PEOPLE Kierna Mayo joins Random House as VP and Executive Editor at One World/Roc Lit 101. Most recently she was SVP of Content for Interactive One. Stacey Barney has joined Nancy Paulsen Books as Associate Publisher. Most recently she was Executive Editor at Putnam Children’s. Caitlin Tutterow, formerly Assistant Editor at Putnam Children’s, also joins…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Insight Editions, Simon Fraser joins as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously VP of Finance and Operations at DK Publishing. Mike Degler, formerly General Manager at Prima Games, joins as Publishing Director of the new gaming division, Insight Gaming. Vicki Jaeger joins as Editorial Director and Acting Managing Editor overseeing the Insight Editions…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 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 Following the July departure of Tina Pohlman, Publisher, Philip Rappaport is Acting Publisher at Open Road Integrated Media. Libby Jordan joins as Executive Director, Marketing Operations; she was most recently VP, Marketing at Bookshout. Elsewhere in the company, Hillary Tisman has joined as Senior Director of Marketing, having worked previously as Associate Marketing Director for…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jennifer Bergstrom has been named Senior VP, Publisher of the Gallery Books Group, succeeding Louise Burke, who retires August 18. Bergstrom joined Simon & Schuster in 1998 and led the launch of Scout Press in 2015. Adam Eberle has joined OverDrive as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, focusing on expansion of the K-12 market….Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster, Valerie Steiker joins Scribner as Executive Editor on April 17. She had been the longtime culture editor at Vogue. At Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, Lauren Hoffman will join on March 27 as VP, Marketing and Publicity. She was most recently VP, Brand Marketing, at MK Creative/Media/Marketing. Nicole Russo returns…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Former U.S. Register of Copyright Maria Pallante has been selected as the next President and CEO of the American Association of Publishers. She will replace Tom Allen, who is retiring. Ben Sevier will join Grand Central Publishing on February 27 as SVP, Publisher, succeeding Jamie Raab. Sevier was previously VP, Publisher at Dutton. Catherine…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Julia A. Reidhead, formerly VP and Publishing Director of the W. W. Norton College department, has succeeded W. Drake McFeely as President. McFeely remains Chairman. And Steven Pace, currently Sales Director at Workman, will join Norton as Director of Trade Sales on January 2. He is replacing VP and Trade Sales Director William F….Continue Reading
PEOPLE Gail Brussel has joined Penguin Press as Publicity Manager; she most recently ran her own PR company, Gail Brussel Book Publicity. Kelly Joseph is joining McClelland & Stewart on December 5 in the newly-created role of Publishing Manager. She spent the last eight years at House of Anansi Press, serving most recently as Managing…Continue Reading
