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Kim Shannon Joins S&S as SVP of Sales
Shannon comes to Simon & Schuster from Penguin Random House’s the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. She succeeds the late Gary Urda, who died suddenly on June 24.
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Christine Gillespie Joins Open Road as SVP, Publisher
The former SVP and publishing director at Knopf will oversee the Open Road publishing team, effective immediately. She succeeds Mara Anastas, who will step into the new role of VP of special projects.
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Deb Futter Adds Flatiron to Purview, with Megan Lynch Up as Bob Miller Exits Macmillan
The president and publisher of Celadon Books has taken on that same role at Macmillan’s Flatiron imprint, where founder Bob Miller will depart after 11 years. EVP and publisher Megan Lynch assumes oversight of day-to-day operations.
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Words Without Borders Appoints Elisabeth Jaquette Executive Director
The Arabic-language translator and current head of the American Literary Translators Association will succeed Karen M. Phillips at the top of the literary arts organization and its English-language magazine of translated literature on September 1.
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Behind the Cover: BookTok’s Favorite Book Designer
Designer Elisha Zepeda has become a TikTok star for sharing his book cover design process. Are publishers paying attention?
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Tim Holman Promoted to Orbit President and Publisher
Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two successive record-breaking years."
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PRH's Annette Danek-Akey to Head B&N Supply Chain
Danek-Akey will leave her position as chief supply chain officer at Penguin Random House at the end of August to help with Barnes & Noble's expansion of its retail footprint. With her departure, Jeff Abraham has been promoted to COO of PRH US.
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Gabrielle Brooks, Jenny Jackson Up at Knopf
Brooks has been named associate publisher and Jackson has been elevated to editorial director of fiction, among other personnel changes following the May "restructure" of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group that saw the exit of Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas.
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Regina Brooks Named AALA President
The founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency has been elected to lead the Association of American Literary Agents, succeeding Jennifer Weltz of JVNLA.
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Reagan Arthur Returns to Hachette
On September 23, the former Knopf and Little, Brown publisher will return to Hachette Book Group as SVP and publisher, leading an as-yet-unnamed boutique imprint and editing major authors across HBG’s publishing divisions.
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Abrams Marketing Reorg Puts More Emphasis on Data
Abrams VP of marketing Kim Lauber oversaw the restructuring of the publisher's marketing group, which now includes two units designed to make Abrams marketing more agile, proactive, and data driven.
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Matthew Kissner Named President and CEO of Wiley
Kissner, who was named interim CEO of Wiley last October following the resignation of Brian Napack, has had the interim title removed, taking over as president and CEO.
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HBG CIO Mike Ballanco Retires, HUK’s Brendan Goss Up in Dual Role
Ballanco, senior VP and chief information officer at Hachette Book Group, will retire on September 27, with Brendan Goss, currently CIO of Hachette UK, to assume the newly created role of group CIO of HBG and HUK.
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New CEO for PRH Verlagsgruppe
Christian Jünger has been named CEO of Penguin Random House’s German publishing group, Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe. Jünger has been managing director of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group’s Rowohlt Verlag division since 2021, and will join PRH on October 1.
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Stephanie Jackson to Lead DK Life, DK Red
Stephanie Jackson has been tapped to lead the Life segment, including the recently announced imprint DK Red, at DK Living, the publisher’s adult division, effective November 1.
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Jacq Cohen Joins Tapas as Tucker Stone Succeeds Her at Fantagraphics
Cohen, the indie comics stalwart whose name has become synonymous with Fantagraphics over the past 15 years, will head up PR and marketing at Tapas Entertainment. Stone, who recently wrapped up his tenure as an editor of the 'Comics Journal,' succeeds Cohen at Fantagraphics.
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Green, Santella Up in PRH Children's Sales Reorg
Becky Green has been promoted to SVP for retail and Penguin Young Readers sales, and Mark Santella has been promoted to SVP for mass merchandise and Random House Children’s sales.
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Lindsay Sagnette Named Editor-in-Chief of Putnam
Sagnette was most recently VP and editorial director at Atria, where she edited such authors as Jamie Ford and Jennifer Weiner. She will join Putnam as VP and editor-in-chief on July 15, rounding out its executive team following Sally Kim's departure.
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Layoffs Hit Little, Brown Editorial; Tracy Sherrod, More Depart
Hachette Book Group has let go a number of staffers at Little, Brown, including VP and deputy publisher Craig Young and VP and executive editor Tracy Sherrod, one of the few prominently positioned Black women in trade publishing.
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HarperCollins Continues Sales Revamp
As part of a makeover at the HarperCollins sales department, VP of independent sales and wholesale Kathy Faber will take on additional responsibilities in the indie channel, and Wendy Ceballos will become director of independent sales and retail marketing.
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