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People Round-Up, Early August 2021

August 4, 2021

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At Harmony Books, Shannon Welch, formerly Executive Editor at Harper One, joins as VP and Editorial Director. At Penguin Random House Audio, Nicole McArdle, previously Assistant Director of Marketing at Portfolio, joins as Marketing Director and Camille Copeland joins as Associate Marketing Manager. At Rodale, Elysia Lang joins as Editor. Additionally, Denise DeGennaro, Random House Children EVP, Marketing Editorial and Copywriting, will retire at the end of the year, and Elana Seplow-Jolley has left her position as Editor at Ballantine Bantam Dell to launch New Moon Editorial.

Jennifer Smith joins Nelson Books as VP of Marketing. Before going into consulting in 2017, she was VP and Director of Publicity and Marketing at Simon & Schuster.

Scribner VP, Associate Publisher Roz Lippel will retire in November. Effective August 30, Stu Smith, presently National Account Manager and Director, Top Shelf, will become Associate Publisher.

At Sourcebooks, Brian Grogan joins as Senior Director of Mass Market Sales. Most recently he was SVP of Sales at HarperCollins.

At Zando, Nathalie Ramirez has joined as Director of Marketing & Imprint Partnerships. She was previously Account Lead for Crown + Conquer.

Jess Pellien, formerly Director of Publicity at Fortier Public Relations, rejoins The MIT Press as Director of Marketing and Communications.

At children’s audio platform Yoto, Larissa Helena has joined as Head of Content Acquisition, US. She was formerly Rights Manager at Callisto Media.

Ann Seaton and Kristen Rasmussen have been named Co-Executive Directors of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance. Seaton was previously CIBA’s Director of Operations and began on August 1; Rasmussen is General Manager of pages: a bookstore and will start on August 23.

At IBPA, Adeline Lui joins as Director of Marketing and Communications.

In agency news…Leslie Meredith joins Dystel, Goderich & Bourret as Agent. Previously she was Literary Agent at Mary Evans Inc.

At Little, Brown Children’s, Sydney Tillman joins as Publicity Manager. She had previously been Senior Publicist at Scholastic.

At Astra, Sarah Christensen Fu joins as Senior Marketing Manager. Deborah Ghim, lately Assistant Editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, joins as Associate Editor. And Jeanette Tran joins as Junior Graphic Designer.

Faith Wilson Stein, lately Associate Editor at Stanford University Press, joins Northwestern University Press as Senior Acquisitions Editor, while Kirsten Markusic joins as Digital Content and Systems Coordinator.

At Candlewick Press, Rachel Wood rejoins as Senior Book Designer.

At Kevin Andersen & Associates, Hannah Gómez joins as Senior Editor, Cultural Accuracy Reading Services.

Shannon Kelly joins Running Press as Editor. Previously she was Associate Editor at Abrams.

Jan Lynn Neal, formerly of Jan Lynn Editorial, joins Insight Editions as Senior Production Editor.

At Macmillan Children’s, Mia Moran joins as Production Editor. She was formerly Production Editor at Callisto Media.

Abi Pollokoff, lately Director of Content at Killer Visual Strategies, joins Girl Friday Productions as Production Editor. Reshma Kooner, previously Project Manager at Boeing, joins as Book Development Editor.

At Hilsinger-Mendelson, Emily Willette, lately Publicity Manager at Bloomsbury USA, joins as Publicity Manager.

Michelle Betters joins Verso Books as Publicist.

At Europa Content, Leah Petrakis joins as Media Rights Coordinator. She was previously Rights Specialist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Arianna Rebolini, Books Editor at BuzzFeed, has left the company.

