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International Bestsellers, September 2023

October 19, 2023

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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: Czechia and Mexico. 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 list here.

Posted in International • Tagged 000 Miles to Find You, 10, a cafe with no name, A Darkness More Than Night, A Girl From Another Time, Accabadora, An Autumn to Forgive You, Anna Llenas, Annie Ernaux, Antonio Munoz Molina, Arturo Perez-Reverte, Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Bonnie Garmus, Calle y Poche, Cedric Sapin-Defour, Colleen Hoover, Corman McCarthy, Cristian Lagunas, Darcy Coates, Desert Star, Dr. Moormann and I, Elik G. Troconis, Elke Heidenreich, Eloy Moreno, Felicia Kingsley, Ferdinand Schirach, Filip Rožek, Fourth Wing, Francesca Giannone, Gazelles, Great Wonder, Gump, Hannah Grace, Happiness at the Beginning, Holly, Horror on Šibeniční Vrch, I Gave You My Eyes and You Looked Into the Darkness, I Won’t Watch You Die, Icebreaker, Invisible, Irene Sola, Isabel Allende, It Starts With Us, Its Smell After the Rain, Jarka Kubsova, Joana Marcús, Jose Gordon, Julie Caplin, Karine Bernal Lobo, Ken Follett, Kilometer Zero, Lessons in Chemistry, Lisa Regan, Little Problems, María Oruña, Marshlands, Martin Suter, Maud Ankaoua, maud ventura, Melody, mercedes ron, Michael Connelly, Michela Murgia, Morgane Moncomble, Murderous Darkness, my husband, Nele Pollatschek, Nicolas Beuglet, Nina Spitalnikova, Northern, Novelist of the Invisible, Painful Silence, Patrik Hartl, Percy Jackson and the Chalice of the Gods, Rain, Rebecca Yarros, Rick Riordan, Robert Bryndza, Robert Seethaler, Sophie Lark, Stella Maris, Stepan Javurek, Stephen King, Sudeten House, The Ace of Spades, The Archipelago of the Forgotten, The Armor of Light, The Final Problem, The Inner Jewel, The Innocents, The Island of a Thousand Lighthouses, The King’s Perfume, The Left Side of the Sun, The Occupation, The Postman, The Ruthless Prince, The Stolen Jewel, The Weapons of Light, the wind knows my name, Three Months, Tiziano Ferro, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Vineyards in France, Viola Ardone, Virginie Grimaldi, Walter Moers, We Will Have That Left, What if It’s Not With Me?

People Round-Up, Mid October 2023

By PT Editors

October 17, 2023

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PEOPLE

At Wiley CEO Brain Napack has left the company after six years. Matthew Kissner, took over as interim CEO; he was previously group executive and board chair, and acted as interim CEO from May to December in 2017.

At Penguin Random House, Nicholas Latimer, VP and senior director of publicity and Victoria Wilson, VP and executive editor have elected to accept VSO packages and will leave Knopf on December 15th. Lori Kusatzky has joined as associate editor and Shannon Criss has joined as senior editor at Crown.

At Simon & Schuster, Ariel Snead has joined as advertising and promotions assistant. Kristen Klemens has joined as client manager for Simon & Schuster Publishing Services, She was formerly partner manager for trade sales and marketing at Rebel Girls. At Simon Element, Maria Espinosa has joined as assistant editor. She was formerly editorial assistant at Little, Brown and Company.

John Reindl, senior VP of warehouses and fulfillment, will retire from HarperCollins at the end of December.

At Macmillan, Bess Braswell has joined as VP and associate publisher at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; she was previously senior publishing director of Harlequin’s Inkyard Press.

At Tin House Books, publisher Craig Popelars has stepped down after four years with the company. Popelars was formerly the director of marketing for Algonquin Books and joined Tin House in 2019. Masie Cochran, editorial director, has been appointed as interim publisher. She will still continue to serve in her role as editorial director.

At Bloomsbury Academic US, Katherine De Chant has joined as acquisitions editor for politics.

At Oni Press, Andy McElliott has joined as operations manager, Winston Gambro has joined as graphic designer, Matt Harding has joined as pre-press technician, Chris Robinson has joined as consulting editor, Karl Bollers and Megan Brown have joined as editors, and Kaia Rooke has joined as marketing and communications coordinator.

At Hachette, Megan Perritt-Jacobson has joined as director of publicity for nonfiction at Grand Central. She was formerly the publicity and marketing director at Twelve. Arik Hardin, has joined Little, Brown and Company as associate production editor. He was formerly assistant managing editor at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.

At HarperCollins, Kimberley Young, managing director and publisher of Harper Fiction, will become managing director of Transworld in 2024. She is taking over after Larry Finlay retires. Karen Rinaldi will be SVP and executive editor at Harper effective January 1. She will continue to be publisher of Harper Wave until March 31.

