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 funding the current wave of book bans?
Two years in, what is Bookshop planning next?
How much money is Substack making by publishing anti-vaxxers?
Has COVID-19 affected the gender gap in medical publishing?
Should all bookstores survive?
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 could a case in Maryland end up shaping terms for digital book borrowing?
Does Colleen Hoover’s TikTok-fueled success reveal anything about current reading habits?
Is the 2022 supply chain forecast becoming any clearer?
What are some pandemic-era best practices for online author events?
How can scholarly publishers prioritize accessibility on a rolling basis?
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Sonali Fry joins Crown Books for Young Readers as VP and Co-Publisher while continuing to serve as Publisher for Little Golden Books and Sesame Street and Publishing Liaison for Little Tiger Group. At Random House Children’s, Jamie Yee joins as Designer/Digital Artist; she was formerly Assistant Designer at Hachette Book Group. Ray Arjune, lately Publicity Manager at Bloomsbury USA, joins Harmony & Rodale as Publicity Manager.
Kimberly Lau joins Springer Nature as VP, Consumer Media and President of Scientific American. Most recently she was EVP, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at The Atlantic.
At the newly-rebranded Union Square & Co. (the erstwhile Sterling Publishing), Amanda Englander, previously Executive Editor at Clarkson Potter, joins as Editorial Director. Jessica Firger joins as Senior Editor; formerly she was Senior Health Editor at CNN. Consultant and Editor Claire Wachtel joins as Editor-at-Large. At Union Square Kids, Daniel Denning joins as Marketing Manager and Jenny Lu, lately Publicist at Simon & Schuster, joins as Senior Publicist.
At The Rumpus, Alyson Sinclair joins as Owner and Publisher. She will continue her consulting role with Nectar Literary. Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn took over as Editor-in-Chief in September, succeeding Marisa Siegel Colleen Kolba joins as Comics Editor.
At Catapult, VP and Executive Editor Pat Strachan will retire in March. She joined the house as Founding Editor in 2014.
Amanda Pritzker joins the Harper Group as Senior Marketing Director. Previously she was Director of Marketing & Campaign Strategy at Grand Central Publishing. Kelly Roberts, most recently National Account Manager, Retail at Penguin Random House, joins HarperCollins as Divisional Sales Director.
The Atlantic is expanding its books coverage and has made three news hires: Gal Beckerman, Senior Editor, previously Editor at The New York Times Book Review; Maya Chung, Associate Editor, previously Editor at The New York Review of Books; and Emma Sarappo, Associate Editor, previously Arts Editor at Washington City Paper.
Kevin Callahan joins Abrams as Senior Marketing Director. Previously he was Director, Marketing Operations and Backlist Strategy at Other Press. At Abrams Children’s, Erum Khan joins as Editor, Entertainment and Licensed Publishing. She was formerly Editor at Callisto Media.
Ashley Mitchell, lately Associate Marketing Director at William Morrow, joins Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing as Director of Digital and Social Marketing. Samantha McVeigh joins as Publicist; she was formerly Publicist at Harlequin.
At Independent Publishers Group, Candysse Miller joins as Publicity Director. Previously she was Publisher, Director of Marketing and Communications for Novelstream.
At Zibby Books, Tess Day joins as Publicity Director, effective January 31. She was previously Publicist at Smith Publicity.
Jodie Cohen joins Highlights as Director of Retail Marketing, Partnerships, and Licensing. Most recently she was Director of Marketing at Scholastic.
JoAnne Banducci has been named Director at the University of Nevada Press. She has served as Interim Director since March 2020.
At Yale University Press, Jay Cosgrove retired as Sales Director on December 13.
Theresa DeLucci joins Grand Central Publishing as Associate Marketing Director. Previously she was Senior Associate Marketing Director for Tor, Forge, and Nightfire Books. Erika Turner, lately Executive Editor at IDW, joins Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as Executive Editor. Cara Nesi joins Hachette Book Group as Children’s Field and Educational Sales Manager; most recently she was Telemarketing Account Manager, Indie and Education Specialist at Simon & Schuster.
In agency news…Kari Sutherland, formerly Agent at Bradford Literary Agency, joins KT Literary Agency as Agent. Roseanne Wells joins Lucinda Literary as Agent; she was Literary Agent at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. At Copps Literary Services, Maeve MacLysaght, formerly Literary Agent with Ladderbird Literary Agency, joins as Agent. Quressa Robinson joins Folio Literary Management as Literary Agent, having previously worked as Literary Agent at Nelson Literary Agency. At United Talent Agency, Kristina Moore joins as Agent; she was formerly Media Rights Manager at Anonymous Content. Additionally, Garrett McGrath, formerly Editor at Abrams, has launched Null Books, an agency focused on nonfiction with expertise in illustrated titles.