Posted in Book View • Tagged Abi Pollokoff, Abrams, Adeline Lui, Alexis Patterson, Amanda Schoonmaker, Ann Seaton, Arianna Rebolini, Ascent Audio, Astra, Ayesha Pande Literary, Ballantine Bantam Dell, Bethany Fulk, Bloomsbury USA, Boeing, BookEnds Jr., BookEnds Literary Agency, Bouchercon, Brian Grogan, BuzzFeed, California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Callisto Media, Camille Copeland, Candlewick Press, Christine Johnston, Crown + Conquer, Dana Eger, Deborah Ghim, Denise DeGennaro, Dystel Goderich & Bourret, Elana Seplow-Jolley, Elysia Lang, Emily Forney, Emily Mlynek, Emily Willette, Erika DiPasquale, Europa Content, Faith Wilson Stein, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Fortier Public Relations, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Gallery, Gildan Media, Girl Friday Productions, Grand Central, Gwyneth Stansfield, Hannah Gómez, Harmony Books, Harper Children's, Harper Christian, Harper One, HarperCollins, Hilsinger-Mendelson, Holloway Literary, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, IBPA, Insight Editions, Jamie Tan, Jan Lynn Editorial, Jan Lynn Neal, Janea Brachfeld, Janet Foley, Jeanette Tran, Jennifer Gott, Jennifer Smith, Jeremy Pink, Jess Pellien, Katrina Washington, Kay Birkner, Kayla Lightner, Kerry Saretsky, Kevin Andersen & Associates, Killer Visual Strategies, Kirsten Markusic, Kristen Janecek, Kristen Pecci, Kristen Rasmussen, Kristopher Kam, Larissa Helena, Leah Petrakis, Leslie Meredith, Liisa McCloy-Kelley, Little Brown Children’s, Macmillan, Macmillan Children's, Marianna Sharp, Marnie Cochran, Mary Evans Inc, Matthew Ballast, McGraw Hill-Ascent, McGraw-Hill Professional, Mia Moran, Michele Eniclerico, Michelle Betters, MPIBA FallCon 2021, Natalie Gordon, Nathalie Ramirez, Nelson Books, New Moon Editorial, Nicole McArdle, Northwestern University Press, pages: a bookstore, Penguin Random House, Penguin Random House Audio, PNBA Fall Trade Show, Rachel Wood, Random House, Random House Children, Random House Children’s Publishing, Rasmussen, RBmedia, Reshma Kooner, Rodale, Rodale Books, Roz Lippel, Running Press, Sarah Christensen Fu, Sarah McEachern, Scholastic, Scribner, Shannon Kelly, Shannon Welch, Simon & Schuster, Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Sourcebooks Young Readers, Stanford University Press, Stu Smith, Sydney Morris, Sydney Tillman, Tessa James, The MIT Press, Thomas Nelson, Top Shelf, Tracy Marchini, Trident Media Group, Verso Books, William Morrow, Yoto, Zando, Zondervan Gift

International Bestsellers, July 2021

By Nina Sabak

August 2, 2021

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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: Australia and Greece. 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.

Posted in International • Tagged 1984, A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Siren in September, About People, Adam Silvera, All the Blue of the Sky, Amanda Lohrey, And Only The Sweet Moments Last, Aurelie Valognes, Born Under A Good Star, Carsten Henn, Castilian, Catena Fiorello Galeano, Circe, Colleen Hoover, Countercurrent, Daniel Silva, Donna Leon, E. Lockhart, Elisabet Benavent, Eshkol Nevo, Ewald Arenz, franck thilliez, Fresh Water for Flowers, From Getting Up, George Orwell, Guillaume Musso, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Heinz Strunk, Helga Schubert, Home, In the Country of Others, It Ends With Us, It Happened At Night, It Was Twice, It's Always So Nice To Be With You, Javier Castillo, Juan Gómez-Jurado, Judith Hermann, Juli Zeh, Laetitia Colombani, Later, Laura Dave, Leigh Bardugo, Leila Slimani, Lena Manta, Life Is A Novel, Lorenzo Silva, Love, Lucinda Riley, Madeline Miller, Marc Levy, María Dueñas, María Oruña, Matt Haig, Matteo Renzi, Maurizio de Giovanni, Megan Maxwell, Melina Tsampani, Mélissa Da Costa, Michael Robotham, Nicholas Sparks, Oblivion, Olivia Ruiz, One August Night, Red Queen, Rodrigo Cortés, Ruin and Rising, Sarah J. Maas, Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, simon beckett, Sira, Stay Away From Gretchen, Stefania Auci, Stephen King, Susanne Abel, The Art of Cheating Karma, The Book Walker, The Cellist, The Dresser With Colored Drawers, The Extraordinary Years, The Florios of Sicily, The Game of the Soul, The Great Summer, The Green Dress, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Kite, The Labyrinth, The Last Thing He Told Me, The Lost, The Midnight Library, The Missing Sister, The Song of Achilles, The Wish, There Are Moments That Should Last Forever, They Both Die at the End, Three, Three Floors Up, Transient Desires, V.E. Schwab, Valérie Perrin, victoria hislop, Virginie Grimaldi, We Were Liars, What the Tide Hides, When You Are Mine, Wild Bees: The First Flight, Winter of the Lions

