Mango laid off several people recently due to “marketplace changes” and “cost challenges.” They confirmed at least three layoffs. “We had to make some tough decisions to reorganize and downsize the team by several people to enable us to refocus our strategy on our authors and titles where Mango has proven to be highly successful over the last 10 years,” said Chris McKenney, president & ceo of Mango Publishing in a statement to PL. “We’re going back to our pre-pandemic roots of strong author partnership and reader-based analytics innovation.” Mango’s publisher Brenda Knight will leave to form her own company, […]
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Marysue Rucci Named New Publisher of Scribner
Marysue Rucci will become publisher of Scribner on February 24, succeeding Nan Graham. As reported previously, Graham will remain at Scribner, acquiring new titles and editing her authors. According to a Simon & Schuster spokesperson, “Marysue Rucci Books will publish through 2025, and Marysue’s authors will follow her to Scribner.” “Whether the book is fiction or nonfiction, literary or commercial (or both), Marysue brings passion and conviction to her work,” Simon & Schuster ceo Jonathan Karp said in a release. “Again and again, she has demonstrated that she possesses a discerning eye and an openness to new ideas and literary […]