At Sourcebooks, Maranda Seney has joined as senior marketing manager for Bloom Books and Casablanca. Alexis Boni has joined as marketing assistant for Bloom Books. Jessica Nordskog has joined as senior book designer. Anna Campbell has joined as production designer.

At Hardie Grant North America, Natalie Lundgren has joined as an editorial assistant and Liz Correll has joined as a marketing specialist.

At Ibex, Mafishan Ali has left the company effective immediately.

At Enrichmentors, Shivam Taneja brand management intern has left effective immediately.

At Candlewick Press, Kay Frost is joining as inventory assistant.

At University of Virginia Press, Patricia Searl has been named director of digital publishing.

At Faber, Lavainia Greenlaw has been appointed poetry editor and will be joining January 22 and succeeding Matthew Hollis.

In Agency news:

Amy Bishop-Wycisk has joined Trellis Literary Management as agent. She was previously an agent with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

Harriet Poland has joined Creative Artists Agency (CAA) as an agent.

Jessica Spitz has joined Janklow & Nesbit as a literary agent. She was previously at William Morris Endeavor.

Elinor Davies has been appointed as associate literary agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency.

PROMOTIONS

At Macmillan, Tor Publishing Group, Jess Kiley has been promoted to associate designer and Angie Rao has been promoted to ad/promo designer. Rebecca Naimon has been promoted to associate manager of publishing operations. Katie Klimowicz has been promoted to associate art director. Claire Eddy and Will Hinton have been promoted to VP and editorial director for Tor, Tordotcom, Nightfire, TorTeen, and Starscape. At Flatiron Books, Maris Tasaka has been promoted to marketing associate and Cathleen Kenney has been promoted to senior publicist. Claire McLaughlin has been promoted to assistant director of publicity. Catherine Turro has been promoted to marketing director.

At HarperCollins Publishers, Skip Fischer has been promoted to VP of distribution and logistics. At Morrow Group, Darelyanel Medina has been promoted to marketing and publicity operations lead.

At Simon & Schuster, Chrissy Noh has been promoted to VP and director of marketing at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Lisa Morealeda, has been promoted to VP and director of publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Daniela Villegas Valle has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Reads, Atheneum Books for Young Reads, Margaret K. McElderry Books, and Denene Millner Books. Miloni Vora has been promoted to assistant editor, Sophia Jimenez has been promoted to editor, and Kristie Choi has been promoted to associate editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Anum Shafqat has been promoted to assistant editor at Margaret K. McElderry Books and Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Dorielys Cruz has been promoted to associate editor at Little Simon. Catherine Laudone has been promoted to senior editor at Paula Wiseman Books. At Molly Weissman, has been promoted to director of advertising, promotion, and creative services at Simon & Schuster.

Sabrina Brawley has been promoted to senior manager of email marketing. Mikaela Bielawski has been promoted to senior e-book developer. Cody Flitcraft, has been promoted to demand planning manager. Jennie Torres, Paul Chong, and Lyndsay Brueggemann have been promoted to senior demand planning manager. Grace Rambo, has been promoted to senior manager of advertising and paid digital media. Hayley Claytor, has been promoted to manager of advertising and paid digital media. Dalia Baban, has been promoted to assistant manager of advertising and paid digital media. Vanessa Ioannidi has been promoted to assistant manager for special markets at Simon & Schuster. Justin Cook has been promoted to associate director of video production. Carina Guiterman has been promoted to executive editor. Tzipora Baitch has been promoted to editor. Emily Simonson has been promoted to editor. Elizabeth Venere has been promoted to associate director of marketing. Alyssa DiPierro has been promoted to marketing manager. Hannah Bishop has been promoted to senior publicist. Brittany Adames has been promoted to assistant editor. Mabel Martes Taveras has been promoted to subsidiary rights manager. Susannah Lawrence has been promoted to manager, corporate communications at Simon & Schuster. Andie Schoenfield has been promoted to digital marketing manager. Will Plunkett has been promoted to online sales manager. Bryn Manion has been promoted to senior digital sales analyst. Erin Simpson has been promoted to senior director at Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau. Janea Brachfeld, has been promoted to senior client manager at Simon & Schuster Publisher Services. At Gallery Books, Sydney Morris has been promoted to publicity manager. Julia McGarry and Cassidy Sattler have been promoted to associate publicist. At Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, Kaitlin Olson has been promoted to executive editor. Holly Rice has been promoted to senior publicist. Camila Araujo, Debbie Norflus, Sierra Swanson have been promoted to associate publicist. Karlyn Hixson has been promoted to senior director of marketing. Maudee Genao has been promoted to marketing manager. Jolena Podolsky has been promoted to marketing and social media coordinator. Morgan Hoit Pager has been promoted to director of marketing and social media. At Scribner, Emily Polson has been promoted to associate editor. Rebekah Jett has been promoted to editor and Sally Howe, has been promoted to senior editor. Kara Watson has been promoted to VP and executive director. Stu Smith has been promoted to VP and associate publisher. At Saga Press/ Simon & Schuster, Jéla Lewter is being promoted to assistant editor.