People Round-Up, Mid-July 2021

By PT Editors

July 20, 2021

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Janet Rasche rejoins Penguin Random House as SVP and Director of Publishing Support. She had been VP, Operations Planning at Macmillan. Chelsea Vaughn is leaving her position as VP and Director of Publishing Operations, Business Process, and Support on September 30. Hal Hlavinka rejoins as Manager, Account Marketing after working as Event Director for Park Slope’s Community Bookstore. At Penguin Random House Audio, Lauren Díaz Morgan, formerly Associate Manager, Subsidiary Rights at Random House Children’s Books, joins as Publishing Manager. Elizabeth Lee joins Penguin Workshop as Editor; she was previously Assistant Editor at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.

Chris Symanoskie joins Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as VP, Investor Relations. Previously he was VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at American Public Education.

At Callisto Media, Laurea Salvatore has stepped down as SVP, Publishing.

At Zondervan Bibles, Laura Bartlett joins as Associate Publisher. She was previously Director, Academic and Ministry Books at Kregel Publications. At HarperCollins, Genessee Floressantos joins as Associate Publicist for International Sales; she had been working as Publicist for powerhouse Books.

Daniel Marrs, formerly VP and Editorial Director at Ave Maria Press, has been named Associate Publisher of Nelson Books, a nonfiction imprint within the publishing group.

At Hay House, Jackie Kim joins as Marketing Director. Previously she was Marketing Director at HarperCollins.

At Educational Development Corporation, CEO and President Randall White has retired and turned over leadership of the company to his son, Craig White.

Elisa Gibson, formerly Design Editor for the bookazine program at National Geographic, has been named Director of Creative at National Geographic Books.

At Blackstone Publishing, Brendan Deneen has been named Director of Media, TV, and Film. He was previously President of Literary and IP Development at Assemble Media.

At Written Word Media, Emma Boyer joins as Director of Digital Operations. She was previously Content Operations Manager at VitalTek.

Jessica Preeg, lately Publicity Lead at Amazon Publishing, joins Simon Element as Deputy Director of Publicity. At Simon & Schuster Children’s, Kyle Daileda joins as Children’s Library Marketing Coordinator.

In agency news…Molly Cusick joins International Literary Properties as VP, Literary. She was previously Editor at Sourcebooks. At Janklow & Nesbit, Nathaniel Alcaraz-Stapleton and Mairi Friesen-Escandell both join as Director, Foreign Rights. Alcaraz-Stapleton was most recently Head of Rights at Headline, while Friesen-Escandell was Rights Agent at A M Heath. Ginger Clark, lately Literary Agent at Curtis Brown Ltd., has launched Ginger Clark Literary and will maintain her previous client list. Nicole Eisenbraun, formerly Agent/Translation Rights Manager at Curtis Brown, joins Ginger Clark Literary as Manager of Translation Rights and likewise maintains her previous client list. At Brockman, Eric Henney joins as Literary Agent; he had been Editor at Basic Books.

