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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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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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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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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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