PEOPLE Jon Yaged has been named successor to Don Weisberg as CEO of Macmillan. Weisberg will leave the company at the end of the year. At Celadon, critic and professor Jabari Asim joins as Literary Acquisitions Advisor on June 20. Brian Scharp joins Nelson Books as VP of Marketing. He worked in the past as…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 Writer and podcast host Zibby Owens is launching Zibby Books with Leigh Newman, herself a writer as well as Editor-at-Large at Black Balloon. Owens will serve as CEO and Reader-in-Chief; Newman will be President and Editor-in-Chief. Steph Opitz, Founding Director of The Loft Literary Center, joins as VP, Partnerships. Laura Rossi, lately Principal and…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Many changes in Children’s Books: Arthur Levine, Publisher of Arthur A. Levine Books, is leaving Scholastic “to form his own independent publishing company.” His backlist, including the Harry Potter series, remains at Scholastic. At Random House Books for Young Readers, Sonali Fry joins as VP, Publishing Director, effective March 29. She was formerly Publisher…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mauro DiPreta has joined the William Morrow Group as SVP, Executive Editor. Previously he was VP and Publisher at Hachette Book Group. Lonely Planet has named Luis Cabrera its President and CEO. He joins from BCG Digital Ventures, where he was Partner. Berrett-Koehler’s board of directors has selected David Marshall as the company’s new…Continue Reading
PEOPLE As a consequence of October’s merger of Crown Publishing Group and Random House, Molly Stern, SVP and Publisher, is departing her position. EVP and Deputy Publisher David Drake will replace her. Gillian Blake, previously Editor-in-Chief at Henry Holt, will join as SVP and Editor-in-Chief of Crown Trade. Elsewhere in the company…Katie Ziga will move…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Ben Schrank will become SVP, Publisher of Henry Holt effective November 1, succeeding President and Publisher Steve Rubin. Schrank is presently Publisher at Razorbill. On May 1, 2019, Schrank will become President and Publisher and Rubin will become Chairman. Also at Holt, Jack Macrae is retiring after thirty-five years. Most recently he has managed…Continue Reading
PEOPLE David Rosenthal, Founder of now-closed Blue Rider Press, has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as Editor-at-Large. Nicole Vines Verlin joins Simon & Schuster in the new position of VP, Special Sales. She was previously Director, Special Sales, Mass Market and Export Sales at Sterling Publishing. Jimmy Iacobelli has joined Atria as Art Director, having previously…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jason Rekulak has resigned as Publisher of Quirk Books after 18 years with the company. Brett Cohen, President, will assume the responsibilities of publisher, and the company will conduct a search for a new Editorial Director. Rachel Chou joins Celadon Books as Associate Publisher. Previously, she was General Manager and Chief Content Officer for…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Gail Brussel has joined Penguin Press as Publicity Manager; she most recently ran her own PR company, Gail Brussel Book Publicity. Kelly Joseph is joining McClelland & Stewart on December 5 in the newly-created role of Publishing Manager. She spent the last eight years at House of Anansi Press, serving most recently as Managing…Continue Reading
