Tag Archives: Island Press

People Round-Up, Early September 2022

PEOPLE At Scribd, Ariana Hellebuyck joins in the newly-created role of Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently she was VP, Marketing at Life360. At HarperCollins, Abby West joins Amistad as VP and Editorial Director on September 12. Previously she was Director of Inclusive Content Programming at Audible. At HarperCollins Children’s Books, Katie Boni, formerly Publicist at…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-June 2022

PEOPLE At Firebrand Group, founder and longtime head Fran Toolan will retire at the end of January 2023, to be succeeded by Angela Bole, presently CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association. Toolan will continue on as a member of the Firebrand board of directors. Tara Catogge has been named COO of Insight Editions and…Continue Reading

Book View, October 2001

PEOPLE Phyllis Grann’s imminent departure from Penguin Putnam took almost everyone aback, and unnerved more than a few long-time Putnam folks. In other PP news, Sean Moore has left DK US, where he was VP Publisher of the Adult division. He may be reached at 914 591-3220. David Ford came to New York over the…Continue Reading