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People Round-Up, Mid-October 2016

October 19, 2016

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Abrams has announced two new imprints. Jess Brallier has been named Vice President, Publisher of Abrams Plus. He previously worked in marketing and as a publisher at Little, Brown, Addison Wesley, and Penguin, and as Publisher and President of the Family Education Network. Jamison Stoltz has been appointed Executive Editor for a soon-to-be-launched imprint focusing on narrative nonfiction. He previously worked as Senior Editor at Grove/Atlantic. Amy Vreeland has joined Abrams as Senior Managing Editor, children’s division. Previously she was managing editor at Farrar, Straus Children’s.

At Holt Children’s, Christian Trimmer will take over as Editorial Director on November 7, following a reorganization of that unit. He previously worked as Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster Children’s. Also in the children’s group, Laura Godwin is starting a Godwin Books imprint, reporting to Jean Feiwel. Editors Sally Doherty and Lauren Bisom are leaving the company.

At Penguin Random House, John Schline is stepping down after over three decades with both Penguin and Random House. He had most recently been Senior Vice President, Corporate Director Business Affairs, and will serve as a consultant through the end of 2016. David Sanford has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Executive Director, Contracts and Permissions Worldwide. He was previously Vice President/Director, Publishing Contracts.

At Open Road, Caroline Ziegler has joined as Director, Business Development. She was previously Director, Business Development at Yodle. Carolyn Cox has joined as editor of The Portalist, a new website for fans of “fans of science fiction, fantasy, and genre-related pop culture news.” She was previously Editor at The Mary Sue.

At Ecco, Martin Wilson is joining as Senior Publicity Manager.

Erin Kottke is joining Catapult as Director of Publicity effective October 24. Previously, she was head of Erin Kottke Public Relations.

Fiona Kennedy, former Managing Director and Publisher of Orion Children’s, will join Head of Zeus in 2017 to run their new children’s imprint, Zephyr.

At Chronicle Books, Brittany Boughter has joined as Marketing Manager, Entertainment and Art. She was most recently Digital Marketing Manager at Penguin Random House.

At Wiley, Judy Verses is joining as Executive Vice President, Research. She succeeds Philip Carpenter, who is retiring. Verses was previously President, Global Enterprise and Education, at Rosetta Stone.

At Rare Bird, Andrew Hungate has joined as Marketing and Publicity Director. He previously worked for Dalkey Archive Press as Marketing and Development Fellow.

Narda Zacchino has joined Los Angeles-based Heyday as Executive Editor. She previously worked at the Los Angeles Times, as Associate Editor and Vice President, and at the San Francisco Chronicle, as deputy editor.

At DK, Christi Sheehan has joined as Associate Publicist. She was previously Publicity Assistant at Harlequin.

Vicki Jaeger has joined Printers Row Publishing Group, a division of ReaderLink Marketing Services, as developmental editor for Portable Press. Vicki was marketing manager at Mattel Consumer Products, and most recently a licensing consultant for entertainment and consumer products companies.

Colton Long is now Project Coordinator at Insight Editions.

At agencies…Jessica Craig has launched her own international literary agency, Craig Literary, based in Barcelona. She was most recently an agent at the Pontas Agency. Sarah Bedingfield has joined Levine Greenberg Rostan as Associate Agent. She was previously Assistant Editor at Crown and Hogarth.

At Disney Publishing Worldwide, Jeanne Mosure is leaving her position as Senior Vice President & Group Publisher. She had been with the Walt Disney Company since 1998.

Kathy Schneider is leaving her position as Senior Vice President, Associate Publisher at HarperCollins. She may be reached at kathyschneider987@gmail.com.

Cristina Lee, Operations and Commercial Director of Harlequin for Australia and New Zealand, is leaving the company as it is integrated into the operations of HarperCollins.

Gregory Henry has left his position as Assistant Director of Publicity at Regan Arts and can be reached at geehenry@hotmail.com.

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The 2016 Book Distributors Profiles

By PT Editors

October 11, 2016

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Publishing Trends has assembled an updated version of our annual book distribution chart. The year’s largest change is Ingram‘s expansion after the purchase of Perseus.

