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October 18, 2022
By Erin Somers

Harper Horizon   

VP and publisher Andrea Fleck-Nisbet left the company earlier this month. Publisher Matt Baugher, who also is the publisher for Harper Select, will continue to run both imprints.

Penguin Random House   

Senior vp, children’s and educational sales Felicia Frazier will leave the company at the end of the year (to launch a new endeavor of her own, to be announced). She has been at the company since 1994. President, sales Jaci Updike writes, “She is a brilliant visionary who brings enormous passion and energy to her work every day, and as a leader, she has inspired all of us to bring our very best to everything we do. While managing the largest dedicated children’s sales team, she has launched countless company initiatives that support literacy, diversity, mentorship, free expression, and voting rights, both at the local and national level. She is the true embodiment of the phrase: we change the world, one book at a time.”

Wiley   

The company has launched a new division within its research business, Wiley Partner Solutions, led by svp Dr. Guido F. Herrmann, based in Germany. The group is focused on enabling open access publishing at scale, focusing on “associations, scientific publishers, societies and corporations as they transform their business strategies and publishing processes in the open research era.” Services include helping to “drive and improve author submissions, scale high quality editorial and production services, provide peer review, grow engagement, diversify revenue, offer career center services, manage open access payments, and enable connections between researchers and the organizations that serve them.”

Brands included in the division include Atypon, Inera, J&J Editorial, eJournalPress, Knowledge Unlatched, and Madgex.

Little, Brown   

Danielle Finnegan has joined as senior marketing manager, working across the Little, Brown and Mulholland lists, reporting to Bryan Christian.

Chronicle Books   

Ariel Richardson has been promoted to senior editor.

Daria Harper has been promoted to editor.

Elizabeth Lazowski has been promoted to associate editor.

Amazon Crossing   

Alexandra Torrealba has joined as editor. Previously she was an editor at Vintage Español.

Doubleday Canada   

Anna MacDiarmid has been named publishing manager, reporting to Amy Black.

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