At Macmillan, Tracy Eisele joins as Senior Administrator, Procurement; she worked previously as Consultant Procurement Project Manager at Univision. Morgan Mitchell joins as Associate Production Editor. Frances Sayers joins as Senior Production Editor. Ethan Tolpin joins as Manager, Environmental Sustainability. At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Sophia Lauriello joins as Publicist; she was previously Associate Publicist at Harper Wave.
Brann Garvey joins Workman Children’s as Senior Designer. He was most recently Senior Graphic Designer at Capstone Publishers. Megan Logan joins as Editor. Previously she was Assistant Editor at Disney/Marvel Press. Daniella Graner has also joined the company as Designer.
At Bloomsbury, Chantal Ezoua joins as Sales Manager, Trade. Previously she was Account Manager at the American Physical Society.
Linette Kim joins Astra Books for Young Readers as Senior Marketing Manager; she was previously Marketing Manager at HarperCollins.
Audrey Barsella joins Sourcebooks as Communications Marketing Manager. Rebecca Atkinson joins as Senior Marketing and Publicity Associate Additionally, Laura Boren joins as Production Designer II and Emily Proano, formerly Distribution Manager at RosettaBooks, joins as Production Editor.
At Candlewick, Mary Beth Garhart joins as Editorial Services Coordinator, beginning January 24. Previously she was Assistant Managing Editor at Page Street Publishing.
Erin Wicks joins Zando Projects as Senior Editor on February 1. Previously she was Editor at HarperCollins.
At Barefoot Books, Autumn Allen joins as Senior Editor.
Randall Lotowycz joins Running Press as Editor. Previously he was Director of Marketing and Sales for Algonquin Books and Algonquin Young Readers.
At the Association of American Publishers, Nadia Mathis joins as Analyst.
Juliana Barbassa succeeds Andrew LaVallee as Deputy Editor for News and Features on the New York Times Books desk. She previously led coverage of Latin America for the International desk.
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 libraries essential services?
Which areas of scholarly publishing are the most and least diverse?
Why are book-lovers buying more but reading less?
How has pandemic-era online shopping shaped sales?
Can slavery be accurately depicted in children’s 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.
Why is this moment different for Native writers?
Are any school book bans student-led?
Who are new media companies for?
Can independent publishing meaningfully counter the Big Five?
If remote work is here to stay, how might America change?
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: Israel and Russia. 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. As we enter the new year, we are instead posting 5 links to articles with predictions for the publishing industry in 2022.
Nieman Lab considers the future of journalism.
99designs imagines next year’s book covers.
Penny Sansevieri predicts where book marketing is headed.
Written Word forecasts the outlook for indie authors.
Kristin Nelson reminds us that change is the only constant.
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 smart speakers still the future of media?
As the internet consolidates under Amazon Web Services, how do we cope with outages?
Can AI help scientific journals spot duplicated images?
Why are graphic novels challenged more frequently?
What are librarians doing to respond to book bans?
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At Knopf, Jennifer Barth joins as SVP, Executive Editor on January 17. She is presently SVP, Executive Editor at HarperCollins. Jess Deitcher joins the audience development team as Director of Backlist Strategy. On January 10, Concepción de León joins Pantheon as Senior Editor; she was most recently Reporter at The New York Times. At Random House Group, Stacey Witcraft joins as VP, Director, Sales Marketing, and Ashley Alberico moves over from the PRH sales team to become Assistant Director, Sales Marketing. Lauren Weber moves over from Doubleday to join Vintage Anchor as Director, Brand Marketing. At Random House Graphic, Publishing Director Gina Gagliano has stepped down from the imprint she founded in order to work “more directly with readers.” Juliet Goodman, formerly Legal Graphic Designer at Immersion Legal, joins Random House Children’s as Designer.
Ali Bebo joins Pearson as Chief HR Officer. Most recently she was Chief HR Officer for medical technology company Hologic.
At Scholastic, Mary Beech will join as Chief Marketing & Transformation Officer on January 1. She was most recently CEO of footwear company Sarah Flint.
George Tattersfield joins W.W. Norton as Sales Director, Client Publishing. He was previously VP, Merchandise at Ingram Content Group.
At the University of Chicago Press, Laura Waldron joins as Global Sales Director on January 18. She has been Marketing Director at the University of Pennsylvania Press since 1997, as well as Commissioning Editor for the Penn Studies in Global Health series. Stephen Twilley, formerly Managing Editor at Public Books, joins as Production Editor.
At Zondervan, Sarah Falter, formerly Assistant Publicity Director at Hachette, joins as Publicity Director. Marisa Domenech joins HarperCollins as Art Director for Children’s Marketing. She previously owned and operated a creative marketing consulting business. Adenike Olanrewaju, lately Associate Director, Communications at The New York Times, has joined as Executive Editor. Anna Montague joins Dey Street as Developmental Editor, moving over from the HarperCollins Creative Development team. At William Morrow, Andrew Yackira joins as Development Editor. He had been Development Editor at Callisto Media. Also at that imprint, April Roberts, formerly Associate Publicist at Pegasus Books, joins as Assistant Publicist, as does Jessica Cozzi.