At Hachette, Megan Perritt-Jacobson has joined as director of publicity for nonfiction at Grand

Central. She was formerly the publicity and marketing director at Twelve. Andy Dodds has been promoted to director of publicity for fiction.

At Penguin Young Readers, Alex Garber has been promoted to executive editor of digital marketing.

At Disney • Hyperion, Tyler Nevins has been promoted to design manager.

At Avid Reader Press, Carolyn Kelly has been promoted to associate editor.

At Abrams, Connor Leonard has been promoted to editor for the entertainment list, in the adult division.

At Oni Press, Troy Look has been promoted to VP of publishing services. Jeremy Colfer, has been promoted to director of development. Angie Knowles, has been promoted to director of design and production. Cary Soucy and Sarah Rockwell have been promoted to senior graphic designer. Jung Hu Lee, has been promoted to assistant editor. Gabriel Granillo, has been promoted to editor. Grace Scheipeter and Bess Pallares have been promoted to senior editor. Sara Harding has been promoted to executive coordinator.

At Hardie Grant North America, Carolyn Insley has been promoted to editor.

At Simon Element and Marysue Rucci Books been promoted to senior publicity director. Ingrid Carabulea has been promoted to marketing associate.

At University of Virginia Press, Patricia Searl has been promoted to director of digital publishing.

DULY NOTED

Stephen Rubin, publishing executive with a career spanning over forty years and who’s publication works include Dan Brown, John Grisham, and more died on October 13th. He was 81.

Louise Glϋck, the 2020 Nobel Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate died on October 13th. She was 80.

Keith Giffen, American comic book artist and writer best known for his work with Marvel and DC died on October 9th. He was 70.

Eve Bunting, author of more than 250 children’s books died on October 4th. She was 94. Her latest work Alligators, Alligators was published this past August.

Janet Taylor Lisle, award winning children’s author died October 5th. She was 76.

EVENTS

October 18 – October 20
Heartland Fall Forum
Detroit, MI

October 18-22

Frankfurter Buchmesse

Frankfurt, Germany

October 20 – October 23
Helsinki Book Fair
Helsinki, Finland

November 1st

Scholastic Black Bookselling Conference

Virtual

November 1 – 12

Sharjah International Book Fair

Sharjah, UAE

Posted in Book View • Tagged Alex Garber, Algonquin Books, Alyssa diPierro, Amy Bishop-Wycisk, Andy Dodds, Andy McElliott, Angie Knowles, Angie Rao, Ariel Snead, Arik Hardin, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, Bess Braswell, Bess Pallares, Brain Napack, Brittany Adames, brown and company, Camila Araujo, Candlewick Press, Carina Guiterman, Carolyn Insley, Cary Soucy, Cassidy Sattler, Catherine Turro, Cathleen Kenney, Chris Robinson, Chrissy Noh, Claire Eddy, Claire McLaughlin, Cody Flitcraft, Craig Popelar, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Crown, Dalia Baban, Darelyanel Medina, Debbie Norflus, Dystel, Elinor Davies, Elizabeth Venere, Emily Polson, Emily Simonson, Enrichmentors, Erin Simpson, Eve Bunting, Faber, Flatiron Books, Gabriel Granillo, Gallery Books, Goderich & Bourret, Grace Rambo, Grace Scheipeter, Grand Central, Hachette, Hannah Bishop, Hardie Grant North America, HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers, Harriet Poland, Hayley Claytor, Holly Rice, Ingrid Carabulea, Inkyard Press. Bloomsbury Academic US, Janea Brachfeld, Janet Taylor Lisle, Jéla Lewter, Jennie Torres, Jeremy Colfer, Jess Kiley, John Reindl, Jolena Podolsky, Julia McGarry, Jung Hu Lee, Justin Cook, Kaia Rooke, Kaitlin Olson, Kara Watson, Karl Bollers, Karlyn Hixson, Katherine De Chant, Katie Klimowicz, Keith Giffen, Knopf, Kristen Klemens, Lavainia Greenlaw, Lisa Morealeda, Little, Liz Correll, Lori Kusatzky, Louise Glϋck, Lyndsay Brueggemann, Mabel Martes Taveras, Macmillan, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Madeleine Milburn Literary, Maris Tasaka, Masie Cochran, Matt Harding, Matthew Hollis, Maudee Genao, Megan Brown, Megan Perritt-Jacobson, Mikaela Bielawski, Molly Weissman, Morgan Hoit Pager, Morrow Group, Natalie Lundgren, Nicholas Latimer, Nightfire, Oni Press, Patricia Searl, Paul Chong, Penguin Random House, Penguin Young Readers, Rebecca Naimon, Rebekah Jett, Rebel Girls, Sabrina Brawley, Sally Howe, Sara Harding, Sarah Rockwell, Scribner, Shannon Criss, Shivam Taneja, Sierra Swanson, Simon & Schuster, simon & schuster children's publishing, Simon & Schuster Publisher Services, Simon & Schuster Publishing Services, Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau, Simon Element and Marysue Rucci Books, Skip Fischer, Starscape, Stephen Rubin, Stu SmithAt Saga Press/Simon & Schuster, Susannah Lawrence, Sydney Morris, Tin House Books, Tor, Tor Publishing Group, Tordotcom, TorTeen, Trellis Literary Management, Troy Look, TV & Film Agency, Twelve, Tzipora Baitch, University of Virginia Press, Vanessa Ioannidi, Victoria Wilson, Wiley, Will Hinton, Winston Gambro

