Tara Jaggers joins as Production Designer.
At the Boston Book Festival, former Random House Graphic Publishing Director Gina Gagliano has been named Executive Director.
In agency news…Agnes Ahlander Turner will become President of Maria B. Campbell Associates, effective April 1, as founder Maria B. Campbell takes the new role of Executive Chair. Adriana Dominguez joins Aevitas Creative Management as Senior Agent; she was most recently Agent at Full Circle Literary. Alison Lewis, lately Agent and Contracts Manager at the Zoë Pagnamenta Agency, joins the Francis Goldin Literary Agency as Agent. At UTA, Georgia Bodnar, previously Senior Editor at Viking, joins as Literary Agent. Jenaye Merida joins WTA Media as Publishing Manager and Literary Agent; she was formerly Senior Publicist at B&H Publishing Group. Additionally, Janine Le, previously Agent and Foreign Rights Manager at Sheldon Fogelman Agency, is launching Janine Le Literary Agency, which will represent children’s book authors and illustrators.
Susan Chang, most recently Senior Editor at Starscape and Tor Teen, has launched a freelance editorial services business.
At Hierophant Publishing, Janette Lynn Neal, previously Senior Production Editor at Insight Editions, joins as Senior Editor.
Matthew Wright joins Sage Publishing as Senior Acquisitions Editor, Psychology. Most recently he was Director of Product at EL Education.
At Yen Press, Taylor Pitts joins as Senior Production Editor. Most recently she was Senior Production Editor at Macmillan.
Poet Jesse Lee Kercheval joins Northwest Review as Editor of Translation. She is Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin.
At the University of North Carolina Press, Elaine Maisner will retire as Executive Editor on March 31.
Bianca Johnson joins little bee books as National Account Manager for Special Markets; she was formerly Senior Account Manager for Corporate and Premium Sales at Macmillan.
At Candlewick, Jennifer Freilach joins as Editorial Services Assistant Manager. Previously she was Production Editor at HarperCollins.
Stephanie Sumulong, lately Art Director at Callisto Media, joins Disney Hyperion Adult and Undefeated Books as Senior Designer.
At Random House Children’s, Donna Rocco, lately Associate Director of Creative Services at World Education Services, joins as Production Supervisor, and Lena Reilly, lately Associate Publicist at HarperCollins Children’s Books, joins as Publicist.
Spencer Quong joins Astra Magazine as Online Editor.
At Chronicle Books, Desirae Grier joins as Junior Financial Analyst.
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: Bulgaria and Norway. 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.
How will the Ukrainian publishing industry be affected by the Russian invasion?
Is it still too soon for the Great COVID-19 Novel?
What makes a print book accessible?
Have women scholars actually published less during the pandemic?
Will the return to in-person work be enough to save small businesses?
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 would the publishing landscape look like without literary magazines?
Which translators can afford to be anonymous?
How does a common design aesthetic unify an author’s works?
What does the banning of Maus mean for other Holocaust narratives?
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At Zibby Books, Jeanne Emanuel, previously at WBUR and Ingram, joins as Chief Operating Officer. Bridie Loverro joins as Editor.
At Beacon Press, Helene Atwan will retire as Director on July 29. A successor will be named in April.
At Audible, James Finn joins as Head of Content Marketing. He has worked in the past as EVP, Head of Marketing and Communications for FoxNext.
Scott Di Valerio joins the book subscription service Literati as CFO/COO. Previously he was CFO/COO at FabFitFun.
Matt Williams is stepping down as VP of House of Anansi Press.
At Bookshop.org, Steph Opitz joins as Director of Strategic Partnerships. Most recently she was Founding Director of The Loft Literary Center.
Michelle Malonzo joins The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary as Head of Operations. Most recently she was Buyer at Changing Hands Bookstore.
Pippa White joins Cameron + Company, acquired by Abrams in 2020, as Editorial Director. She was previously Executive Editor, Content Quality Management at Callisto Media. Soyolmaa Lkhagvadorj, formerly Associate Editor at Harper Design, joins Abrams as Assistant Editor. At Abrams Children’s Books, Maggie Moore joins as Production Associate.
