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						<title><![CDATA[HarperCollins Taps Christa Désir to Join Avon Group]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Désir has been named VP and editorial director of the division. She previously spearheaded the romance lists at Sourcebooks, where she served in a parallel role for the Bloom Books and Sourcebooks Romance imprints.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Andrew Martin to Retire from St. Martin’s Publishing Group]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100529-andrew-martin-to-retire-from-st-martin-s-publishing-group.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[The publisher-at-large will depart after 20 years with the company, effective July 1. Martin helped grow SMPG’s Minotaur imprint as its publisher, and later served as executive publishing director of the group.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[AALA Survey Highlights Toll of Financial Instability, Consolidation on Literary Agents]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Responses from 268 members of the Association of American Literary Agents show greater diversity than in previous years, but increasing burnout, which the organization partially attributes to shifts in the broader publishing ecosystem. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Allison Belan Named New BISG Executive Director]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The director of strategic innovation and services at Duke University Press will succeed Brian O’Leary as executive director of the Book Industry Study Group. O’Leary is retiring June 30 after heading BISG for 10 years, with Belan set to join the organization June 22.  ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Pine State Literary Aims to Do Agenting Differently]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Headed up by Zoe-Aline Howard, the new agenting arm of the North Carolina–based Pine State Publicity is looking for books that speak to readers who live outside the publishing hubs of New York City and Los Angeles.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[HarperCollins Appoints New Head of Sales]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Stephanie Fryling is moving from Penguin Random House to take over as president of sales for HarperCollins’s U.S. trade business. Her appointment follows a restructuring of the company’s sales operation in March. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Judith Curr to Retire from HarperCollins]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[After eight years at the company, where she was president and publisher of the HarperOne Group, Curr will retire on May 29, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray wrote in a memo to employees. Curr’s successor has not yet been announced. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Distelberg to Succeed Heimert as Head of Basic Books Group]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Brian J. Distelberg will succeed Lara Heimert as president and publisher of Hachette Book Group’s division specializing in nonfiction when Heimert retires on June 5 after 21 years with the publisher. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jaime Leifer to Join Bloomsbury as Adult Trade Publishing Director]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Authentic Publishing: PW Talks with Daisy Alioto]]></title>
						<link>http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/99905-publishing-as-world-building-pw-talks-to-dirt-books-cofounder-daisy-alioto.html</link>
							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Michael Shoults Named Head of HBG Distribution]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Shoults, most recently COO of Hachette Book Group US Distribution, has been promoted to CEO of the publisher’s distribution arm.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Greg Greeley Promises Continued Growth for S&S]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.  ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Llewellyn Publisher Bill Krause to Retire]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Krause led the 125-year-old mind-body-spirit publishing house for nearly two decades, overseeing acquisitions, sales, marketing, and publicity. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Greg Greeley, Former Amazon Exec, Named CEO of S&S]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.  ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Minnesota Authors, PEN America Continue to Speak Out Against ICE]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Steph Opitz Tapped to Head Consortium]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Macmillan Creates New CTO Role]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Literacy Orgs Funnel Children’s Books to Twin Cities Immigrant Families]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Kent Carroll Retires After Five Decades in Publishing]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Aaron Priest Turns Agency Over to Mitch Hoffman]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[U.K. Creative Industries Call for an AI Regulatory Framework]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Bob Miller Starts Bookswork Press]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.”]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[S&S Confirms Limited Staffing Changes]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Though the publisher denied reports of large-scale layoffs, it did confirm it had made a small number of staffing changes.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Scout’s Honor: PW Talks with Danny Yanez]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Oni Press Taps Kickstarter Exec to Lead Business Strategy]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[S&S Alum Colin Shields Joins Lonely Planet]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Kara Welsh Departs, Scott Shannon Up at Random House Publishing Group]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Wiley Names Inaugural AI Chief]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Two Longtime Tor Execs Retire]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor-at-large at Tor Publishing Group, and Linda Quinton, publisher and VP of Tor’s Forge Books imprint, have retired, effective January 5. Each spent nearly four decades at the SFF publisher.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[Former Vimeo CEO and Google exec Philip Moyer will succeed Simon Allen as head of the company starting February 9. ]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[In a move that ensures that Kensington Publishing will continue to be led by a member of the Zacharius family, the son of chairman and CEO Steven Zacharius has been appointed to help lead one of the country’s largest independent publishers.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[Spade (l.), a former executive at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and HarperCollins, has been named SVP for commercial operations at Hachette Book Group, while Koons, a longtime agent, has been appointed VP of subsidiary rights. ]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[During her long career at the magazine, Roback oversaw the expansion of <i>Publishers Weekly</i>’s coverage of the children’s book market during a period when the sales of children’s books exploded.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[Employees of the foundation and community members say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to retain the jobs of two staffers set to be laid off.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[Jane Curry, who will take the helm of Simon & Schuster Australia and New Zealand January 19, succeeds Dan Ruffino, who announced his resignation last month. She is currently managing director of Sydney-based independent publisher Ventura Press.