We welcome your feedback to help make it more accurate and comprehensive. Please click the link below to download a PDF of this year’s Book Distributors Profiles and Contact Sheet.

Click on the image of the chart above for a full PDF version of the 2016 Distributor Profiles and Contact Sheet.

Posted in Contact Sheets • Tagged 3D Total, 5 Continents, Aaron Silverman, Abbeville Press, Abrams, ACC Art Books, Adventures Unlimited, Agate, Akashic, Alain Ducasse, Allison & Busby, American Bar Association, Amherst Media, Andrews McMeel, Annick, Antique Collectors' Club, Aperture, Appalachian Mountain Club, Archipelago, Arcturus Publishing, ARTBOOK | D.A.P., Assouline, Bandha Yoga, Bard Press, Beacon, Belly Kids, BenBella Books, Bernard Schwartz, Berrett-Koehler, Bert Mandelbaum, Blizzard, Bloomsbury USA, Body & Breath, Bookmasters/Atlas Books, Booth Clibborn, Brookings Institution Press, Bucket Fillers, C&T, Campire Graphic Novels, Candlewick, Cardinal Publishers Group, Carlton, Casemate IPM, Central Avenue Publishing, Chicago Review Press, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Chip Fleischer, Choc Lit, Chronicle, City Lights, Classics Illustrated, Clavis, College Board, Columbia University Press, Connections, Consortium, Copper Canyon, Counterpoint/Soft Skull, Crooked Lane, CS Publishing, Cuento de Luz, D.A.P., Dalkey Archive Press, Darren Hardy, DC Comics, Direct Hits, Disney, Drawn & Quarterly, ECW Press, Editions du Chene, Elisa Leshowitz, Emons, EMS Publishing, Enchanted Lion Books, Enodare, Entangled, Entrepreneur Press, Faber & Faber, FaithLife Corporation/Lexham Press, Fantagraphics Books, Findhorn, Flashlight Press, Footprint, For Beginners, Fulcrum Publishing, Gallup Press, George Braziller/Persea Books, George F. Thompson, Globe Pequot Press, Gonzalo Ferreyra, Graywolf, Greenery Press, Greenleaf Book Group, Grove/Atlantic, Grub Street Cookery, Guggenheim, Guiness World Records, Hachette, Hachette UK, Hampton Roads, Hanover Publisher Services, Harvard Business Review Press, Hatje Cantz, Haymarket, Hazelden, Head of Zeus, HeadPress, Heidi Sachner, Highlights Press, HMH (Int’l Sales), Hohm Press, Hooked on Phonics, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I Love Mel, I..B. Tauris, Images Publishing, Inc. Books, Independent Publishers Group, Indiana University Press, Ingram Academic Services, Ingram Content, Ingram Publisher Services, Integral Yoga Publications, Islandport Press, Jane R. Graf, Jason Brockwell, Jeff Olson, Jeff Tegge, Joe Cross, John Brancati, Jonathan Ackerman, JRP|Ringier, Julie Hardison, Kaplan, Kevin Votel, Kingfisher, Kurt Hettler, Kyle Books, Lannoo, Larousse, Last Gasp, Legato Publishers Group, Liberties, Libro International, Lindsay Eidel, Lotus Publishing, Ludion, Luster, Macmillan, Mark Ouimet, Marti Malovany, Marvel, McSweeney’s, Medina, Melissa Joulwan, Meyer & Meyer, MFA Publications Boston, Michael Alden, Michael Bungay Stanier, Michael Kerber, Michael Levatino, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle, Midpoint Trade, Minnesota Historical Society Press, MoMA NY, Morgan Hillman, Mr. Food, Museum of Modern Art Children's Books, My Healthy Church, National Book Network, National Geographic, New Directions, New Europe Books/Young Europe Books, New Holland, New Society, New World Library, New York University Press, Nicolas-Hays, Nobrow Press, NoLO, Nora Flaherty, Oceanview, Old Farmer's Almanac, Open Road Media, Other Press, O’Reilly Media, Page Street, PaperCutz, Pavilion Books Group, Peace Hill Press, Pegasus Books, Penguin Random House, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, Penguin Random House South Africa, Perseus Distribution, Phaidon, piKids, Pointed Leaf Press, Power Press, Price World Publishing, Primal Nutrition, Princeton University Press, Printopya, Project Management Institute, Propriometrics Press, Publishers Group West, Purdue University Press, Pushcart Press, Pushkin Press/Phskin Children’s, Quarto, Quest Books, Quirk, Reader's Digest Children, Red Wheel/Weiser, Redleaf Press, Regnery Publishing, Richard T. Williams, Ripley's, Rizzoli, Rodale, Russell Enterprises, SCB Distributors, Search Press, SelfMadeHero, Shambhala, Simon & Schuster, Skyhorse Publishing, Smithsonian, Soho, Spencer Hill, Steerforth, Steidl, Steve Black, Steve Elizalde, Stone Road Press, Tachyon, Taschen, Tate, Taylor Trade, Thames & Hudson, The Crossroad Publishing Company, The New Press, The Overlook Press, The Resume Place, Theatre Communications, Tilbury House Publishers, Tim Koegel, Time, Tin House Books, Todd Berman, Todd McGarity, Tom Doherty, Trafalger Square Books, Triumph Books, Turner Publishing, Ulysses Press, University of California Press, University of Ottawa Press, University of Regina Press, V&A, Velo Press, Vendome, Visible Ink, Viz, W. W. Norton, Walker Art Center, Walther Konig, Whitecap Books, Wilfred Laurier University Press, Windsor Peak Press, WND Books, Write Bloody Press

