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Charley Rejsek Departs BookPeople to Lead Literacy Organization
Rejsek, who has served as the CEO of Texas’s largest bookstore since 2022, has joined the nonprofit Put It in a Book as executive director. In her new role, the freedom to read advocate will partner with schools and community organizations to bring books to underserved youth.
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LeVar Burton Named ABA’s Indie Bookstore Ambassador
As the American Booksellers Association’s Indie Bookstore Ambassador for 2025-2026, Burton will champion independent booksellers, including on Small Business Saturday on November 29 and Independent Bookstore Day on April 25, 2026.
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At PoP, Publishing’s Finance Minds Share How Strategy Drives Acquisitions
The inaugural People of Publishing conference, hosted by the Association of American Literary Agents at the New York Academy of Medicine on September 17, convened a panel of financial decision-makers to unpack the calculations behind every book deal.
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PublisHer Brings Together Women Entrepeneurs
At a September 15 panel at NYU, Madeline McIntosh of Authors Equity, Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks, and Chantal Restivo-Alessi of HarperCollins recounted how they forged paths to leadership in the book business.
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Curtis Brown Changes Hands
VP and children’s book agent Elizabeth Harding has acquired the literary agency from its co-owners, Timothy and Ginger Knowlton. Harding will continue to represent her list of children’s authors and illustrators.
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Arthur Sze Named U.S. Poet Laureate
The Library of Congress has named the author of Sight Lines, which won the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
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Skyhorse’s Mark Gompertz to Retire
After a decade as editorial director of Skyhorse Publishing, Gompertz will retire on September 30. He began his career in 1976 at the Overlook Press and later spent nearly 18 years at Simon & Schuster, where he oversaw the Touchstone Fireside imprint.
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Brooklyn Book Festival Celebrates 20 Years
BKBF, scheduled to run this year from September 14-22, has expanded its literary programming far beyond its namesake borough in the last two decades.
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Gabriela Baeza Ventura Named Director of Arte Público Press
Baeza Ventura succeeds Arte Público founding director Nicolás Kanellos, who has stepped down after more than three decades at the helm of the press.
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Jon Yaged Talks Up Macmillan, Book Publishing on ‘The CEO Series’
The Macmillan CEO spoke to the publisher’s recent growth, particularly in audio, as well as the company’s commitment to defending free expression on a recent episode of William Salvi’s series profiling some of the business world’s top execs.
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IBPA Chair Tieshena Davis to Step Down
Davis will step down as board chair of the Independent Book Publishers Association after just over a year in the role to focus on her own businesses. IBPA vice chair Renita Bryant will lead the board until it elects Davis’s successor.
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HarperCollins Sales President Ed Spade to Depart
Spade, who has served as president of sales at HarperCollins Publishers since 2023, will step down on August 15 after four years with the company. During his tenure, Spade oversaw a reorganization of the sales team and a return to profitability in 2024.
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AWP Names Michelle Aielli Permanent Executive Director
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs has appointed Michelle Aielli as executive director. Aielli has spent nearly a year in the role on an interim basis.
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Ellie Berger to Step Down as Head of Scholastic’s Trade Group
Berger has been with Scholastic since 1985 and headed the trade group since 2007. She was involved in publishing some of the industry’s bestselling franchises including Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, and Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club series.
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Right Now Is Publishing’s Time to Shine
The publishing industry is stacked with talent, writes PW editorial director Jonathan Segura. And with all the chaos coming out of Washington, this is the time, he writes, for publishers to make the most of that talent and do their best work.
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Jo Henry Calls It a Career at ‘BookBrunch’
After nearly 50 years in the book business—as a literary agent, book publisher, market researcher, and journalist—Jo Henry has stepped down as managing director of the U.K. publishing newsletter BookBrunch, a role she has held since 2018.
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Ingram Appoints AI Chief
Ingram Content Group has named Rajen Bhatt, former director of engineering for AI technologies at HP, to the new position of director of AI. He is tasked with improving efficiency, optimizing workflow, and enhancing automation across the company.
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Simon & Schuster Taps Jonathan Merritt to Build a Religion List
The award-winning journalist has been named VP and executive editor at the S&S flagship imprint, effective May 12, and will focus on acquiring titles in the fast-growing religion publishing category.
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Niko Pfund Named Director of Yale University Press
Pfund comes to Yale University Press from Oxford University Press, where he most recently served as global academic publisher and president of its U.S. division. He succeeds the retiring John Donatich, who has led Yale UP since 2003.
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Barbara Marcus to Retire from Random House Children’s Books
One of the most prominent and influential figures in children’s book publishing for decades will step down as president and publisher of RHCB on May 1. Random House Books for Young Readers Group EVP and publisher Mallory Loehr will succeed her.
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