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Hello Sunshine to Host Gen Z–Focused Book Club]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The women-focused media and lifestyle company, headed by book club maven Reese Witherspoon, has teamed with luxury fashion brand Coach to launch Sunnie Reads, a community for Gen Z readers.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[Cadenas, who previously served as editorial director for entertainment at <i>Thrillist</i> and has held editorial roles at <i>New York</i> magazine and <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, will oversee <i>Publishers Weekly</i>’s news department.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Breaking It Down: PW Talks with Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant ]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[In <i>Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century</i> (Princeton University Press), coeditors and English professors Sinykin and Winant seek to redefine the technique as a way to make and understand arguments, with uses beyond literary studies.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Reading Is Entertainment: PW Talks with Lissette Mendez]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[This year’s Miami Book Fair, which runs through November 23, is expected to draw more than 60,000 attendees. We talked with the fair’s executive director about its robust Spanish-language program, children’s offerings, and more.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Bertelsmann Keeps It in the Family]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Thomas Coesfeld, a grandson of Bertelsmann patriarch Reinhard Mohn, has been named to succeed Thomas Rabe as chairman and CEO of the German conglomerate, whose holdings include Penguin Random House, at the end of 2026.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As the search for a replacement for Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp continues, Dan Ruffino announced he will resign as head of S&S Australia December 12. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Religion professor William J. Schultz tracks Evangelicalism in Colorado Springs.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Under the reorg, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has created two distinct editorial groups, one aimed at young readers and the second targeting older readers, and given VP and editor-in-chief Alvina Ling her own imprint. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Under the new structure, Liz Kribs will share the title of publisher for the children’s book group with Tara Walker, who has held the role since 2015.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The company, known for its book discovery and e-commerce platform, rolled out an automated website builder aimed at authors earlier this year, and is gearing up to launch a new online portal for writers.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The team at Atria’s bilingual imprint for Latinx authors and readers is heading back to FIL with a mission.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[This year, members of the publishing industry nominated nearly 200 of their talented peers ages 40 and under for Star Watch. From these submissions, PW’s editors have selected the best of the best for recognition: 36 honorees, four finalists, and one superstar.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the 11th edition of Star Watch, Publishers Weekly’s annual program dedicated to honoring rising talent in the publishing and bookselling businesses. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Helen Rouner Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2025]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Penguin Press editor has been promoted three times in less than four years and is known for her razor-sharp editorial acumen and advocating for her authors’ work. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Star Watch 2025 Finalist: Noah Perkins]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[As the founder of the Young Publishers Association, Perkins is cementing in-person relationships as a priority among a new generation of publishing professionals.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Backstory Above, a coworking and community space for writers, agents, and editors founded by Susannah Emerson and Paige Patterson Duff, will open on the mezzanine level of Green Apple Books on the Park on November 1. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Star Watch 2025 Finalist: Katy O’Donnell]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The editorial director of Haymarket Books has embraced the publisher’s “real political mission” and tweaked its publishing program, resulting in two recent <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers and a 25% increase in sales over last year.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Star Watch 2025 Finalist: Amina Iro]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[An associate editor at Legacy Lit, Iro oversees an eclectic nonfiction list and is helping shape the imprint’s ethos.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An associate editor at Erewhon Books, Fetters, who calls speculative fiction their first love, revels in the opportunity to cultivate revolutionary narratives.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Nancy Miller Steps Down as Bloomsbury Trade Publishing Director]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Effective January 1, the 17-year Bloomsbury veteran will assume the role of executive editor, where she will continue shaping the adult list that has transformed the U.K.-based company's U.S. arm into a trade powerhouse. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Kate Elton Appointed CEO of HarperCollins UK]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[After a brief period as interim CEO following the surprise resignation of longtime CEO Charlie Redmayne, Elton has been officially named to head HC UK.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Publishing Pros Band Together to Root Out Censorship]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, a new resource-sharing community affiliated with Authors Against Book Bans and geared toward industry insiders, will host its first virtual town hall, “Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors,” on October 28.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Charley Rejsek Departs BookPeople to Lead Literacy Organization]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Curtis Brown Changes Hands]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Arthur Sze Named U.S. Poet Laureate]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Library of Congress has named the author of <i>Sight Lines</i>, which won the 2019 National Book Award in Poetry, the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Skyhorse’s Mark Gompertz to Retire]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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						<title><![CDATA[Brooklyn Book Festival Celebrates 20 Years]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Gabriela Baeza Ventura Named Director of Arte Público Press]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Baeza Ventura succeeds Arte Público founding director Nicolás Kanellos, who has stepped down after more than three decades at the helm of the press.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jon Yaged Talks Up Macmillan, Book Publishing on ‘The CEO Series’]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[IBPA Chair Tieshena Davis to Step Down]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[HarperCollins Sales President Ed Spade to Depart]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[AWP Names Michelle Aielli Permanent Executive Director]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ellie Berger to Step Down as Head of Scholastic’s Trade Group]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The publishing industry is stacked with talent, writes <i>PW</i> 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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jo Henry Calls It a Career at ‘BookBrunch’ ]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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 <i>BookBrunch</i>, a role she has held since 2018. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Simon & Schuster Taps Jonathan Merritt to Build a Religion List]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.  ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Niko Pfund Named Director of Yale University Press]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Barbara Marcus to Retire from Random House Children’s Books]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Joseph Montagne Promoted to Publisher at Abrams ComicArts]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Montagne, who previously served as associate publisher, joined ComicArts when it was established in 2023. In his new role, he'll focus on growing the division's presence in the graphic novel, manga, and comic book market.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Julia Sommerfeld Named Worldwide Publisher at Amazon Publishing]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The head of Amazon Publishing's U.S. business has been put in charge of its worldwide publishing operation. Her goal: "to mint international best sellers across languages and formats."]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Former Boom! executives Megan Christopher, Allyson Gronowtiz, and Elyse Raimo have been named to top spots at Oni, among other hires and promotions at a time when some competitors in the comics space are downsizing their workforces.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Dan Strone to Depart Trident Media Group]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Trident CEO and cofounder will depart the company at this end of this week after nearly a quarter-century. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Han Zhang Is Bringing Contemporary Chinese Fiction to U.S. Readers]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[We talked with the Riverhead editor-at-large—who is also on staff at the 'New Yorker'—about the challenges and rewards of bringing Chinese literature in translation to market.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Marysue Rucci Named Publisher of Scribner ]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Rucci has been named publisher of Scribner, effective February 24, succeeding Nan Graham, who will remain with the imprint in a new, as-yet-unnamed acquiring editorial role. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Little Free Library Executive Director Greig Metzger to Retire]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[During Metzger’s six-year tenure, the St. Paul, Minn.–based nonprofit saw its network of book-sharing boxes double. A national search for his successor will be conducted prior to his retirement in June 2025.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Michael Jacobs Launches New Venture]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The retired CEO of Abrams Books has teamed with author and editor Sheridan Hay to form Filmore Projects, which will offer consulting, literary, and marketing advice for writers, publishers, and creative arts organizations and will also include a book publishing and packaging imprint, Galpón Press.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Talks with Maria Pallante, President & CEO of the Association of American Publishers]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Last year saw major developments in AI licensing and legal victories for the freedom-to-read movement, two areas of ongoing importance to the Association of American Publishers.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Ana Maria Allessi Promoted to President, Publisher of Hachette Audio]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Allessi, who has served as VP and publisher of Hachette Audio since 2022, will step into her elevated role on January 2. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Notables 2024: Nigel Newton]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The founder and CEO of Bloomsbury Publishing has made no secret of his desire to expand in the U.S., and he succeeded extraordinarily in advancing that aim this year.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Notables 2024: Mary Gannon]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The executive director of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses stepped into the void after the abrupt closure of Small Press Distribution in late March, turning her association into a go-to resource for guidance for hundreds of indie presses.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Notables 2024: Skip Dye]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[No one has been more central to the publishing industry’s efforts to defend the freedom to read than the Penguin Random House SVP.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[PW Notables 2024: Regina Brooks]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency and president of the Association of American Literary Agents is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Feminist Press Executive Director and Publisher Margot Atwell to Step Down]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Atwell, who joined Feminist Press at CUNY in early 2022, will depart in February. The press's board of directors has begun a nationwide search for her replacement.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Bob Miller to Succeed Keith Fox as CEO at Phaidon]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Miller, who founded Flatiron Books at Macmillan Publishers in 2013 and left the company earlier this year, will succeed Fox as CEO of Phaidon Press on January 1.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Peter Matson Retires as Chairman of Sterling Lord Literistic]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The former president of Sterling Lord Literistic, formed in 1987 after the merging of Sterling Lord with Literistic, the agency Matson founded eight years before, will retire after six decades in the book business.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Constantia Constantinou Tapped to Lead Whiting Foundation]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Constantinou, a longtime leader in library innovation, has been appointed as the new executive director of the Whiting Foundation.]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Carrie Bloxson Named Chief Human Resources Officer at Hachette Book Group]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Bloxson, who was named SVP of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at HBG and Hachette UK in April, will now also lead talent development, recruitment, retention, training, office culture, and business processes at HBG while continuing to spearhead DEI efforts. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Georgia Bodnar Launches Boutique Agency, Noyan Literary]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[The former Viking editor and UTA agent has launched a boutique literary agency based in New York representing “authors writing works that shape our understanding of the world and offer profound insights into its complexities.”]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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						<title><![CDATA[Jhanteigh Kupihea to Leave Quirk Books]]></title>
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							<description><![CDATA[Jhanteigh Kupihea has resigned as president and publisher of the independent publisher, and will leave the company at the end of the year. Founder David Borgenicht has returned as president and interim publisher. ]]></description>
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						<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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