In agency news…Ayla Zuraw-Friedland, lately Assistant Agent at David Black Literary Agency, joins the Frances Golden Literary Agency as Agent. James Faccinto, lately Senior Publicist and Marketing Strategist at Insight Editions, is launching communications and creative agency Full Complement, specializing in literary publicity. And Rebecca Temerario, formerly Social Media Community Manager at Literati, is launching Steel Tulip Creative Co., a marketing agency for authors, educators, and small businesses.
In university press news, Danielle D’Orlando joins Princeton University Press as Curator of Audio. She was previously Acquisitions Department Manager and Audio Rights Manager at Yale University Press. Additionally, Paige Clunie, lately Digital Sales Associate at Harvard University Press, joins PUP as Digital Partnerships Manager. At University of California Press, Andy Etzkorn, previously Senior Marketing Manager for Academic Titles at Bloomsbury, joins as Senior Campaign Strategist.
Soriya K. Chum joins Random House as Senior Events Manager.
Elisa Thomas joins the American Booksellers Association as DEIA Member Relations Manager. She was previously a bookseller at Cellar Door Bookstore.
At Bloomsbury, Jaclyn Sassa, formerly Sales Support Representative at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, joins as Sales Manager for Trade. Robin Wane joins as Publicist, Special Interest; she was previously Publicist at Sarah Russo Public Relations.
On February 22, Samantha Kralstein joins American Psychiatric Association Publishing as Licensing Coordinator. She was formerly Business Development Strategist at Barnes & Noble.
Michael Campbell joins Skyhorse as Senior Editor, Business and Finance. Previously he was Associate Acquisitions Editor at Wiley.
At Kevin Anderson and Associates, Julia Johnson-Viola joins as Senior Editor.
At Chronicle, Heather Fisk joins as Production Developer for Entertainment.
Sara Lunsford joins Kensington as Digital Content Coordinator.
At Simon & Schuster, Winona Lukito joins as Demand Planning Analyst.
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.
Christian publishing had a good year.
How are literary magazines planning to survive?
Can AI grammar suggestions actually provide scholarly nuance?
If book bans are supposed to protect children, what do the children think?
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 motivated the so-called “spine collector”?
Why should children read disturbing books?
If synthetic voices are “the future of audiobooks,” who’s resisting?
What does Amazon’s closure of Westland portend for publishing in India?
Should primary sources be paywalled?
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Jamie Raab has become Publisher-at-Large for parent company Macmillan, stepping down from her previous role as President of Celadon Books. Imprint cofounder Deb Futter, previously SVP and Co-Publisher, has consequently been named President and Publisher. Elsewhere at Macmillan, Diane Dilluvio, formerly Associate Director at Wolters Kluwer, also joins the company as Senior Production Manager, while Jared Christopher joins as Technical Specialist; Brittany Greenway, lately Account Manager at Rakuten OverDrive, joins as Indie Sales Representative; Ansley Kent, lately Associate, Subrights at Penguin Random House, joins as Sales Associate; and Hemali Patel joins as Junior Cost Accountant. Colin Krainin joins Macmillan Trade as Assistant Director, Sales Planning and Analytics and Chris Venkatesh joins as National Account Manager, Ebooks. Natalia Becerra, lately Sales Associate at Penguin Random House, joins Macmillan Children’s as National Accounts Manager.
Barbara Briel has become the first person to hold the title of President at Sourcebooks, having worked previously as SVP and COO at the company for ten years. Anna Sargeant joins Sourcebooks eXplore, as Editor. She was most recently Acquisitions Editor at B&H Publishing Group.
Following the sale of Follett Higher Education, Follett Corporation, and Follett ACCESS to private investors led by Jefferson River Capital, Emmanuel Kolady, previously SVP, Head of Stories for the eastern half of CVS Retail, will become Follett’s CEO. Ryan Peterson, previously VP of Strategy and Development at VitalSource Technologies, will serve as President.
As Hachette Audio and Workman Audio consolidate, Workman Audio Publisher Ana Marisa Allessi becomes VP, Publisher of Hachette Audio. Anthony Goff, SVP, Audio Publisher at Hachette Audio, will leave the company on February 11. Also resulting from the Hachette acquisition of Workman, Kate Travers, formerly Executive Director of Digital Operations at Workman, joins Hachette’s marketing strategy team as Executive Director of Ecommerce and D2C Business. Other members of the Workman digital operations team joining Hachette are Rina Mody, Senior Product Analyst; Mike Moglia, Associate Business Analyst; SarahMay Harel, Web and D2C Product Manager; and Julia Rittenberg, D2C Operations Analyst.