The Riyadh International Book Fair: An Inspiring Destination

By Lorraine Shanley

October 10, 2023

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The 2023 Riyadh International Book Fair wrapped up its 10-day run on October 9, after more than a million visitors had flocked to browse and buy books from the 1,800 publishers from 32 countries that exhibited. While not as well known as Sharjah Book Fair, which begins on Nov. 1, and with few English language publishers present, RIBF has grown substantially in the last two years. This year it chose the tagline “An Inspiring Destination,” which, as the Kingdom builds out its infrastructure and expands its culture and arts efforts, seems like a credible claim.

The Disney nook at the booth of Raff Publishing, a division of Saudi Research and Media Group

Co-located in the consumer-centric fair, the Ministry of Culture, which organized the event, held a publishing conference that brought together publishing experts from Saudi Arabia and across the MENA region, as well as from Europe and America, to speak on a variety of topics, from sustainability to entrepreneurship to AI. The live sessions were conducted in English and Arabic, with translators working in real time to accommodate panelists and audience.

Hazel Kenyon, Research Director at Nielsen BookData, gave a keynote presentation on global trends in book sales, presenting data collected through its expansion throughout South America, Europe and now, the MENA region, while Gareth Rapley, Director of the London Book Fair, discussed ways in which LBF plans to make Olympia more accessible in 2024. Bologna Book Fair’s Jacks Thomas was also on hand to talk about that Fair’s expansion into adult publishing.

A view of what’s selling, where, courtesy of Nielsen BookData

A discussion of the Power of Social Media and Influencers in Book Marketing that was moderated by CEO and founder of Bibliocrunch Miral Sattar, featured some Saudi influencers, like Sultan Almousa and Dr. Yossef Al Hassani, who has amassed an audience of 1.5 million bookish Instagram followers.

As well as influencers and book fair directors, a range of industry experts populated panels, from StoryFit’s Monica Landers and Simon &Schuster’s Brianna Yamashita, to Amplify’s Ken Brooks, author and Shimmr CEO Nadim Sadek, Bentech CEO Michael Johnson (via video) and entrepreneur Miral Sattar.

Publishing experts at the Professional Publishers Conference, part of the Riyadh International Book Fair 2023 (from left to right): Matthew Jones, Julie Blattberg, Miral Sattar, Nancy Roberts, Hassan Ali, Lorraine Shanley, Brianna Yamashita, Heather O’Connell, Hazel Kenyon, Monica Landers, Omar Chebaro, Jacks Thomas, Rashid Al Kaus, and Chantal Cooke.

Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture’s Literature, Publishing & Translation Committee, the curation of the content for the Professional Publishers Conference and the selection of speakers was supported by Omar Chebaro, Head of Sales and Distribution at Raff Publishing and Managing Director of Gotham Publishing Solutions, Julie Blattberg.

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People Round-Up, Early October 2023

By PT Editors

October 4, 2023

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PEOPLE

Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous since 2004, has been named CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the leader for technical development of the World Wide Web. He will start November 13th.

Will Schwitzer has been named CEO at scholarly publishing platform, Silverchair. Thane Kerner has stepped down as CEO and has been appointed chair of the board of directors.

At Scholastic, Kalinda Panholzer, has joined as home base community and product coordinator. Jeff Dang has joined as a trade visual designer. Greyson Corley, has joined as trade marketing assistant, previously they interred at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.

At ReaderLink Distribution Services LLC, Marissa Joiner, has joined as environmental health and safety specialist.

At Orbit, Alyea Canada, has joined as editor, she was formerly an editor at Melville House.