Author and poet Hanif Abdurraqib has joined Tin House as Editor-at-Large.

In September, Parul Sehgal joins The New Yorker as Staff Writer. She has been working as Book Critic at The New York Times.

Melissa Elders joins BookBub as Account Manager, assuming responsibility for the company’s international publisher business. Previously she was International Account Manager at Faber & Faber.

At Macmillan, Kiffin Steurer and Carla Benton both join as Senior Production Editor. Steurer was previously Senior Production Editor at Yen Press, while Benton had been working as Production Editor at St. Martin’s Press on contract. Layla Yuro, formerly Administrative Assistant at Trident Media Group, joins as Associate Production Editor, as does Sam Dauer. At Macmillan Children’s, Mariam Quiraishi joins as Senior Production Designer; previously, she was Designer at Chronicle. Mia Moran, formerly Production Editor at Callisto Media, joins as Production Editor.

Michelle Bayuk joins Bergahn Books as Sales and Marketing Manager. She was formerly Associate Director, Children’s Book Marketing, Publicity and Social Media for The Quarto Group.

ErinNicole Conti joins PR by the Book as Assistant Publicist.

At Workman Publishing, Mike Moglia joins as Coordinator, Digital Operations.

At Sourcebooks Fire, Madison Nankervis joins as Marketing and Social Media Associate.

Cici Harrison joins Book Riot as Project Manager.

At Peachtree Publishing, Elonda Almond joins as Staff Accountant.

Posted in Book View • Tagged A.M. Heath, Alex Wolfe, Alicia Kroell, Amanda Lang, Amazon Crossing Kids, Amazon Publishing, Amazon Publishing US, American Public Education, Annie Stone, Anuoluwapo Ohioma, Assemble Media, Atria Books, Ave Maria Press, Basic Books, Bergahn Books, Blackstone Publishing, Book Riot, BookBub, Bouchercon, Brendan Deneen, Brockman, Bryan Bixler, Callisto Media, Carla Benton, Catapult, Chelsea Vaughn, Chris O’Connell, Chris Symanoskie, Chris Werner, Chrisinda Lynch, Chronicle, Cici Harrison, Community Bookstore, Cordelia Calvert, Craig White, Curtis Brown Ltd, Daniel Marrs, David Lott, Della Farrell, Devil’s Due Comics, Donna Noetzel, Doug Lockhart, Educational Development Corporation, Elisa Gibson, Elizabeth Lee, Elonda Almond, Emilia Pisani, Emily Parliman, Emma Boyer, Eric Henney, Eric Meyer, Erica Moriarty, ErinNicole Conti, Erroll McDonald, Faber & Faber, Felicia Sinusas, Genessee Floressantos, Ginger Clark, Ginger Clark Literary, Grand Central Publishing, Hai-Yen Mura, Hal Hlavinka, Hanif Abdurraqib, Hannah Campbell, HarperCollins, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Harvard Business Review Press, Hay House, Headline, Heather Saunders, Holiday House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, International Literary Properties, Jackie Kim, Janet Rasche, Janklow & Nesbit, Jessica Katz, Jessica Preeg, Jordan Pavlin, Julia Sommerfeld, Katherine Easter, Katie Donelan, Kay Birkner, Kendall Storey, Kiffin Steurer, Knopf, Kregel Publications, Kristin Tempe, Kyle Daileda, Lake Union Publishing, Laura Bartlett, Laurea Salvatore, Lauren Diaz Morgan, Lauren Hougen, Layla Yuro, Listening Library, Liveright, Macmillan, Macmillan Children's, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Madison Nankervis, Mairi Friesen-Escandell, Margot Stamos, Mariam Quiraishi, Marilyn Brigham, Mary Kate Skehan, Matt Godzieba, Matthew Ballast, Megan Kiddoo, Melanie Sanders, Melissa Elders, Mia Moran, Michelle Bayuk, Mike Moglia, Molly Cusick, Mora Couch, MPIBA FallCon 2021, Nathaniel Alcaraz-Stapleton, National Geographic, National Geographic Books, Nelson Books, Nicholas Ciani, Nicole Eisenbraun, One Signal, Optimism, Parul Sehgal, Peachtree Publishing, Penguin Random House, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Workshop, Peter Miller, PNBA Fall Trade Show, Pooja Karnane, Portfolio, powerHouse Books, PR by the Book, Rachel Bass, Randall White, Random House Children's Books, Sam Dauer, Sanaa Ali-Virani, SarahMay Harel, Savannah Sanocki, Sentinel, Sharifah Williams, Simon & Schuster, Simon & Schuster Children's, Simon Element, Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks Fire, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Sourcebooks Young Readers, St. Martin's Press, Tara Gilbride, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Quarto Group, Tin House, Tom Doherty Associates, Trident Media Group, Two Lions, University of Pennsylvania Press, Vanessa Diaz, Vikki Warner, VitalTek, Wade Lucas, Wharton School Press, William Plunkett, Workman Publishing, Written Word Media, Yen Press, Zonderkidz, Zondervan Bibles