People Round-Up, Early October 2016

By PT Editors

October 5, 2016

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Brian O’Leary began as Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group on October 3, succeeding Mark Kuyper, who left after a year in the job.

Linda K. Zecher, President and CEO of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has left her position after five years. The Board of Directors has appointed L. Gordon Crovitz as interim CEO while a permanent replacement is found.

With the acquisition of Logical Marketing by OptiQly, Logical Marketing Founder and CEO Mike Shatzkin has assumed a seat on the OptiQly board and a long-term consulting agreement. Logical Marketing Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Pete McCarthy and Co-Founder and Director of Operations Jess Johns are now, respectively, Chief Product and Services Officer and Director of Marketing at OptiQly.

At Touchstone/S&S, Cara Bedick joined as Senior Editor. She was previously Senior Editor at William Morrow.

Amanda Bergeron joined Berkley as Executive Editor. She was previously at Morrow/Avon for eight years.

At Harmony Books, Alyse Diamond has joined as Associate Editorial Director. She was previously Editorial Director of Online Integrated Products at Rodale and launched their online learning program.

Rick Bunka is the new President and CEO of Nebraska Book Holdings. He had previously been President of New Dots LLC from January 2007 to February 2013 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until August 2012. Interim head Ben Riggsby will remain on the company’s board. He was appointed Interim President and CEO in early 2015.

At VitalSource, Jason White joined as Director, Sales Operations. He had most recently served as Vice President, Finance, with Expion. Tracy Schreiber joined as VP, Customer Success. She previously worked as Senior Director, Customer Success with Dude Solutions.

Hank Cochrane joined Macmillan as Senior National Account Manager. He most recently worked as VP, Sales Imprint Director at Penguin Random House. Cristina Cushing has been appointed National Account Manager. At Henry Holt, Jessica Wiener has been appointed Director of Marketing for adult trade. She previously worked as Director, Integrated Marketing, for Workman.

Lauren Velasquez has joined Little, Brown as Marketing Manager. Previously, she was Marketing Manager at Crown Publishing Group.

At agencies…Mackenzie Brady Watson has joined the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency as Literary Agent. She was previously Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media. Natasha Fairweather is joining Rogers, Coleridge & White as Agent and as a member of the board; she was previously at United Agents. David Granger has joined Kuhn Projects and Zachary Shuster Harmsworth as Agent after spending 19 years as Editor-in-Chief of Esquire. Grace Ross joined Regal Hoffman & Associates as Agency Assistant and Junior Assistant. Previously, she was at the Denise Shannon Literary Agency. William Lippincott is leaving Lippincott Massie McQuilkin at the end of 2016 to pursue other interests. The agency will become Massie McQuilkin & Co. Anna Knutson Geller has left The Book Group in order to found Write View, a literary agency with an emphasis on inspirational memoir, practical nonfiction, and spirituality.