Michelle Moroses, has joined Sounds True as publicity assistant, she was formerly an intern at Ploughshares Journal.

Christopher Beha has resigned as editor of ‘Harper’s Magazine.’

At HarperCollins, Stephanie Sano has joined as senior director of finance. She was formerly director of business insights at Penguin Random House . Mike Rohrs VP of U.S. and international finance of HarperCollins, will now oversee the publisher’s U.S. General Books Group and Children’s Books finance team.

Liz Psaltis has joined Morrow Group as marketing director.

At Penguin Random House, Andy Hughes, senior VP and director of production and design at Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, and Altie Karper, managing editor for Pantheon and Schocken and editorial director of Schocken will retire in December. Vimi Santokhi, is joining as Pantheon/Schocken managing editor. Natalie Hallak has joined Ballantine Bantam Dell as executive editor. She was previously at Atria. Janice Barcena, VP and contracts director at Random House and Crown will retire on December 15th. Senior designer Maggie Hinders, senior production manager Romeo Enriquez, senior production manager Lorraine Hyland, and senior production manager Quinn O’Neill will retire from Knopf Doubleday on November 1st.

Keren Baltzer has been named associate publisher at Zondervan Books. Most recently, she was the VP editorial director of Penguin Random House Convergent and Image Imprints.

Rupert Murdoch, at 92 years old, announced he will step down as chairman of Fox and News Corporation and plans to retire in November. His eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch will be taking over as chair of News Corp. and remain as chief executive and chair at Fox Corp.

At Sourcebooks, Zaina Maswood, has joined as performance marketing associate and Kayleigh George, has joined as their senior marketing director of adult nonfiction.

At Simon & Schuster, Christian Borio has joined the distribution client sales team as the associate national accounts manager of Readlink.

At Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink, Tiffany Coelho has joined as the marketing coordinator for school and libraries. She was previously office manager for the Children’s Book Council and intern for Seven Speed Press. Saskia Den Boon has joined as marketing assistant for school and libraries. Previously they interned with Beacon Press.

Cameron Moore will be joining Candlewick Press as a sales assistant.

Susannah Otter joined Hodder & Stoughton in the newly created role as publishing director of non-fiction in January 2024. She will report to non-fiction executive publisher, Kirty Topiwala. She is currently the publishing director at Blink of Bonnier Books UK.

Munro Magruder, associate publisher and marketing director at New World Library is retiring after 33 years and will leave the company September 29th. He joined New World Library in 1990 after being VP of sales at Little,Brown from 1984-1989.

In Agency news:

Jessica Killingley, cofounder of bks Agency, has been named as managing director.

At Gaeb & Eggers, América Gutiérrez Espinosa is joining as its new literary agent in Latin America. She previously worked for Penguin Random House Editorial México.

At GrayHawk Agency, Jade Fu has been made the agency’s vice president and will lead the company’s Asian author representation as well as handle day-to-day operations. Previously, she was Books From Taiwan project manager and launched the agency’s Korean market and headed nonfiction.

Ginger Hutchinson is being promoted to literary agent at Movable Type Management.

Jes Trudel is joining The Rights Factory as assistant agent and Kathleen Foxx is joining as an associate agent.

PROMOTIONS

At St. Martin’s Publishing Group, Julia Sudusky has been promoted to coordinator, social media content. Alex Hoopes, has been promoted to senior manager, social media platforms. Austin Adams, has been promoted to marketing coordinator. Rivka Holler, has been promoted to associate marketing manager. Sara Beth Haring, has been promoted to senior marketing manager. Sophia Lauriello has been promoted to senior publicist. Kathyrn Hough Boutross, has been promoted to senior publicity manager. Cassidy Graham, has been promoted to associate editor. Sarah Grill has been promoted to editor and Alexandra Sehulster has been promoted to executive editor.

At Scholastic, Jessie Hine, has been promoted to trade marketing coordinator.

At Melville House, Sammi Sontag has been promoted to senior publicist.

At Minotaur Books, Catherine Richards has been promoted to editorial director and Kelley Ragland has been promoted to VP, publishing director.

At ReaderLink Distribution Services, LLC, Leo Mascarenhas, has been promoted to VP of application development, cloud erp and Alexis Gonzalez has been promoted to associate direct sales operations manager.

Elizabeth Lee is being promoted to senior editor at Penguin Workshop.

Carmen Jimenez is being promoted to publicity manager at Princeton University Press.

Matt Taylor is being promoted to senior publicist at Princeton University Press.

Kathryn Stevens is being promoted to senior publicist at Princeton University Press.

Alyssa Sanford is being promoted to senior publicist at Princeton University Press.

Kate Hensley is being promoted to senior publicist at Princeton University Press.

