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Brallier Leaving Abrams
A little more than one year after he joined Abrams in the newly-created post of publisher of Abrams Plus, Jess Brallier will leave the company at the end of 2017.
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Meg Lemke Joins 'PW'; Craig Teicher, John Maher Promoted; Seth Dellon Returns
Meg Lemke has been named graphic novels review editor; Craig Teicher has been promoted to director of special editorial projects; Seth Dellon has returned to the magazine as director of strategic development; and John Maher has added digital responsibilities to his reporting duties.
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An Exec Art Director at Penguin Workshop Resigns
Three weeks after actress and comedian Charlyne Yi leveled sexual harassment charges against Giuseppe Castellano, an executive art director at Penguin Workshop, he has stepped down.
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Follett Corp. Names New CEO
Patrick Connolly has been tapped to succeed Ray Griffith as president and CEO of Follett Corp. He will join the company on January 2.
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PW Notables of the Year: Margaret Atwood
The septuagenarian Canadian author has, this year, become a cultural icon, as well as Canada’s best-known author—and 'The Handmaid's Tale' has become a backlist sensation.
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PW Notables of the Year: Becky Anderson
Lots of people have complained about the policies of the Trump administration, but Anderson, co-owner of Anderson’s Bookshops, is hoping to do something about them.
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PW Notables of the Year: Jeff Shotts
The Graywolf Press executive editor’s authors have had a remarkable run of being nominated for—and winning—some of literature's biggest awards, all the way up to the Nobel. It seems as if everything Shotts acquires turns to gold.
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PW Notables of the Year: Ray Griffith
Griffith became CEO of the Follett Corp. in May 2015. Less than a year later, he oversaw the acquisition of Baker & Taylor. Now, under Griffith, Follett continues to zero in on new markets.
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Carolyn Reidy: PW's Person of the Year 2017
For her steady leadership in guiding one of the country’s Big Five trade publishers, Reidy, the president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, is PW’s 2017 Person of the Year.
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'O, the Oprah Magazine' Finds Its Favorite Books in the New Socially-Conscious Zeitgeist
Longtime publishing industry editor turned 'O' books editor Leigh Haber explains the method behind the Favorite Books of 2017 list at Oprah's magazine.
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Neil Nyren to Retire from Putnam
Nyren, who has edited a range of bestselling authors including Clive Cussler, Tom Clancy and Ken Follett, will retire from Putnam at the end of the year. He is leaving after 33 years with the publisher.
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Meet the Editor: Todd Stocke
Despite spending half of his life at Sourcebooks, Stocke, who was promoted in September to senior v-p and editorial director, is at heart a bookseller. Here's why.
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New CFO for Scholastic
Following the termination of its long-time chief financial officer Maureen O'Connell, Scholastic promoted Ken Cleary to the position last week.
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Tracy Behar Named Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of New Little, Brown Imprint
The new, as yet unnamed imprint at Little, Brown and Company will be devoted to health, lifestyle, psychology, and science, Little, Brown senior v-p and publisher Reagan Arthur has announced.
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Boudreaux Leaving Little, Brown to Return to Doubleday
Lee Boudreaux, who has an eponymous imprint at Little, Brown, has been named v-p and executive editor at Doubleday. In her new role, she will report to Doubleday publisher and editor-in-chief Bill Thomas.
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Fotinos Lands at SMP, Overseeing New Line
Five days after leaving as publisher of Penguin Random House's TarcherPerigee imprint, Joel Fotinos has been named editorial director for a line of mind/body/spirit books at St. Martin's.
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MennoMedia Names New Publisher
Following the resignation of Russ Eanes in August, the MennoMedia board has named Amy Gingerich as the new executive director and publisher of MennoMedia and its Herald Press imprint.
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Newman Replaces Fotinos at TarcherPerigree
After 21 years as v-p and publisher of TarcherPerigee, Joel Fotinos is leaving the position. He will be replaced by Megan Newman, publisher of Penguin Random House's Avery imprint.
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Waterhouse Returns to MHE as Levin Leaves
McGraw-Hill Education announced that onetime president and CEO Buzz Waterhouse has been named to both those posts on an interim basis. He will succeed David Levin, who is leaving the company.
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Napack Named CEO of Wiley
Brian Napack, who has served in a host of corporate positions including as president of Macmillan, will start at John Wiley on December 4.
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