At Twelve and Balance, Jim Datz joins as Art Director. He was previously Art Director for the New York Times Op-Ed page.
Michael Clark joins Macmillan as Director, Production Editorial. He was most recently Senior Production Editor at Hachette. Gail Friedman joins as Production Editor and Jacqueline Huber-Rodriguez, formerly Senior Production Manager at Time Inc., joins as Production Manager. Kayla Burson joins as Senior Specialist Markets Manager, E-commerce; she was most recently Senior Sales Manager at Workman. Fei Zhu joins as Senior Accountant. Previously she was Staff Accountant at Assouline. At Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Samira Iravani joins as Associate Art Director for Feiwel & Friends, Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, and Roaring Brook Press. She was previously Associate Art Director at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Nicole Schaeffer, previously Assistant Marketing Manager at Abrams, joins as Senior Marketing Manager. Sarah Gompper, lately Associate Production Editor at Yen Press, joins as Production Editor. Tatiana Merced-Zarou joins as Associate Publicist.
At Wonderwell, Jennifer Jensen joins as Sales and Marketing Director. Previously she was Associate Marketing Director at Chronicle Prism. Allison Serrell joins as Senior Editor.
Sarah Gombis joins Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company as Director of Marketing for all academic, trade, and children’s titles. Most recently she was Marketing Manager at Baker Academic. Lisa Ann Cockrel also joins the company as Acquisitions Editor. Most recently she was Director of Programs for Image Journal.
At Assemble Media, Steven Salpeter joins as President of Literary and IP Development. Previously he was Literary Agent at Curtis Brown.
Elizabeth Anderson, formerly Associate Director of Marketing at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, joins Chronicle Prism as Associate Director of Marketing. At Chronicle, Sarah Hamilton joins as Brand Designer.
Poet and arts administrator Arletta Little will take over as Executive Director of The Loft in March. She has directed the McKnight Artist Fellowships for the past eight years. Interim Managing Director Beth Schoeppler will continue part-time until Little enters the position.
At the Bay Area Book Festival, Jane Marchant, formerly Program Director of PEN Literary Awards, joins as Director for Artistic Inclusion. Norah Piehl, most recently Executive Director of the Boston Book Festival, joins as Director for Literary Programs.
In agency news…Beniamino Ambrosi will join the Cheney Agency as Foreign Rights Director in January. He was formerly VP, Senior Scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates. Isabel Kaplan also joins the agency as Development Executive, Film & TV. At Martin Literary Management, writer and academic Regina A. Bernard-Carreño joins as Literary Manager/Producer. At Gardner Literary, author Kristy Cambron joins as Agent. Meredith Kaffel Simonoff joins The Gernert Company as Agent on January 3; she has been working as Agent at DeFiore and Company. Audrey Churchill joins Ultra Literary as Operations Manager. And in scouting news, Thomas Dobrowski joins Maria B. Campbell Associates as Senior Scout. He was previously Global Rights Manager for Trusted Media Brands.
At Webtoon Unscrolled, Bobbie Chase joins as Executive Editor; in the past, she was VP, Global Publishing Initiatives & Digital Strategy at DC Comics.
At Sourcebooks, Jess Elliott joins as Senior National Account Manager, Mass Market Kids. She most recently was National Account Rep, YA-YR at HarperCollins.
Alicia Chinatomby joins Simon & Schuster as Assistant Manager, Gift Sales; she had been Sales Coordinator for Disney Publishing Worldwide.
Shelly Romero, previously Associate Editor at Scholastic, joins Cake Creative as Lead Editor.
At Scholastic, Lynn El-Roeiy, formerly Assistant Designer at Hachette, joins as Visual Designer. Carina Taylor joins as Senior Designer; she had been Graphic Designer at Skybound Entertainment. Lisa Broderick, lately Project Manager at Infobase and Facts on File, joins as Production Editor, Nonfiction. And Jaime Chan, formerly Junior Product Editor at Sterling Publishing, joins as Production Editor, Cartwheel and Picture Books.
At Abrams Children’s, Savannah Breckenridge joins as Marketing Associate; she had been Marketing Coordinator at Simon & Schuster Children’s.
Pete Matthews joins Candlewick Press as Editorial Services Manager.
At Rebel Girls, Jess Harriton, lately Publishing Strategist at Findaway, joins as Editor.
Journalist Celia McGee joins Avenue Magazine as Literary Editor.
At Oprah Daily, Wadza Mhute joins as Books Editor.
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.
Does the current wave of interest in Black cookbooks presage a lasting trend?
How does worker burnout make warehouses less safe?
Can “distraction-free” devices actually improve our writing?
Just how serious is the Biden administration about breaking up monopolies?