Hunter Finch is being promoted to designer at Princeton University Press.

Charlotte Coyne is being promoted to associate publicist at Princeton University Press.

Nikki Anderson is being promoted to higher education sales and marketing associate at Princeton University Press.

Michelle Malonzo has been promoted to co-executive director at The Word, A StoryTelling Sanctuary.

Christopher Carroll has been promoted to editor of ‘Harper’s Magazine.’

Sylvie Frank is being promoted to editorial director of acquisitions at Disney Hyperion.

Jocelyn Davies is being promoted to editorial director of new IP development at Disney Hyperion.

Zareen Johnson is being promoted to designer at Disney Hyperion.

Emily Fego is being promoted to associate editor at National Geographic Kids.

Elizabeth Ault is being promoted to senior editor at Duke University Press.

Ben Kossak is being promoted to assistant editor at Duke University Press.

DULY NOTED

NYU Advanced Publishing Institute (NYU API) announced a week-long educational experience designed for mid-to-senior-level book professionals with a focus on management and leadership strategies. The course will take place on New York University’s Greenwich Village Campus from January 8th through January 12th.

Echo Brown, author and performer died on September 28th after a battle with end-stage renal failure. She was 39 years old and most noted for her gender-fluid YA novels including Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard (2020) and The Chosen One: A First Generation Ivy League Odyssey which was published by Little, Brown/Ottaviano last year.

President of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of Canada and general secretary of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Steven Temple, 76, died on September 7.

EVENTS

September 28 – October 7

Riyadh International Book Fair

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 30 – October 3
Toy Fair
New York, NY

October 4 – October 7
FallCon
Denver, CO

October 18 – October 20
Heartland Fall Forum
Detroit, MI

October 18-22

Frankfurter Buchmesse

Frankfurt, Germany

October 20 – October 23
Helsinki Book Fair
Helsinki, Finland

November 1st

Scholastic Black Bookselling Conference

Virtual

Posted in Book View • Tagged Altie Karper, Alyssa Sanford, América Gutiérrez Espinosa, and Pixel+Ink, Andy Hughes, Atria, Ballantine Bantam Dell, Beacon Press, Ben Kossak, bks agency, Blink, Bonnier Books UK, Brown/Ottaviano, Cameron Moore, Candlewick Press, Carmen Jimenez, Charlotte Coyne, Children's Book Council, children's books, Christian Borio, Christopher Beha, Christopher Carroll, Crown, Disney-Hyperion, Duke University Press, Echo Brown, Elizabeth Ault, Elizabeth Lee, Emily Fego, Fox News and News Corporation, Gaeb & Eggers, Gray House Agency, HarperCollins, Harper’s Magazine, Hodder & Stoughton, Holiday House, Hunter Finch, Image Imprints, Jade Fu, Janice Barcena, Jessica Klingley, Jocelyn Davies, Kate Hensley, Kathryn Stevens, Kayleigh George, Keren Baltzer, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Little, Matt Taylor, Mike Rohrs, Moveable Type Management, Munro Magruder, Natalie Hallak, national geographic kids, New World Library, Nikki Anderson, NYU Advance Publishing Institute, NYU API, Pantheon/Schocken, Peachtree, Penguin Random House, Penguin Random House Convergent, Penguin Random House Editorial México, Penguin Workshop, Princeton University Press, Random House, Readlink, Rupert Murdoch, Saskia Den Boon, Seven Speed Press, Silverchair, Simon & Schuster, Sourcebooks, Stephanie Sano, Susannah Otter, Sylvie Frank, Thane Kerner, The Word Storytelling Sanctuary Michelle Malonzo, Tiffany Coelho, U.S. General Books Group, Vimi Santokhi, Will Schwitzer, Zaina Maswood, Zareen Johnson, Zondervan Books

Freelance Publicists Contact Sheet 2023

By PT Editors

September 25, 2023

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Publishing Trends’ annually updated contact sheet of freelance book publicists includes several firms and individuals specializing in a wide range of genres and approaches. The majority of the publicists listed use both traditional and digital methods, but we have one digital-only publicist who specializes in various aspects of online and social marketing and publicity. Each firm chooses a few specialties to list here. To download a PDF of the whole sheet, click below.

Click on the image of the chart above for a full PDF version of the 2023 sheet.

