Jabari Asim will join as a literary acquisitions advisor on June 20. Asim is a critic and is professor, graduate MFA director, and program director for the James Baldwin Writers Colony at Emerson College.
Independent Book Publishers Association
The following candidates were newly elected to two-year terms on the board of directors, starting July 1:
Maria Jesus Aguilo, vp of direct and partner sales, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Paige Allen, director, IngramSpark Alesha Brown, founder & ceo, Fruition Publishing Concierge Services Annette Hobbs Magier, senior director of marketing & PR, The Collective Book Studio Dr. Morissa Schwartz, owner, GenZ Publishing
Publish Your Gift founding publisher Tieshena Davis and Foreword Reviews founder & publisher Victoria Sutherland were elected to a second term.