Joan Strasbaugh has joined The Experiment as Senior Editor. She worked previously as Senior Editor with Abbeville Press.

Moira Kerrigan has returned to Workman Publishing as Associate Director of Marketing with a focus on the adult titles.

At Lion Forge Comics, Andrea Colvin has joined as Senior Editor at Roar Comics. She was previously VP of content for the book division at Andrews McMeel Universal.

Amy Kosar is joining Chronicle Books as Distribution Client Account Manager after working at Photojojo as General Manager.

Becky Herrick, formerly of Scholastic, has joined Skyhorse as Editor at Sky Pony Press.

At The Nation, David Marcus has been named Literary Editor. He was previously Co-Editor at Dissent and succeeds John Palatella, who will serve as editor-at-large.

Darcy Cohan has joined Insight Editions as PR Director. She worked previously at HarperCollins, Chronicle Books, Perseus Books Group, and Princeton University Press and, most recently, as communications director for a Washington, DC political think tank.

At Catapult, Nicole Chung has joined as Managing Editor of the online magazine and writing community. She was previously Managing Editor at The Toast.

Chris Saynor will join EDItEUR as Standards Editor in November. He is currently metadata specialist and project manager at Giant Chair.

At Random House Children’s, Bob Bianchini has joined the art and design department as Designer.

Sarah Creech has joined Simon Pulse as Senior Designer; she was previously Designer at HarperCollins.

Megan Looney is joining Harper Audio as Marketing Associate. She has worked with HarperCollins since 2014, previously in legal. Claire McLaughlin has joined Little Bird Publicity as Assistant Publicist.

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Forty Years in the Book Industry

By PT Editors

October 3, 2016

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The annual Book Industry Study Group (BISG) meeting took place on September 30th – coincidentally on the eve of its new Executive Director Brian O’Leary’s first day in his new job, October 3rd. Almost one hundred members and industry participants came for the program and to celebrate BISG’s 40^th anniversary. Awards were also given out, the first one to Ingram Content Group’s John Ingram for “Excellence,” rather than, as in prior years, for lifetime achievement. In an upbeat and humorous speech, Ingram told the assembled that he much preferred the new description, as he didn’t intend to retire to the golf course any time soon. He accepted the award “on behalf of the 3,400-plus people” who work at Ingram.

A panel discussion on how the industry is being transformed was moderated by Sourcebooks CEO Dominique Raccah, who later won a BISG Industry Innovation Award. The participants, John Ingram, Overdrive’s Steve Potash, Firebrand’s Fran Toolan and HarperCollins’ Chantal Restivo-Alessi, talked about the opportunities and the issues facing publishing. Restivo-Alessi focused on backlist and international, while Potash cited metadata. Ingram urged publishers to take more chances, even at the risk of failure.

Wiley’s Peter Balis reviewed what had happened in the last year, and how the board and membership is expanding, both in numbers and the variety of companies they represent. A panel moderated by Peter Hildick-Smith that included Jeff Abraham, Angela Bole, Ken Brooks and Maureen McMahon (the incoming Chair of the Board) talked about their respective memories of BISG over the past years.

Sree Sreenivasan, Chief Digital Officer of the City of New York, was supposed to be the end of the day keynote but, no surprise, he was called away to tend to a city crisis. So Brian O’Leary had a chance to tell the audience BISG’s plans for the future. It will be, he said, the “information hub” for the industry and will help it become more efficient on a global basis. His remarks were met with enthusiasm and (given the recent turnover) a sense of relief that BISG was in very good, and experienced, hands.

Posted in Events, Featured Articles • Tagged Angela Bole, Book Industry Study Group (BISG), Brian O'Leary, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Dominique Raccah, Firebrand, Fran Toolan, HarperCollins, Ingram Content Group, Jeff Abraham, John Ingram, Ken Brooks, Maureen McMahon, OverDrive, Peter Balis, Peter Hildick-Smith, Sourcebooks, Sree Sreenivasan, Steve Potash, Wiley

International Bestsellers, September 2016

By Samantha Howard

September 29, 2016

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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 China. 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. Editor’s note: Our regular source for Spain only listed 9 bestselling fiction titles currently, hence a shorter than usual list for that country.