People Round-Up, Early July 2021

By PT Editors

July 6, 2021

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On August 1, Cindy Loh will join Ameet Publishing in the newly-created role of Publisher, leading Ameet’s LEGO Books publishing program. She was most recently Publishing Director at Bloomsbury US.

At Penguin Random House, Jay Franco joins as Director, Premium & Diversified Sales. He was formerly Director, Special Sales at DK. Leis Pederson returns to Berkley as Editor at Large after working freelance. At Putnam, Colleen Nuccio joins as Marketing Manager; she was previously Marketing Manager at Ballantine Bantam Dell. At Random House Children’s, Katy Miller, formerly Associate Managing Editor at Random House, joins as Managing Editor. And at Crown, Amy Li joins as Associate Editor. She was formerly Associate Editor at McGraw-Hill.

Jonathan Lee joins Bloomsbury as Editorial Director on July 12. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at Catapult. Yelena Safronova joins the children’s art department as Designer.

At Quarto UK, Polly Powell has stepped down as Group CEO to focus on her own company, Pavilion Books. She initially joined in 2019.

Jamie S. Rich, lately Group Editor at DC Comics, joins Tapas Media as Editor-in-Chief.

At Blackstone Publishing, Brendan Deneen joins as Director of Media, Film & TV. He was previously President of Literary and IP Development at Assemble Media.

At Forefront Books, Jennifer Gingerich joins as Editorial Director. She was most recently Associate Publisher at Nelson Books.

Brian Dembowczyk joins Thomas Nelson as Associate Publisher, Bibles. Previously he was Managing Editor and Publishing Team Leader at The Gospel Project.

Michael Dudding joins Tom Doherty Associates as Associate Director of Marketing. He was formerly Senior Marketing Manager at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

At Columbia Global Reports, Allison Finkel joins as Assistant Director of Marketing. She was previously Senior Marketing Manager at Basic Books.

Author and editor Barbara Santos joins the San Francisco Writers Conference as Director of Partnerships, while author and consultant Matthew Félix joins as Podcast Producer and Host.

In agency news…Ericka T. Phillips joins the Stephanie Tade Agency as Director of Publicity and Brand Development and Associate Agent. She was formerly Development Consultant for Eileen Fisher Community Foundation and Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Agent Laney Katz Becker has retired from Massie & McQuilkin. Latoya Smith, of LCS Literary, and Felice Laverne, of Art + Deco, have launched a new agency, ArtHouse Literary Agency and will be joined by two junior agents.

