PEOPLE On January 2, Audible founder Don Katz will turn over his position as CEO to Bob Carrigan, who was previously Chairman and CEO at Dun & Bradstreet. Katz will transition to Executive Chairman. Ken Michaels, CEO of Macmillan Learning since 2015, has resigned. At Tor, Katie Klimowicz, formerly Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At the end of August, Baker & Taylor President David Cully will retire. He joined the company in 2008 and became president in 2017. Amandeep Kochar has been named Executive Vice President and will lead the business going forward. At Audible, Louise Quayle, formerly Senior Acquisitions Editor at Penguin Random House Audio, joins as…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mike Evans has joined McGraw-Hill as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and CFO at Renaissance, a company specializing in learning analytics for pre-K through 12th grade. At Thomas Nelson, Timothy Paulson has joined as VP and Publisher, beginning February 4. He was most recently General Manager, Science Brands at Kalmbach…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Atria, Lindsay Sagnette will join as VP, Editorial Director on September 10. She was previously Editorial Director for Fiction at Crown and helped launch both Hogarth and Sarah Jessica Parker for Hogarth. Caitie Hawthorne also joins Atria as Associate Editor for Julia Cheiffetz’s yet-unnamed imprint. She was most recently Researcher at NBC News….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jennifer Levesque joins Disney Book Group as Editorial Director on May 7. Most recently she was VP, Editorial Director at Rodale Books. Jhanteigh Kupihea will join Quirk Books as Editorial Director on May 21. She was most recently Senior Editor at Atria Books. At IDW Publishing, Anita Frazier joins as SVP, Sales & Marketing….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Michelle R. Ferguson has been appointed SVP, Chief Operating Officer at Abrams. Most recently, she was SVP, Workplace Strategies at McGraw-Hill. And Jess Braillier has left his position as VP, Publisher of Abrams Plus. Valentina Rice has joined the newly-formed American arm of Bonnier Zaffre as VP, Sales, Marketing, & Publicity. She was most…Continue Reading
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 Mark Warren has joined Random House as VP, Executive Editor. He was previously Editor at Esquire for two decades and is the coauthor of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s memoir, The Good Fight. At WaterBrook & Multnomah, Helen Macdonald has joined as Production Editor. Jim Dassise has left his role as West Coast…Continue Reading
The 2016 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 2016.
PEOPLE Mark Kuyper is leaving his position as Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, where he had served for a year. Previously he was President/CEO at the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. At HarperCollins, VP and Executive Editor Hugh Van Dusen is to retire on August 30. Lisa Erickson returned to the Crown Publishing…Continue Reading
