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		<title>Top 5 Publishing Articles/Blogs Posts of The Week 1/19-1/23</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. The Art of Book Covers  Thriftbooks 500 Billion Page Challenge Spotify Quietly Improving Their Audiobook Game The Librarian&#8217;s...<a class="moretag" href="https://publishingtrends.com/2026/01/top-5-publishing-articles-blogs-posts-of-the-week-1-19-1-23/">Continue Reading</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-best-book-covers-of-the-last-decade/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Art of Book Covers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.androidpolice.com/spotify-is-quietly-developing-a-game-changing-feature-for-book-lovers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spotify Quietly Improving Their Audiobook Game</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://scotscoop.com/between-the-stacks/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Librarian&#8217;s Fight for Book Diversity</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a70062900/bookstreaming-kai-cenat-literacy-crisis/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will Reading on Twitch Help Raise Literacy Rates?</span></a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>PEOPLE At Penguin Random House, Kendall Hinson joins as assistant managing editor, corporate bookmaking, supporting the RHPG managing editorial team. She was previously associate production editor Tapas. Nora Becker joins as assistant managing editor, corporate bookmaking, supporting the Harmony, Rodale, Convergent, and One World imprints. She was previously in the editorial department at the University...<a class="moretag" href="https://publishingtrends.com/2026/01/people-round-up-late-janurary-2026/">Continue Reading</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PEOPLE</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At</span><b> Penguin Random House</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Kendall Hinson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as assistant managing editor, corporate bookmaking, supporting the RHPG managing editorial team. She was previously associate production editor </span><b>Tapas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Nora Becker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as assistant managing editor, corporate bookmaking, supporting the Harmony, Rodale, Convergent, and One World imprints. She was previously in the editorial department at the </span><b>University of California Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Lakeside Book Company </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has </span><b>Todd McGarity</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as senior vice president of business development, book services. He was previously SVP Business Developments at</span><b> Hachette Book Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Simon and Schuster</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Clarissa Hadge</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined the independent sales team as field account manager, New England. She was previously at </span><b>Hachette Book Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Simon Maverik</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Juliana Nador</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as an associate editor. She was previously at </span><b>Union Square &amp; Co</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Harper Collins</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Noah Perkins</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as production editor. Perkins was previously managing editorial and production associate at </span><b>Neuwirth &amp; Associates</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Island Press </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has become an imprint of </span><b>Princeton University Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, welcoming </span><b>Heather Boyer</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, publisher at Island Press, </span><b>Stacy Eisenstark</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, senior editor at Island Press, and </span><b>Emily Turner</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, senior editor at Island Press. </span><b>Rachel Kindler </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">also joins as publishing manager. She was previously associate editor at University of </span><b>Notre Dame Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Deep Vellum</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Hannah Smith</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as poetry editor.</span></p>
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<p><b>Lakeside Book Company </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has </span><b>Todd McGarity</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as senior vice president of business development, book services. He was previously SVP Business Developments at</span><b> Hachette Book Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Buchwald</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Noah Ballard</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">joined</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as VP of Media Rights &amp; Publishing. He was previously at </span><b>Verve</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Wiley</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Armughan Rafat</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as chief AI and data services officer, reporting to CEO Matthew Kissner. He was previously chief analytics officer at </span><b>Norstella</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Ingram Content Group </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">brings on</span><b> Gabriel Kashin </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">as vice president of product merchandising. He was previously </span><b>at Powell’s Books</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Hub City Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Kate McMullen</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> becomes associate publisher. </span></p>
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<p><b>Abrams </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has </span><b>Liam Flanagan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as art director, licensed entertainment. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Penn State University Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Abby Naqvi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will join as sales and marketing director. She was previously director of marketing and sales at</span><b> Teachers College Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Katie Luu</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been named journals marketing specialist. She was previously program analyst for </span><b>Volpe National Transportation Systems Center</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Lonely Planet</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><b> Colin Shields </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined in the newly created role of senior director of sales &amp; marketing, North America. He was previously vice president and executive director of global digital &amp; international sales at </span><b>Simon &amp; Schuster.</b></p>
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<p><b>The Collective Book Studio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Rebekah Lovato Piatte</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as children’s editorial director. She was previously at </span><b>Insight Editions</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, where she developed, launched, and managed the </span><b>IncrediBuilds</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> imprint.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Within </span><b>International Literary Properties CEO of ILP Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><b> Scott Hoffman </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has left his position, working in a consulting role for the company. </span><b>James Meader </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined as president, publishing. He was previously associate publisher at</span><b> Vintage</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Jennifer Bassuk h</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">as joined as president, partnerships. She was previously at </span><b>Amazon, Audible and News Corp</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Collective Book Studio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Rebekah Lovato Piatte</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will join as children’s editorial director. She was previously at </span><b>Klutz Press and Insight Editions</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and worked as an independent contractor.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">____</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Agency News…</span></p>
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<p><b>P.S Literary Agency </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has </span><b>Elizabeth Guthrie</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as associate literary agent. She was previously talent director and literary agent at </span><b>Lucinda Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Context Literary Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Monica Rodriguez</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior agent. She remains director of brand management.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Fuse Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Karly Dizon</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><b>Ernie Chiara</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have been promoted to senior agent.</span></p>