At Disney-Hyperion, Sylvie Frank, lately Senior Editor at Paula Wiseman Books, joins as Executive Editor. Adam Wilson joins as Senior Editor for Hyperion Avenue; he had been Senior Editor and Business Manager at Artists, Writers & Artisans. Rebecca Kuss joins Rick Riordan Presents as Senior Editor. She was previously Editor at Inkyard.

Natalie Church joins Grove Atlantic as Senior Marketing Manager on July 12. She was formerly Marketing Manager at Dutton.

At Scholastic, Kelsey Albertson joins as Associate Manager, Special Markets. Previously she was National Accounts Representative, Special Markets at Abrams.

Media Reporter Keith Kelly will retire on July 23 after two decades at The New York Post.

Posted in Book View • Tagged 13A, Abrams, Abrams Books for Young Readers, Adam Wilson, Allison Finkel, Aly Mostel, Ameet Publishing, Amy Li, Amy Ruth Buchanan, Anika Bates, Annie Rosa, Appleseed, Art + Deco, ARTBOOK | D.A.P., ArtHouse Literary Agency, Artists Writers & Artisans, Ashley Kiedrowski, Assemble Media, Ballantine Bantam Dell, Barbara Santos, Bard Press, Basic Books, Becky Monds, Berkley, Blackstone Publishing, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury (US), Bre Stephens, Brendan Deneen, Brian Dembowczyk, Brittany Rubiano, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Candlewick Press, Carla Benton, Catapult, Charles M. Suitt, Chris Combemale, Chris Venkatesh, Christine Dillon, Cinco Puntos Press, Cindy Loh, Colleen Nuccio, Columbia Global Reports, Crown, Danielle Bukowski, Dawn Hollomon, DC Comics, Disney-Hyperion, DK, Donna Gauthier, Dorothy a publishing project, Duke University Press, Dutton, Eileen Fisher Community Foundation, Elisabeth Kauffman, Ellen Whitaker, Emily Hoffman, Emily Wunderlich, Ericka T. Phillips, Felice Laverne, Forefront Books, Gabrielle Nugent, Gallery Books Group, Grove Atlantic, Hachette Books, Hachette Go, Harper Leadership, HarperCollins Christian Publishing, HarperOne, Heather Kelly, Holiday House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hyperion Avenue, Inkyard, Jamie S. Rich, Jay Franco, Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, Jennifer Gingerich, Jeramie Orton, Jim Secula, Jocelyn Davies, Jodi Hughes, Jonathan Lee, Josie Dallam, Kaitie Leary, Katy Miller, Keith Kelly, Kelsey Albertson, Kerry Martin, Kristen McGuiness, Laney Katz Becker, Latoya Smith, Laura Wheeler, Lauren Bisom, LCS Literary, Lee & Low, Leis Pederson, lisa vitelli, little bee, Marvel Entertainment, Massie & McQuilkin, Matthew Félix, McGraw-Hill, Megha Majumdar, MFA Publications, Michael Dudding, Molly Fessenden, Natalie Church, Nelson Books, New York Review Books, Norton, Paige Mushaw, pamela dorman books, Paula Wiseman Books, Pavilion Books, Peachtree Publishing Company, Penguin Random House, Penguin Random House Publisher Services, Phoebe Dyer, Pixel+Ink, Polly Powell, Putnam, Quarto UK, Random House, Random House Children's, Rebecca Kuss, Rebekah Borucki, Rick Riordan Presents, Riverhead, Row House Books, Ryan Shepherd, San Francisco Writers Conference, Sara Kendrick, Sarah Williams, SBR Media, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Stephanie Tade Agency, Sterling Lord Literistic, Sylvie Frank, Tabatha Pope, Tapas Media, Tara Grieco, The Gospel Project, The New York Post, Thomas Nelson, Tom Doherty Associates, Two Rivers Distribution, Victory Belt Publishing, Viking Penguin, W. Publishing, William Morrow, Yelena Safronova

International Bestsellers, June 2021

By Nina Sabak

July 1, 2021

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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: India and Ukraine. 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.