Tag Archives: Leis Pederson

People Round-Up, Early July 2021

PEOPLE On August 1, Cindy Loh will join Ameet Publishing in the newly-created role of Publisher, leading Ameet’s LEGO Books publishing program. She was most recently Publishing Director at Bloomsbury US. At Penguin Random House, Jay Franco joins as Director, Premium & Diversified Sales. He was formerly Director, Special Sales at DK. Leis Pederson returns…Continue Reading

People Roundup, Mid-May 2014

PEOPLE As the industry readies for the annual BookExpo, there are lots of changes in publishers’ lineups: Tim Duggan, who has been VP, Executive Editor at HarperCollins, will join Crown on June 9 as VP, Publisher of Tim Duggan Books. Under his new imprint, he will publish eight to ten books per year, evenly split between non-fiction…Continue Reading

Bookview, August 2009

PEOPLE ROUNDUP Rodale CEO Steve Murphy is leaving the company and will be replaced by Maria Rodale, who also continues in her role as Chairman of the Board. Don Linn, SVP and Publisher of the Taunton Press, is leaving to launch a digital publishing house, Quartet Press. Linn will have principal responsibility for Quartet Press’…Continue Reading