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February 28, 2025By Katy Hershberger

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February 28, 2025By Katy Hershberger

Center For Fiction   

Board chair Erroll McDonald has stepped down after seven years of leadership, nearing the end of his term limit.

Board treasurer Nina von Moltke was unanimously elected as the new chair. Von Moltke is the co-founder and president of Authors Equity.

Books-A-Million   

Brandon Waters is promoted to chief information officer, managing the company’s “technology strategy and initiatives.”

Hachette Audio   

Tom Mis has been promoted to director, audiobook production.

Melanie Schmidt has been promoted to senior producer.

Allison Lane has been promoted to preproduction coordinator.

Hachette Book Group   

In the accounting department:

Stephen Gildea has been promoted to senior director of accounting.

Meghan Vortherms has been promoted to senior manager.

Jocelyn Machado has been promoted to costing operations manager.

Curtis Lin has been promoted to senior accountant.

Sourcebooks   

Emily Engwall has been promoted to senior marketing & publicity associate, Poisoned Pen Press.

Catapult Book Group   

Victoria Maxfield has been promoted to junior designer.

Laura Dail Literary Agency   

Taj McCoy joins as agent. She was previously at Rees Literary Agency.

Sourcebooks   
Emily Engwall has been promoted to senior marketing & publicity associate, Poisoned Pen Press.
Must Read Magazines   

Must Read Magazines, a new division of Must Read Books Publishing, has acquired five genre magazines: Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. All editorial staff from the magazines will stay on.

The company writes that they plan “to bolster the magazines by expanding their distribution in trade bookstores, increasing their digital footprint, investing more in marketing the magazines to new readers and writers across channels, and using their platform to promote genre fiction authors in general.”

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