People 10/26 - Publishers Lunch

Independent Book Publishers Association

Andrea Fleck-Nisbet will become ceo on November 1, succeeding Angela Bole. Bole will remain at IBPA through the end of November to help with the transition, and is scheduled to take over as ceo of Firebrand Group in 2023. Until recently, Fleck-Nisbet was founding publisher of Harper Horizon, after working at Ingram Content Group and Workman. She says in the announcement, “Continued consolidation within corporate publishing threatens to further stagnate innovation and accessibility, just when fresh perspectives and new models are most needed. No group is better poised to democratize book publishing than independent publishers, and no organization is better positioned to support them in that endeavor than IBPA.”

Candlewick Press

Katlyn Stokarski has been promoted to commercial operations manager.

Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink

Bree Martinez has joined as publicist. She previously worked at BookClub as content experience manager and manager of author outreach/client relations.

Sourcebooks

Ashley Delaney and Jordan Payne have each joined as customer experience representative.

Yale University Press

Abigail Storch has been promoted to assistant editor, working primarily on the Margellos World Republic of Letters series of global literature in translation, as well as the Anchor Yale Bible series.

Penguin Random House Canada

Dan French has been promoted to associate director, marketing and publicity, working with the Penguin Canada and Penguin US teams.

Anaïs Loewen-Young has been promoted to the role of manager, marketing and publicity, working with the Random House Canada and Random House US teams.

Sorina Lucas-Steele and Supipi Weerasooriya have both been promoted to the new role of marketing and publicity coordinator.

Danya Elsayed will join the marketing team as marketing associate, working with the Random House Canada and Random House US teams.

Fred Chi has joined as marketing associate, working with the Knopf Canada and Knopf Doubleday US teams.

Dara Sheere has joined the marketing team on contract as email marketing coordinator.

Northwest Review

Dawn Raffel has joined as fiction editor.

Logan McMillen has been promoted to assistant fiction editor.

Verena Raban has been promoted to art editor.