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Jaime Leifer to Join Bloomsbury as Adult Trade Publishing Director
Leifer was most recently publisher of Columbia Global Reports and previously served as VP and associate publisher at PublicAffairs and Basic Books at Hachette Book Group.
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Authentic Publishing: PW Talks with Daisy Alioto
The Dirt cofounder’s media ecosystem covers the intersection of technology and culture through podcasts, essays, and, now, books. Its new imprint, Dirt Books, debuts later this year with two titles grounded in two very different music scenes.
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Michael Shoults Named Head of HBG Distribution
Shoults, most recently COO of Hachette Book Group US Distribution, has been promoted to CEO of the publisher’s distribution arm.
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Greg Greeley Promises Continued Growth for S&S
The new Simon & Schuster CEO, who will soon embark on a listening tour with employees, said there has been no change in KKR’s original mandate to grow the company.
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Llewellyn Publisher Bill Krause to Retire
Krause led the 125-year-old mind-body-spirit publishing house for nearly two decades, overseeing acquisitions, sales, marketing, and publicity.
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Greg Greeley, Former Amazon Exec, Named CEO of S&S
Greeley spent nearly two decades at Amazon, where he oversaw its acquisition of Brilliance Audio, its entry into the print-on-demand and self-publishing markets, and its expansion into international markets.
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Minnesota Authors, PEN America Continue to Speak Out Against ICE
Authors from around Minnesota, as well as a visiting delegation of international writers representing PEN America, convened in the Twin Cities last week for readings, talks, and other events in support of immigrants’ rights.
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Steph Opitz Tapped to Head Consortium
Most recently director of bookstore partnerships for Bookshop.org, Opitz has been named director of publishing services at Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, effective April 6. She succeeds Julie Schaper, who is retiring.
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Macmillan Creates New CTO Role
Darryll Colthrust has been appointed as the publisher’s first chief technology officer, effective April 7. He is currently co-CEO of Chaptr, which is backed by Macmillan parent company Holtzbrinck and has developed AI-driven services for publishers.
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Literacy Orgs Funnel Children’s Books to Twin Cities Immigrant Families
Minnesota’s A Book of My Own and Reach Out and Read, a national organization, are working with schools and mutual aid groups to provide multilingual books to Minneapolis and St. Paul area families sheltering in place amid ICE’s incursion on the state.
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Kent Carroll Retires After Five Decades in Publishing
Carroll, who got his start at Grove Press in the 1970s, has retired as publisher-at-large at Europa Editions, marking an end to his long publishing career.
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Aaron Priest Turns Agency Over to Mitch Hoffman
After more than five decades heading his eponymous literary agency, Priest has announced his retirement, with Hoffman (pictured), a senior agent, taking over as owner and president at the firm.
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U.K. Creative Industries Call for an AI Regulatory Framework
In a new report on the harm done to creative professionals by generative AI development, the Society of Authors and other trade associations are demanding new regulations to compel tech giants to respect copyright and remunerate authors and artists.
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Bob Miller Starts Bookswork Press
Miller, who has departed as CEO of Phaidon after just over a year, envisions his new book and creative development company as a place “to develop ideas into great books.”
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S&S Confirms Limited Staffing Changes
Though the publisher denied reports of large-scale layoffs, it did confirm it had made a small number of staffing changes.
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Scout’s Honor: PW Talks with Danny Yanez
The new president of Franklin Siegal & Yanez discusses taking over the 50-year-old scouting agency, tracking TikTok trends, and navigating the international publishing landscape.
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Oni Press Taps Kickstarter Exec to Lead Business Strategy
Sam Kusek, who most recently served as the platform’s senior outreach lead, will oversee the independent comics publisher’s crowdfunding campaigns, as well as its extensive roster of licensing deals.
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S&S Alum Colin Shields Joins Lonely Planet
Shields, most recently VP and executive director of global digital and international sales at Simon & Schuster, has been appointed by the guidebook publisher to the newly created role of senior director of sales and marketing for North America.
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Kara Welsh Departs, Scott Shannon Up at Random House Publishing Group
Welsh, who has served as president of Ballantine Books Group since 2021, will leave RHPG after 25 years, effective March 31. Former Random House Worlds president Shannon has been named president of Ballantine Bantam Dell.
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Wiley Names Inaugural AI Chief
To accelerate its efforts to make more licensing deals with AI developers and other tech companies, Wiley has named Armughan Rafat to the newly created position of chief AI and data services officer.
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