Everyone’s looking for silver linings in their COVID-19 playbooks, and for publishers – along with their distributors and wholesalers – the answer is, paradoxically, print. In the olden, pre-pandemic days when most books were printed offset, digital files were stored in case a book needed to be reprinted quickly. But this March, that dynamic was…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Bruce Nichols, longtime SVP and Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, is joining Little, Brown as SVP and Publisher on May 4. He replaces Reagan Arthur, who became Sonny Mehta’s successor at Knopf. Stephanie Reddaway joins as Publicist, working primarily on the Spark and Voracious imprints; she had been Associate Publicist for the Random House…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Reagan Arthur, lately SVP and Publisher at Little, Brown, has been named EVP and Publisher of Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken. She replaces the late Sonny Mehta, who died on December 30th. Arthur will report to Maya Mavjee, who is rejoining the company as President and Publisher for the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Mavjee had…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Millicent Bennett joins as Editorial Director. She had been Executive Editor at Grand Central Publishing. Sarah Pelz joins as Executive Editor, having previously held that title at Atria. George Coe, former CEO and President of Baker & Taylor, will return to Brodart Co. as President and CEO. At Crown, Libby…Continue Reading
PEOPLE On January 2, Audible founder Don Katz will turn over his position as CEO to Bob Carrigan, who was previously Chairman and CEO at Dun & Bradstreet. Katz will transition to Executive Chairman. Ken Michaels, CEO of Macmillan Learning since 2015, has resigned. At Tor, Katie Klimowicz, formerly Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Anne Messitte, EVP at Knopf Doubleday and Vintage/Anchor, will depart the company in December “amid a company restructuring,” reports the AP. Suzanne Herz, EVP, Executive Director of Publishing at Doubleday, will expand her role to succeed Messitte as Publisher of Vintage/Anchor. At Penguin Books, Kathryn Court, who has served as President and Publisher since…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mike Evans, has been named Chief Revenue Officer; he was formerly CFO at McGraw-Hill Education. Rakia Clark joins as Senior Editor; she was most recently Senior Editor at Beacon Press. Marleen Reimer, formerly Senior Scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates, joins as Subsidiary Rights Manager. At HMH Books for Young…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mike Evans joins as Chief Revenue Officer on September 16. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer at McGraw-Hill Education. Rachel Sanders, most recently Marketing Director at ReaderLink, joins as Director, Field Sales and Events. Additionally, Debbie Engel has retired as VP, Subsidiary Rights. Jackie De Leo, formerly VP of…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Lauren Wein is joining the Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press as Editorial Director on June 24. She has been working as Executive Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Morgan Hoit also joins the imprint as Associate Marketing Manager; most recently, she was Associate at Jill Furman Productions. Leslie Mechanic, formerly Senior Designer at…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Founder and Owner David R. Godine will step down as Publisher of his eponymous company at the end of the year, ahead of its 50th anniversary in 2020. The new owner is William N. Thorndike, Jr. A new management team will come on board in July. Craig Popelars is joining Tin House Books as…Continue Reading