Updated 10/04/23 to add Susannah Greenberg Public Relations, Vesto PR & Books (Jeremy Wang-Iverson), Franklin Public Relations (Amy Franklin), and Sun Literary Arts (Caroline Sun)

Posted in Contact Sheets • Tagged ACG Book Publicity, Aileen Boyle, Allison McLean, Alyson Sinclair, Alyssia Gonzalez, Amplify Partners LLC, Andrea Burnett Public Relations, Angela Baggetta Communications, Angela Melamud, Audere Media, Author Marketing Experts, Barbara Fisch, Barbara Hendra, Barbara Teszler, Beth Parker PR, Blathersweet PR, Blue Slip Media, Book Publicity Services, Bridget Marmion, Broadside: Expert Literary PR, Christian Purdy, cjPurdy PR, Dana Kaye, David Carriere, David Ratner Publicity & Publishing Consulting, Dewey Decimal Media, Elizabeth Shreve, Emi Battaglia, Fauzia Burke, February Media, FSB Associates, Gail Kearns, Gail Leondar Public Relations, Graf-Martin Communications, Gretchen Crary, Gretchen Koss, Guarisco Group LLC, InkSlinger PR, Jacqui Daniels, Jennifer Garbowski, Jennifer Richards, Jessica Estep, Jessica Jonap P, Joanne McCall, Justin Loeber, Kama Timbrell Communications LLC, Kat Purcell, Kathleen Carter Communications, Kathryn Hall Publicist, Kathy Daneman Public Relations, Katrina Weidknecht, Kaye Publicity, Kelley and Hall Book Publicity Kimberly Burns Literary Publicity, Kelsey Butts, Kimberly Burns, Kristin Dwyer, Krupp Kommunications, Leah Paulos, LEO PR, Leslie Rossman, Little Bird, Lori Ames, Lyda Mclallen, Margo Donohue, Marika Flatt, McCall Media Group, McCartin | Daniels PR, Media Connect, Meg A. Parsont, Meghan Phillips Public Relations, Meghan Walker, Michael Taeckens Marketing & PR, Michele Karlsberg Marketing and Management, Miracle Worker PR Anne Sullivan, Morgan Canclini-Mitchell, mouth : digital + public relations, Nazarea Andrews, Nectar Literary, Nicole Banholzer PR, Nicole Dewey, Nissen PR, Open Book Publicity, Over the River Public Relations, Page One Media, Parsont Publicity Group, Penny Sansevieri, PR by the Book, Press Shop PR, Rachel Tarlow Gul, Rhalee Hughes Perry, rhalee hughes public relations + marketing, Rob Nissen, Roger Charlie, Saichek Publicity, SallyAnne McCartin, Samantha Lien, Sarah Burningham, Sarah Shealy, Scott Manning & Associates, Shreve Williams Public Relations, Stephanie Barko Literary Publicist, Suzanne Williams, Talk + Tell, Tandem Literary, Teszler PR, The Carriere Company, The Ekus Group, The Hendra Agency Inc, The PR Freelancer, To Press and Beyond, Tracy Van Straaten, TvS Media Group, Two|pr, Wendy Guarisco, Whitney Peeling, Whitney Peeling Public Relations, Wiley Saichek, Your Expert Nation

People Round-Up, Early September 2023

By PT Editors

September 20, 2023

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Alison Lazarus, executive VP, director of sales, is retiring and will leave Hachette Book Group next month. She joined Hachette in 2018 after having been at Macmillan for more than 20 years. Lauren Monaco will be joining Hachette on October 2 as executive VP, director of sales. She was previously at Penguin Random House.

Nihar Malaviya, appointed interim CEO in January, has been made CEO of Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann chairman and CEO Thomas Rabe made the announcement.

SVP and publisher of Avery and Tarcher Perigee, Megan Newman, has taken PRH’s VSO package and will retire in December. Rebecca Smart, Co-CEO of DK will move into a new role as a dedicated internal leadership and talent coach. Casey Hampton has joined Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group as senior designer.

President and publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books, Suzanne Murphy will leave the publisher at the end of the month. Liate Stehlik, president and publisher of the Morrow Group will now add the title of president and publisher of Children’s Books. Shannon Welch returned to Harper One on September 7 as VP, editorial director, reporting to President and Publisher, Judith Curr. She was most recently at Harmony.

Anne Shone joins the Tundra Book Group as editorial director. She was previously at Scholastic Canada.

Priyanka Krishnan joined William Morrow/Avon as executive editor. She was most recently at Orbit.

Sean Buckley is joining the independent sales team as telesales account manager at Simon & Schuster.

Joseph Montagne has joined Abrams ComicArts as associate publisher.

Daphne Durham joined Putnam as an executive editor after previously being at MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Kevin F. Watson has been named chief financial officer at Barnes & Noble Education.

Carisa Hays has launched PR company Carisa Hays Public Relations. The company will offer services to authors, publishers, and non-profit organizations.

At Sourcebooks, Zuha Mohammed has joined as accounting associate. Zoya Boskovic has joined as digital marketing associate. Charlie McGroarty has joined as graphics designer.

Alex Vlahov joins Cornell University Press as a publicist.

Naomi Falk joins powerHouse Books as production manager.

