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Carrie Bloxson Promoted at Hachette Book Group, Hachette UK
The v-p and chief diversity officer at Hachette Book Group has been promoted to senior v-p of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at both HBG and Hachette UK, effective immediately. She will report to HBG and HUK CEO David Shelley.
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Raymond Pun Elected 2025-2026 President of the American Library Association
The academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in Redwood City, Calif., has been elected president of the American Library Association for its 2025–2026 term.
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CAA Appoints Managing Directors, New Board Members
Chris Silbermann, whose clients include Dr. Seuss Enterprises, has been named one of nine managing directors at Creative Artists Agency, while motion picture literary department co-head Ida and literary agent Sloan Harris have joined the CAA board.
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Ellen Adler to Step Down as Publisher of the New Press
The New Press publisher Ellen Adler will step down from that role at the end of September, leaving the independent publisher of progressive books after a 21-year run.
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Emily Bell Joins Astra House as Editorial Director
The former head of editorial at Zando and longtime FSG editor has been named editorial director at Astra House, effective April 15. She succeeds Alessandra Bastagli, who left to head S&S's One Signal imprint in February.
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PRHPS Logistics Head Valerie Van Delft to Retire in August
Van Delft, the senior v-p of logistics at Penguin Random House, will retire this August, and Tracey Presley has been promoted to senior v-p of global transportation and logistics, effective immediately.
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Disney Veteran Michael Paull Named RBmedia CEO
RBmedia has appointed Michael Paull, former president of Disney's direct-to-consumer business, as its new chief executive officer, following what the company called “another year of record-breaking growth” in 2023.
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Anjali Singh on Launching Her Own Literary Agency
Singh, an agent at Ayesha Pande Literary and the former editorial director at Other Press, has worn many hats in her 30-year career in publishing. Now, at the helm of the Anjali Singh Agency, she's starting yet another professional chapter.
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Remembering Stephen Rubin, with an Evening of Words and Music
About 200 friends attended a memorial service on Thursday evening at New York’s Metropolitan Club to celebrate the memory of the influential publisher and noted opera buff, who died last October.
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Alessandra Bastagli Tapped to Lead One Signal
Bastagli will leave Astra House for One Signal on February 26, filling the role vacated by Julia Cheiffetz in January. Nicholas Ciani, previously a senior editor acquiring books across three imprints, has been promoted to executive editor at One Signal.
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PRH Senior V-p of Distribution Vince Annoreno to Retire
Annoreno, who has been with Penguin Random House for more than 35 years and oversaw the company's Westminster, Md.–based distribution operation, will retire on October 1, with Tina Ruppert tapped to succeed him.
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Kirsty Melville Named CEO at Andrews McMeel Universal
Melville has served as president and publisher of the company's publishing division for the better part of the past two decades, where she has overseen a period of significant growth.
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Sabrina McCarthy Named President of Bloomsbury USA
McCarthy joins the company from Ingram Publisher Services, where she has worked for eight years, most recently as v-p and general manager. She will take the helm of Bloomsbury USA in early April.
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Tieshena Davis Named IBPA Board Chair
The founding publisher and CEO of Publish Your Gift has been unanimously elected the next chair of the Independent Book Publishers Association's board of directors, effective July 1. She is the first person of color elected to lead the IBPA board.
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Jonathan Stolper to Leave BookScan
Jonathan Stolper, longtime head of BookScan, will leave the company by the end of the month. David Walter, BookScan client development executive director, will lead the U.S. books business following Stolper's departure.
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A Note from the Editor
A note from PW's editorial director, Jonathan Segura.
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Praveen Madan Named CEO and Publisher at Berrett-Koehler
Madan, a former chair of Berrett-Koehler's board of directors, comes to the publisher from Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, Calif., where he has been CEO since 2012, and where he cofounded the bookselling initiative Reimagining Bookstores.
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PW Notables 2023: Monique Patterson
The romance publishing veteran, who was tapped to helm the Tor Publishing Group’s new romance imprint, Bramble, in February, has made a top-tier publishing career out of finding and putting out romance novels across an impressive span of subgenres.
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PW Notables 2023: Karen Torres
Over her 36-year career, Karen Torres, longtime head of field sales and account marketing at Hachette Book Group, played a pivotal role in conceptualizing and executing sales and marketing campaigns for hundreds of blockbuster bestsellers.
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PW Notables 2023: John Chrastka
John Chrastka, founder and executive director of EveryLibrary, the nation’s only political action committee dedicated to supporting libraries, stepped up for the library community in 2023.
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