Jen Long has been promoted to vice president, deputy publisher of the Gallery Books Group, reporting to Jen Bergstrom. Sareena Kamath will join Zando as associate editor on March 29, reporting to Emily Bell. She was most recently assistant editor at Mulholland Books. Caolinn Douglas will join as executive coordinator and assistant editor on March 29, reporting to Molly Stern and Emily Bell. She was most recently at Bookouture in the UK. Sarah Lyn Rogers has been promoted to associate editor at Soft Skull Press. At Simon & Schuster, Kaiya Muniz has been promoted to national account manager for Barnes […]
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Following the reorganization of Knopf Random House Canada into Knopf Canada and Random House Canada last December, the company made a number of personnel announcements. At Random House Canada, Craig Pyette and Pamela Murray will remain on the team, both in the role of senior editor. Deirdre Molina stays on as senior managing editor. Sarah Jackson has been promoted to associate editor. Evan Klein will work with the Random House Canada team as imprint sales director, reporting to group sales director Val Gow. At Knopf Canada, Lynn Henry will stay in the role of publishing director. Amanda Betts has been promoted to the […]
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Denise Oswald will join Pantheon Books as editorial director, starting April 19 and reporting to publisher Lisa Lucas. She was most recently executive editor at Ecco. Lucas said in the announcement, “Her decades of experience, coupled with her professionalism, collegiality, editorial vision and ability to balance both art and commerce, are going to serve our imprint well and help to shape our future.” Yahdon Israel will join Simon & Schuster as senior editor, starting March 22. He was previously editorial director of Northside Media and editor-in-chief of Brooklyn Magazine. At Inkyard Press, Claire Stetzer joined as editor. She was previously associate […]
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Alexandra Primiani has been promoted to senior publicity manager at Avid Reader Press. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Colleen Murphy, vp sales, has expanded her areas of responsibility which now include national accounts, field, specialty, digital and international sales and subsidiary rights. James Phirman, senior director special sales, has expanded his responsibilities to include overseeing the school supply and library business and international. Ron Hussey has been promoted to director of permissions, associate director of subsidiary rights; Olivia Wilson to national accounts manager; and Emily Breneman has been promoted to associate sales rep. Holly La Due will join Princeton Architectural Press […]
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At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Liz Anderson has been promoted to associate director, marketing; Meghan Gocke to associate director, digital marketing and operations; Lauren Wengrovitz to marketing associate, children’s. Benny Sisson has joined as marketing operations associate. At HMH Children’s, Margaret Raymo has been promoted to vp, senior editorial director; Lily Kessinger to editor; Harriet Low to associate editor; Elizabeth Agyemang to associate editor; and Eleanor Hinkle to editorial associate. Samira Iravani has joined as associate art director; previously she was senior designer at Penguin Children’s. Bones Leopard has joined as senior designer; previously they were design coordinator at Disney. At Abrams, Laura Dozier has […]
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At Quirk Books, Brett Cohen has resigned from his position as president and publisher after 20 years with the company. Quirk Books founder and owner David Borgenicht will return to his role as president. Jhanteigh Kupihea has been promoted to publisher and will lead the creative group. Nicole De Jackmo has been promoted to the new role of svp, sales, marketing, and publicity. Additionally at Quirk, Megan DiPasquale has been promoted to vice president of finance; Andie Reid to art director; Jane Morley to managing editor; Mandy Sampson to senior production and sales manager; and Kelsey Hoffman to senior publicity […]