In Agency news: Jane Chun has joined Transatlantic Agency as literary agent. . . . Mary C. Moore has joined Aevitas Creative Management as an agent. She was previously at Kimberley Cameron & Associates. . . .Aiden Siobhan has joined Laura Dail Literary Agency as associate agent.. . .Mara Cobb has joined Martin Literary and Media Management as junior agent.

At Zibby Books, Imanee Magee joins as editorial associate. Katie Teas joins as publicity manager. Gabby Capasso joins as senior associate editor. Tracy Massaro joins as chief marketing officer. Karen Menzie joins as director of sales. Erinn McGrath joins as head of corporate communications. Katie Song joins as editor of Zibby Mag. Samantha Marks joins as publishing associate. Samantha Gregory joins as head of marketing and community for Zibby’s Bookshop.

Adriann Ranta Zurhellen has joined Kevin Anderson & Associates as senior editor. She was previously an agent at Folio Literary Management.

Cristina Garces has joined Ten Speed Press as executive editor.

Rachel Gilman has joined Feminist Press as sales and marketing coordinator. She was most recently at Grove Atlantic.

Bree Martinez has joined Crown Publishing Group as senior publicist and Mary Moates has joined as associate director of publicity.

Desiree Wilson has joined Looking Glass Literary & Media as an agent.

PROMOTIONS

At Random House, Ben Greenberg was promoted to VP, Editor-in-Chief. Hilary Redmon was promoted to VP, editorial director of nonfiction. At Penguin Publishing Group, Jordan Aaronson has been promoted to assistant director, marketing and Andrew Taets has been promoted to marketing associate. At Ballantine Bantam Dell, Kara Cesare has been promoted to vice president, editor in chief. Hilary Teeman has been promoted to editorial director. Anne Speyer has been promoted to executive editor. Jesse Shuman has been promoted to editor. Shauna Summers has been promoted to editorial director for Dell. Caroline Weishuhn has been promoted to associate editor. Mae Martinez has been promoted to assistant editor.

At Crown Publishing Group, Derek Gullino becomes senior vice president, executive director, bookmaking. Serena Sigona has been promoted to production director. Andrea Lau has been promoted to art director. Gwyneth Stansfield becomes executive publicist. Stacey Stein has been promoted to publicity manager.

At Harper Children’s, Elizabeth Agyemang and Sara Schonfeld have been promoted to editor. Erika DiPasquale has been promoted to associate editor.

Jacqui Young has been promoted to associate editor at Grand Central. At Hachette Book Group, Nancy Kriz has been promoted to senior manager of account marketing and Alexis Kuzma has been promoted to senior retail strategy manager.

At Abrams, Mary Marolla was promoted to associate director, children’s publicity and Anneliese Merz was promoted to publicist, children’s publicity.

At Sourcebooks, Gabbi Calabrese has been promoted to assistant editor, kids and YA. Angela Navarra has been promoted to senior art director.

Jackie Teoh was promoted to acquisitions editor at Cornell University Press.

Amy Nielsen was promoted to associate literary agent at The Purcell Agency.

Joy Bean has been promoted to editorial director at Arctic Books USA.

Michele Mortimer and Eric Amling have been promoted to agency associates at Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agency.

At Portfolio/Penguin, Noah Schwartzberg has been promoted to executive editor.

Dani Segelbaum has been promoted to VP, literary agent, and subsidiary rights director at Carol Mann Agency.

Timothy Travaglini has been promoted to senior agent at Transatlantic Agency.

At Feminist Press, Lucia Brown has been promoted to director of community engagement. Nadine Santoro has been promoted to publicity and events coordinator.

At Mushens Entertainment, Rachel Neely has been promoted to agent and Kiya Evans moves up to associate agent.

Amanda Bullock has been promoted to senior artistic director at Literary Arts.

At Princeton University Press, Bridget Flannery-McCoy has been promoted to executive editor. James Collier has been promoted to assistant editor. Whitney Rauenhorst has been promoted to assistant editor. Eleanor Smith has been promoted to international rights executive. Taylor Sumereau has been promoted to IP & contracts associate.

Nathan Rostron has been promoted to associate publisher at McNally Editions.

DULY NOTED

Co-founder and president of Abbeville Press, Robert E. Abrams, 80, died on August 28.

Translator Edith Grossman, 87, died on August 28. She translated acclaimed editions of Love in the Time of Cholera and Don Quixote.

Sarah Young, the author of Jesus Calling, which sold more than 45 million copies, has died at 77.

Author and journalist Gita Mehta, 80, died on September 16. She was the widow of longtime Knopf editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta.

Jenna Bush Hager will launch a podcast starting on September 24, with Colleen Hoover and Javier Zamora as her first guests.

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