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A Year in Reading 2021
For the 'Millions,' 12 authors look back at 2021 and the books they read along the way.
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PW Notable: Amandeep Kochar
It’s been a swift rise for Amandeep Kochar, who joined Baker & Taylor in 2014 and enthusiastically fulfilled several roles on his way to being named executive v-p and general manager in 2019. But in November 2021, Kochar took his enthusiasm to the next level—he bought the company from parent Follett Corp.
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PW Notable: Tanya McKinnon
Over the course of her more than 20 years as a literary agent, Tanya McKinnon, founder of McKinnon Literary, has fought the good fight for the books and words of a long list of talented Black authors.
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PW Notable: Nancy Pearl
On November 17, Nancy Pearl was honored with the 2021 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community by the National Book Foundation. It is a lifetime honor richly deserved.
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PW Notable: Joe Matthews
Since becoming CEO of Independent Publishers Group in January 2016, Joe Matthews has built it into a distributor for independent publishers that now has more than 1,000 clients in the U.S. and U.K., and has more than 400 employees and 150,000 SKUs.
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PW Notable: Beth Moore
Bible teacher and bestselling author Beth Moore made front-page news in March when she announced her departure from the Southern Baptist Convention. Since then, Moore, "arguably the most prominent white evangelical woman in the U.S." according to the 'New York Times,' has made some major changes in her publishing relationships.
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PW Notable: Fiona McCrae
An era in literary publishing is coming to an end: Fiona McCrae will retire in June 2022 after 40 years in publishing—28 of them as publisher of Graywolf Press, the venerable Minneapolis house that regularly wins prestigious awards for its books.
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PW’s 2021 Person of the Year: Ellen Adler
Since its launch in 1992, The New Press has been ahead of the publishing curve in a number of important ways, including in finding and publishing future award-winning authors early in their careers and in committing to building a diverse staff and publishing a wide range of voices. The New Press publisher, Ellen Adler, is PW’s 2021 Person of the Year.
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Curry Named to Oversee Norton Trade
Norton has appointed Brendan Curry to the newly-created role of director of the publisher's trade group, in which Curry will have oversight of all of Norton's five trade imprints.
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Atsma Named Publisher at Ecco
Helen Atsma has been promoted to v-p and publisher at Ecco. Newly reporting to Atsma are Miriam Parker, v-p and associate publisher, and Allison Saltzman, senior art director.
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The Loft Names New Executive Director
After a national search, the Loft literary center in Minneapolis announced that its new executive director is arts and social justice advocate Arleta Little, director of artist fellowships at the McKnight Foundation.
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Johnson Named to Succeed Chinski as FSG Editor-in-Chief
Jenna Johnson has been promoted to v-p and editor-in-chief at Farrar, Straus and Giroux, succeeding Eric Chinski, who has stepped into a new role as senior executive editor.
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Quarto Names Alison Goff New CEO
Quarto Group has named former Octopus head Alison Goff its CEO, effective January 2. Goff had been at the Hachette UK division for 21 years before leaving in April 2020.
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Knopf's Bogaards to Leave at Year's End
Paul Bogaards, one of the industry's more outspoken personalities, who helped promote many of Knopf’s best known and most successful authors, will step down at the end of the year after 32 years at the Penguin Random House imprint.
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PW Star Watch 2021: The Stars of 2021
Industry standouts are honored in Star Watch’s seventh year.
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PW Star Watch 2021: Finalists
A closer look at the PW Star Watch finalists.
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PW Star Watch 2021: Honorees
A closer look at the PW Star Watch Honorees.
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Adrienne Vaughan Named President of Bloomsbury USA
Vaughan joined Bloomsbury USA in September 2020 as executive director and COO. She has been charged with expanding the U.K.–based publisher's stateside presence.
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Tauber Founds the Watermark Agency
Mark Tauber, former publisher of HarperOne and who oversaw Chronicle's Prism imprint and audio division, has formed a new literary agency.
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Hardie Grant Names North American Publisher
Australia-based Hardie Grant Publishing has appointed Jenny Wapner to fill the newly created role of publisher of its North American operations.
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