Howard Shifts Carolyn Reidy announced internally a realignment of Simon & Schuster’s Howard Books unit, acquired in early 2006. Howard now becomes an imprint within Touchstone Fireside, still operating from their offices in Louisiana, and evp and publisher John Howard reports to Touchstone Fireside publisher Mark Gompertz. Touchstone’s own Faith line debuts this fall as well, and Reidy notes in her letter that “we are seeing a wide growth in Christian publishing and market share across the adult division.” She says one of “top priorities will be to grow the presence of Howard’s core Christian publishing program in the mainstream […]