Seale Ballenger joins Scholastic as VP, Publicity on February 28. Previously he was Publicity Director at Disney Publishing Worldwide.
Effective February 18, Andy Hunter is leaving his position as Publisher of Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull Press. Alyson Forbes, the company’s present COO, will serve as Interim Publisher.
Milena Brown joins Doubleday as Director of Marketing, effective February 7. Most recently she was Associate Marketing Director at Atria. Brianne Sperber, lately Assistant Marketing Manager at Harmony/Rodale, moves over to Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed as Assistant Marketing Manager. At Penguin Random House Audio, Dakota Cohen, lately Assistant Marketing Manager at Macmillan Audio, joins as Marketing Manager, Listening Library; Kate Smith joins as Associate Publicist, Listening Library; and Kistal Gordon joins as Marketing Associate. Irene Ng joins Harmony/Rodale as Junior Designer. At Penguin Random House Publisher Services, Hope Ellis joins as Managing Editor, Square Enix. She was previously Managing Editor at Berkley.
At HarperCollins, David Wienier, lately Business Affairs Executive at United Talent Agency, joins the legal department as Assistant General Counsel and HarperCollins Productions as Senior Director of Business. Gretchen Schmid joins Harper Via as Editor; she had been Associate Editor at Viking Penguin.
Shona Burns joins Andrews McMeel Publishing as Group Production Director. She worked in the past as Executive Director, Production & Content Management at Chronicle Books.
At The Experiment, Besse Lynch, previously Publicity Manager at Timber Press, and Melinda Kennedy, previously Marketing Manager at the University of Chicago Press, both join as Senior Publicist.
Holly Ingraham joins Alcove Press as Senior Editor. Most recently she was Acquisitions and Developmental Editor at Crazy Maple Studios.
At Insight Editions, Kris Holden joins as Operations Manager. Tiffani Patterson joins as Production Associate. Maria Spano joins as Managing Editor. And Sadie Lowry, formerly Associate Editor at Gibbs Smith, joins as Assistant Editor.
At SiteFusion ProConsult, the newly-formed North American publishing technology venture between SiteFusion and EBCONT, Jeffrey Wood has been announced as President and COO. Most recently he was CRO at Data Conversion Laboratory.
At New Harbinger Publications, Catharine Meyers has been named Publisher. She joined the company in 1995 and succeeds co-founder Matthew McKay, who will remain on staff in a part-tim capacity and serve on the board of directors.
At The Collective Book Studio, Annette Hobbs Magier joins as Senior Director of Marketing and PR. Formerly she was VP of Marketing and Publicity at Independent Publishers Group.
Jodi Rosoff joins Likewise as Director, Publishing Partnerships. She was previously Director, Marketing and Publicity at Grand Central/Forever.
In agency news…Jennifer Chen Tran joins Idea Architects as Literary Agent. She was previously Agent at Bradford Literary Agency.
Diana Gill, most recently Executive Editor at Tor/Forge, has launched a freelance editing and publishing consulting business, Diana Gill Editorial.
Jessica Brock joins Leo PR as Executive Publicist. Formerly she was Senior Publicist and Digital Media Strategist at Berkley.
Katie Reinhard joins Hallmark Publishing as Marketing Manager on February 7. Previously she was Content Manager at Curiosity Stream.
At Verso Books, Tim Thomas, formerly Publicist at Pegasus Books, joins as Publicist.
Ariana Abad joins Bloomsbury Children’s as Associate Publicist.
At The New York Times, Vanessa Mobley, lately Executive Editor at Little, Brown, joins as Op-Ed Editor on February 7.
Cassie Gitkin joins Callisto Media as Production Editor. She was previously Production Editor at Phoenix International Publications.
At the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, Jennifer Rojas has joined as Development Coordinator and Judey Kalchick has joined as Communication and Project Manager.
Raquel Stecher is leaving her position as Senior Online Marketing Manager and Spanish-Language Social Media Specialist at Candlewick Press. She can be reached at quellebooks@gmail.com.
