PEOPLE In the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Kristin Fassler returns to Penguin Random House in the newly-created position of SVP, Director of Integrated Marketing Strategy. Most recently she was VP, Director of Integrated Marketing at Simon & Schuster. Jamia Wilson joins Random House as VP, Executive Editor, beginning January 4. She was most recently Executive…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At the end of August, Baker & Taylor President David Cully will retire. He joined the company in 2008 and became president in 2017. Amandeep Kochar has been named Executive Vice President and will lead the business going forward. At Audible, Louise Quayle, formerly Senior Acquisitions Editor at Penguin Random House Audio, joins as…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Wendy Friedman will join Quarto as VP, Director of International Sales this summer. She was previously President/CEO of Parragon Global. Sanj Kharbanda has joined Beacon Press as Director of Sales and Marketing, having worked previously as VP, Digital Strategy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Hallie Patterson has joined Abrams as Associate Director of Publicity, Children’s…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Don Weisberg is now President at Macmillan, reporting to John Sargent and responsible for the management of Macmillan’s US trade publishing houses, the audio and podcast businesses, and the trade sales organization. He was President of Penguin Young Readers Group. Succeeding him as President is Jen Loja, previously SVP, Associate Publisher of PYRG. Dan…Continue Reading
Publishing Trends has assembled an updated version of our annual book distribution chart. This year’s list includes 25 companies total, with the addition of Cardinal Publishers Group. Of the 25, 14 are publishers with a distribution arm and 11 are distribution-only companies. The trend of including digital distribution continues with 23 of the companies now offering digital services, up from…Continue Reading
