Tag Archives: F+W Media

People Round-Up, Mid-June 2020

PEOPLE Jonathan Karp has been named President and CEO of Simon & Schuster, succeeding Carolyn Reidy, who died suddenly on May 12. Karp had been President and Publisher, Adult Publishing. As the result of reorganization at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Mara Anastas, VP and Publisher of Aladdin and Simon Pulse, will depart after over…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early November 2018

PEOPLE Simon & Schuster announced the 2019/2020 launch of a new imprint, Avid Reader Press. Jofie Ferrari-Adler and Ben Loehnen will serve as, respectively, VP, Publisher and VP, Editor-in-Chief; both are currently Executive Editors at S&S’s flagship imprint. Julianna Haubner is moving over from the Simon & Schuster imprint as Associate Editor. As previously reported,…Continue Reading

The 2018 Book Distributors Profiles

Publishing Trends has assembled an updated version of our annual book distribution chart. 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.

Publishing Trends Annual Contact Sheet 2017

The 2017 general US publishing industry contact sheet is our most popular annual feature, listing publishers large and small, accounts, trade associations, and more. Taking into account mergers, acquisitions, and new additions, we are proud to offer our most comprehensive updated version as a free PDF. Click the image below to download the Publishing Trends Annual Contact Sheet 2017.

People Round-Up, Mid-October 2017

PEOPLE Effective December 4, Brian Napack will join Wiley as President and CEO. He replaces Interim CEO Mark Allin, who resigned in May. Napack has been Senior Advisor for Providence Equity Partners since 2012 and was President of Macmillan from 2006 to 2012. David Levin is leaving his position as CEO of McGraw-Hill Education. Lloyd…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-August 2017

PEOPLE Jennifer Bergstrom has been named Senior VP, Publisher of the Gallery Books Group, succeeding Louise Burke, who retires August 18. Bergstrom joined Simon & Schuster in 1998 and led the launch of Scout Press in 2015. Adam Eberle has joined OverDrive as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, focusing on expansion of the K-12 market….Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early July 2017

PEOPLE Annie Callanan will take over as CEO of Taylor & Francis, succeeding Roger Horton. She was most recently CEO of the healthcare company Quantros. Benjamin Steinberg is joining Dey Street Books in the new position of Associate Publisher. He was previously Director of Partnerships and Imprint Consumer Marketing for Knopf Doubleday. Also at HarperCollins, Christopher Goff is retiring…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-April 2017

PEOPLE Sara Domville will join America’s Test Kitchen on April 24 as Chief Revenue Officer. She was formerly President of F+W Media, which she left last July. Bethany Buck is joining Bloomsbury Children’s as Editorial Director. She had formerly been Editorial Director at Skyhorse’s children’s imprint, Sky Pony Press. At Hachette Audio, Tina McIntyre is…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early April 2017

PEOPLE At Ingram Content Group, two new executive officers have been named: Kelly Arnold, who will serve as Chief Legal Officer, and Deanna Steele, who will serve as Chief Information Technology Officer. In addition, Lisa Tomasello has joined as Director of Mass Merchandisers Sales; she was previously Senior National Accounts Manager for Macmillan. At Ingram…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-February 2017

PEOPLE Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has hired Jack Lynch as President and CEO. L. Gordon Crovitz will continue as interim CEO while Lynch wraps up his work as CEO of Renaissance Learning and relocates to Boston. Cal Morgan has returned to publishing as VP, Executive Editor of Riverhead. He was previously Editorial Director for Harper Paperback…Continue Reading