Following last night’s numerous news reports (including our own), S&S has “announced” that Jonathan Karp will take over as evp and publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint on June 14 (the date published by the WSJ last night), reporting to president and ceo Carolyn Reidy. She writes in the release, “Jonathan Karp is one of the most versatile, talented and creative publishers working today. At every stage of his career he has shown a true gift for finding and making bestsellers of quality. Having competed against him to acquire books in which we were keenly interested, and then […]
