PEOPLE Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Pietsch, is transitioning to the role of Chairman, and will be succeeded by Hachette UK CEO, David Shelley, who will take on both HBG and HUK roles. Richard Kiston, deputy CEO of Hachette UK, will be taking on the same role for Hachette Book Group. COO Joe Mangan has…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Beacon Press, Gayatri Patnaik has been named Director, effective June 30, following the retirement of longtime director Helen Atwan. Patnaik has worked at Beacon for twenty years, most recently as Publisher. Avideh Bashirrad joins One World and Dial Press as SVP and Deputy Publisher. She was previously SVP, Deputy Publisher at Random House. Tiffani Ren also joins One…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Marty Lange joins Cengage as SVP and General Manager of National Geographic Learning. He was formerly President, North America, K-12 Education and Corporate L&D at 9 Lyceum. Stephanie Koven joins Blackstone Publishing as Head of Foreign Rights. She was previously Agent at Cullen Stanley International. At Highlights for Children, Andy Shafran has left his…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Insight Editions, Simon Fraser joins as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously VP of Finance and Operations at DK Publishing. Mike Degler, formerly General Manager at Prima Games, joins as Publishing Director of the new gaming division, Insight Gaming. Vicki Jaeger joins as Editorial Director and Acting Managing Editor overseeing the Insight Editions…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jon Yaged has been named President at Macmillan, filling the position vacated by Don Weisberg when he became CEO last year after the surprise departure of Jon Sargent. Jeff Carroll, EVP, Marketing & Consumer Strategy, is departing the company after that position was eliminated. Meghan Leahy moves over to Macmillan as Sales Representative; she…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Bruce Nichols, longtime SVP and Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, is joining Little, Brown as SVP and Publisher on May 4. He replaces Reagan Arthur, who became Sonny Mehta’s successor at Knopf. Stephanie Reddaway joins as Publicist, working primarily on the Spark and Voracious imprints; she had been Associate Publicist for the Random House…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Timothy Mantel joins Barnes & Noble as Chief Merchandising Officer. He previously held that role at GNC. At Igloo Books, Darren Witherall has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. He was previously President at Parragon and will work from the UK office. In the US office, Bonnie Hunter and Jeremy Nurnberg have both been named…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Judith Curr has left her position as President and Publisher of Atria after nineteen years with Simon & Schuster. A search will be conducted for her replacement; in the meantime, Peter Borland and Suzanne Donohue will oversee Atria’s editorial and publishing activities. Amid many changes at F+W since the departure of CEO Tom Beusse…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Miriam Parker joined HarperCollins’ Ecco imprint as Associate Publisher. She was previously Marketing Director at Little, Brown. Additionally at HarperCollins, Harper Paperback and Perennial Editorial Director Cal Morgan will leave his position at the end of this week after 16 years, and will be taking some time off. As posted earlier, Libby McGuire will step…Continue Reading
PEOPLE April was a busy month for industry moves: Lee Boudreaux, Editorial Director of HarperCollins’ Ecco imprint, was given her own imprint at Little, Brown. Boudreaux will have the title of VP and Editorial Director and will start on September 2, overseeing an eponymous line publishing eight to ten titles per year. Stacy Creamer was named VP and Executive Editor of the…Continue Reading
