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Michael Sand, previously Executive Editor at Little, Brown is joining Abrams as VP, Publisher, Adult Trade on September 22nd.
Also, Miriam Tribble has joined Abrams as Editor, Calendars, Licenses & Custom Publishing She will report to Lindley Boegehold, who is Editorial Director of that department. She was previously Associate Product Development Manager at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Rick Horgan has joined Scribner as VP, Executive Editor. Previously, he was Crown’s VP, Executive Editor.
Jennifer Romanello has joined the Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division as VP, Director of Publicity. She was most recently Principal of Jennifer Romanello Public Relations and was previously VP, Executive Publicity Director at Grand Central.
As PW reported, Editor Sarah Durand and VP, Senior Editor Malaika Adero have left Atria.
Tricia Boczkowski is joining Crown Archetype, Three Rivers Press as VP, Editorial Director. Formerly, she was Editor-at-Large at Gallery Books.
Jay Sacher has joined Potter Style as a Senior Editor. Formerly, he was an Editor at Princeton Architectural Press.
Ballantine Bantam Dell has hired Lucy Danziger, most recently Editor-in-Chief of SELF magazine, as an Editor-at-Large. She will report to VP and Editorial Director of Nonfiction Jennifer Tung and work with Executive Editor Marnie Cochran to acquire and develop projects.
Elizabeth Gay has joined Tarcher/Perigee as Publicist. Previously, she was Associate Publicist at Simon & Schuster. Lindsey Ruthen has joined Tarcher/Perigee as Senior Publicist. She was previously at Palgrave as Publicist.
Stephanie Hargadon has joined Putnam as Publicity Manager. Previously, she was Senior Publicist at St. Martin’s Press.
Bill Clegg is leaving William Morris Endeavor to set up his own literary agency.
Ben Wright has been named Group International Sales Director at Hachette Book Group. Wright will be based in London and report to Commercial Director of Hachette UK, Richard Kitson. Formerly, he was the Director, Digital Sales and Channel Development at Penguin Random House.
Nationally known speaker and author Donalyn Miller has joined Scholastic Book Fairs as Manager, Independent Reading & Outreach.
Freelancer Jessica Meltzer has joined Scholastic as Designer and freelancer Lizzy Yoder has joined as Senior Designer.
Lauren Scobell has joined Macmillan’s Swoon Reads as Director. She is the former Consumer Marketing Director at Nickelodeon.
Matt West has left his position as VP, Sales Operations and Data Strategy at B&H Publishing Group and can be contacted at matthewlwest@gmail.com.
Dave Fessenden has joined WordWise Media Services as a Literary Agent. Formerly, he was Acquisitions Editor at CLC Publication. James Lance, has also joined WordWise Media Service as a Literary Agent. Previously, he was Publisher at Kumarian Press.
Julie McKay joined Scribd as Manager, Content Acquisition. Greg Freed has also joined Scribd as a Content Operations Specialist.
Kelli Christiansen is launching a professional editorial service firm called Bibliobibuli. The firm will take on select authors in such subjects as business, finance & investing, history, memoir, and non-genre fiction. The firm’s website is www.bibliobibuli.com.
Stacey Ashton has left her position as Marketing Director, Trade and Professional Reference at McGraw-Hill Professional and can be contacted at Staceynyc27@gmail.com.
Elizabeth Lagno has left her position as Publicist at Phaidon and can be contacted at emlagno@gmail.com.
In the wake of Hachette and Ingram’s failed acquisition of Perseus Book Group, Mark Suchomel will officially resume his position at Legato, which he founded in 2013, after leaving the company at the end of July.
Jenny Cima, has joined Rowman & Littlefield as Head of Sales. Previously, she was International Sales Manager at Bloomsbury Publishing. Mihela Kralj has joined Rowman & Littlefield as Marketing Executive. Her previous position was Marketing Assistant at Bloomsbury Publishing.
Sam Caggiula has joined Skyhorse Publishing as Senior Publicity Manager. Previously, he was Publicity Manager at Rowman & Littlefield.
Christina Noriega has returned to Ryland, Peters & Small + CICO Books as Sales Director after a short time at Skyhorse Publishing as Director, Special Markets.
There were several changes at university presses this month. John Warren will be leaving Georgetown University Press on Sept 3, to head up a new publishing venture at George Mason University. His role at GMU will be to develop a university press with a digital library publishing program. Amanda Keith has joined Wake Forest University Press as Managing Editor. Harper One’s former Executive Editor John Loudon will join Yale University Press as Consulting Editor. Richard Morrison has left his position as Editorial Director at University of Minnesota Press to become Editorial Director at Fordham University Press. Jason Weidemann, previously a Senior Editor at the University of Minnesota Press, has been named the new Editorial Director. Gary Dunham, previously the Director of Publications for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,was appointed Director of Indiana University Press.
Jon Sternfeld has left his position as Acquisitions Editor at Lyons Press and can be contacted at jasternfeld@gmail.com.
Julia Borcherts has joined Kaye Publicity as Publicist. Previously, she was a columnist for RedEye Chicago. Read More »
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