PEOPLE Alison Lazarus, executive VP, director of sales, is retiring and will leave Hachette Book Group next month. She joined Hachette in 2018 after having been at Macmillan for more than 20 years. Lauren Monaco will be joining Hachette on October 2 as executive VP, director of sales. She was previously at Penguin Random House….Continue Reading
PEOPLE SVP of finance and publishing operations for the HarperCollins US General Books Group, Len Marshall will retire on June 16. Maribeth Casey and Barbara Blasucci left Hachette Book Group last week as part of the voluntary resignation benefits program. Carol Meadows, Denise Atkinson, Celeste Aiello Gordon, and Linda Jamison left HBG last week as…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Simon & Schuster announced that former executive Dawn Davis will return to the publishing house as senior v-p and publisher of 37 Ink and executive editor of the S&S trade imprint. Davis moves to S&S from Condé Nast, where since 2020 she has been editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit and Epicurious. At Scribner, Kassandra Rhoads…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster, Tim O’Connell joins as VP, Editorial Director, Fiction, beginning November 8. He was previously Senior Editor at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kevin Oller, lately Assistant Manager at HarperCollins, joins as National Account Manager, Baker & Taylor. Olivia Wilson joins as Manager, National Accounts; she had been International Sales Manager…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Scribner, Marysue Rucci will serve as VP, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of a new imprint, Marysue Rucci Books. She previously worked as VP and Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster. Tony Lutkus joins Diamond Book Distributors as President. He was most recently Senior Director, Sales & Marketing for Penguin Random House. At Andrews McMeel Publishing,…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Harmony Books, Shannon Welch, formerly Executive Editor at Harper One, joins as VP and Editorial Director. At Penguin Random House Audio, Nicole McArdle, previously Assistant Director of Marketing at Portfolio, joins as Marketing Director and Camille Copeland joins as Associate Marketing Manager. At Rodale, Elysia Lang joins as Editor. Additionally, Denise DeGennaro, Random…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Quirk Books, Brett Cohen is resigning as President and Publisher after twenty years with the company. Founder and owner David Borgenicht will return to his previous role as President. Jhanteigh Kupihea has been named Publisher and will lead the creative group. Monika Hewlett has also departed her position as VP, Director of Sales….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jon Yaged has been named President at Macmillan, filling the position vacated by Don Weisberg when he became CEO last year after the surprise departure of Jon Sargent. Jeff Carroll, EVP, Marketing & Consumer Strategy, is departing the company after that position was eliminated. Meghan Leahy moves over to Macmillan as Sales Representative; she…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Timothy Mantel joins Barnes & Noble as Chief Merchandising Officer. He previously held that role at GNC. At Igloo Books, Darren Witherall has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. He was previously President at Parragon and will work from the UK office. In the US office, Bonnie Hunter and Jeremy Nurnberg have both been named…Continue Reading
