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Tim O'Connell Takes the Reins at Saga Press
O’Connell comes to Saga from the flagship Simon & Schuster imprint, for which he will continue to acquire literary fiction and select nonfiction. Joe Monti, who founded Saga in 2015, has been promoted to VP, associate publisher, and editorial director.
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HarperCollins Moves Harper Wave to Morrow Group; Diana Baroni to Lead Harvest, Wave
On October 7, Baroni will move from Harmony Books and Rodale Books at Penguin Random House to lead Harvest and Harper Wave, both now housed under the Morrow Group, as SVP and publisher.
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Lee Jarit Named Global Head of Publisher and Partner Relations at Audible
Jarit has been promoted from head of Audiobook Creation Exchange and North America publisher partnerships, and will oversee the audio company’s global acquisitions strategy.
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Sean Manning Promoted to Publisher of Simon & Schuster Imprint
Manning joined S&S's flagship imprint in 2016 and was named VP and executive editor in 2022. He succeeds S&S CEO Jonathan Karp, who has held down the role since the 2022 departure of Dana Canedy.
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IDW, Boom! Veterans Head to Comics Publishing Startup
Former IDW editor-in-chief Jamie Rich and former Boom! president Filip Sablik have joined a new, as-yet-unnamed comic book and graphic novel publisher formed by film and television producer Eric Gitter.
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Amanda D’Acierno Named Global President of PRH Audio
The longtime president and publisher of Penguin Random House Audio Group in the U.S. will join the company’s global executive committee and add its global audiobook program to her purview.
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PublicAffairs Publisher Clive Priddle to Step Down
Priddle will depart PublicAffairs, as well as its Bold Type Books imprint, which he also oversees, next month. He joined PublicAffairs in 2003 and has served as its publisher since 2012.
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Leigh Marchant Joins HBG as Chief Marketing Officer
Marchant, who was previously director of marketing, strategy, and engagement at the Random House Group, will join Hachette Book Group on September 23. She succeeds Wibke Grutjen, who departed HBG this month to join Simon & Schuster.
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Gabrielle Gambrell to Succeed Sophie Cottrell as Head of HBG Comms
Cottrell, the longtime SVP of communications at Hachette Book Group, will depart the company at the end of August and be succeeded by Gambrell, who previously headed up communications at Amazon.
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Kim Shannon Joins S&S as SVP of Sales
Shannon comes to Simon & Schuster from Penguin Random House’s the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. She succeeds the late Gary Urda, who died suddenly on June 24.
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Christine Gillespie Joins Open Road as SVP, Publisher
The former SVP and publishing director at Knopf will oversee the Open Road publishing team, effective immediately. She succeeds Mara Anastas, who will step into the new role of VP of special projects.
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Deb Futter Adds Flatiron to Purview, with Megan Lynch Up as Bob Miller Exits Macmillan
The president and publisher of Celadon Books has taken on that same role at Macmillan’s Flatiron imprint, where founder Bob Miller will depart after 11 years. EVP and publisher Megan Lynch assumes oversight of day-to-day operations.
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Words Without Borders Appoints Elisabeth Jaquette Executive Director
The Arabic-language translator and current head of the American Literary Translators Association will succeed Karen M. Phillips at the top of the literary arts organization and its English-language magazine of translated literature on September 1.
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Behind the Cover: BookTok’s Favorite Book Designer
Designer Elisha Zepeda has become a TikTok star for sharing his book cover design process. Are publishers paying attention?
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Tim Holman Promoted to Orbit President and Publisher
Holman launched Orbit, Hachette Book Group's SFF division, in 2007, publishing such authors as N.K. Jemison and Andrzej Sapkowski. In his new role, he will continue to report to HBG CEO David Shelley, who said the division is currently having its "most successful period ever" following "two successive record-breaking years."
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PRH's Annette Danek-Akey to Head B&N Supply Chain
Danek-Akey will leave her position as chief supply chain officer at Penguin Random House at the end of August to help with Barnes & Noble's expansion of its retail footprint. With her departure, Jeff Abraham has been promoted to COO of PRH US.
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Gabrielle Brooks, Jenny Jackson Up at Knopf
Brooks has been named associate publisher and Jackson has been elevated to editorial director of fiction, among other personnel changes following the May "restructure" of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group that saw the exit of Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas.
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Regina Brooks Named AALA President
The founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency has been elected to lead the Association of American Literary Agents, succeeding Jennifer Weltz of JVNLA.
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Reagan Arthur Returns to Hachette
On September 23, the former Knopf and Little, Brown publisher will return to Hachette Book Group as SVP and publisher, leading an as-yet-unnamed boutique imprint and editing major authors across HBG’s publishing divisions.
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Abrams Marketing Reorg Puts More Emphasis on Data
Abrams VP of marketing Kim Lauber oversaw the restructuring of the publisher's marketing group, which now includes two units designed to make Abrams marketing more agile, proactive, and data driven.
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