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<p><b>TvS Media Group </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Hannah Boardman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior publicist.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At</span><b> Franklin Siegal &amp; Yanez,</b> <b>Jasper Cerone</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is promoted to associate literary scout. FSY will now scout YA, in addition to adult, for </span><b>Orion Publishing Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Within </span><b>Assemble Media</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Hannah Carande </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined as editor, literary &amp; IP. She was previously associate, literary and IP at </span><b>3 Arts Entertainment</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><b>Madeline Milburn Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Callen Martin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as an agent, representing children’s and young adult fiction. He was previously at </span><b>Bell Lomax Moreton</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><b>Andrea Colvin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has created a literary agency, </span><b>Andrea Colvin Creative Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, specializing in children’s books. Colvin previously founded </span><b>Little, Brown Ink</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and was editor in chief at </span><b>Lion Forg</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">e.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PROMOTIONS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Within </span><b>Random House Children’s</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Jules Buckley </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to junior designer, art/design. </span><b>Juliet Goodman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior designer, art/design. </span><b>Estefania Valencia </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to assistant editor, Random House Studio. </span><b>Lydia Gregovic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to editor, Delacorte Press. </span><b>Random House Publishing</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Laura Keefe</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as vice president, executive director of marketing, overseeing marketing efforts for Random House, One World, The Dial Press, Hogarth, and Modern Library. Most recently, she was vp, senior director of marketing at </span><b>Knopf</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. At </span><b>Ballantine Bantam Dell</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Keith Clayton</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> moves up to svp publisher, Random House Worlds, now reporting to RHPG president Sanyu Dillon. Within </span><b>Penguin Random House Christian</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, promotions include </span><b>Beverly Rykerd</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to vp, senior director of publicity and communications, </span><b>Johanna Inwood</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to marketing director, </span><b>Bridget Baxter</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior manager, publisher’s office &amp; operations, reporting to Campbell Wharton, and </span><b>Leslie Calhoun</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to editor, reporting to editorial director Madison Trammel. At </span><b>Berkley</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Tara O’Connor</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to publicity manager.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Macmillan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Celadon </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Faith Tomlin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to assistant editor.</span><b> Minotaur</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> promotes </span><b>Kelley Ragland</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to svp and publishing director and </span><b>Catherine Richards</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to vp, associate publisher. Within </span><b>St. Martins Publishing Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Zoë Miller</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior publicist. </span><b>Kiara Ronaghan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to associate publicist. </span><b>Austin Adams</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to associate marketing manager. </span><b>Michael Criscitelli</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to executive art director, Creative Studio. </span><b>Dylan Helstien</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior manager, Creative Studio. </span><b>Lauren Germano</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior designer, Creative Studio. At </span><b>Flatiron</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Cathleen Kenney</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to publicity manager, </span><b>Alexus Blanding</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to publicist, and </span><b>Kate Lucas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to assistant editor.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Promotions at </span><b>Source Books</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> include </span><b>Scott Eells</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to director of automation &amp; AI, </span><b>Lismarie Cuevas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to sales manager for international sales, and </span><b>Cana Clark</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior marketing associate at Sourcebooks Kids.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Deep Vellum</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Sarah McEachern</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to rights director and associate publisher.</span></p>
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<p><b>The Grove Atlantic </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Jisu Kim</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to sales and operations director.</span></p>
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<p><b>Holt </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Sam Wiener</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to associate publicist. </span><b>Alex Foster</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Zoe Affron</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and</span><b> Leela Gebo</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have all been promoted to assistant editor.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Avery</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Isabel McCarthy</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to editor.</span></p>
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<p><b>Knopf Double Day Publishing Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> promotes </span><b>Emily Murphy</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior director, marketing, leading the entire Knopf marketing team and </span><b>Matthew Sciarappa</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to director.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Scholastic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Tessa Meischeid</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to associate publicity director. </span><b>Aleah Gornbein</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior publicist.</span></p>
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<p><b>Kensington </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Elizabeth Trout</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior editor.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>DULY NOTED</b></span></p>
<p><b>Publisher’s Weekly</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> announced a new weekly bestseller list launched by </span><b>Independent Publishers Caucus</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a collective of 117 small and independent publishers, in collaboration with </span><b>American Booksellers Association</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, named the </span><b>Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. You can find the list </span><a href="https://www.indiepubs.org/top40"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here.</span></a></p>
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<p><b>Folio Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has announced their acquisition of boutique children’s agency, </span><b>Greenhouse Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the </span><b>Coolabi Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Chelsea Eberly </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">will join</span><b> Folio Jr. </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">as VP and agent, along with her assistant, </span><b>Huyen Vu</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “I’ve long admired the Folio and Folio Jr. team and know that the Greenhouse Literary Agency’s legacy will continue alongside such stellar colleagues,” Eberly stated.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Ballantine Bantam Del</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">l President </span><b>Kara Welsh</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> departs on March 31 after 25 years at the Random House Publishing Group. </span><b>Scott Shannon</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will take over as president of BBD, where he “will drive an ambitious growth agenda while strengthening BBD’s market leadership in commercial publishing across categories such as book club fiction, commercial nonfiction, romance, mystery, thriller and more.”</span></p>
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<p><b>International Literary Properties </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">secured a five-year credit facility access to more than $100 million of capital to support ILP’s acquisition growth from Fifth Third Bank. Amanda Siconolfi stated  “We are pleased to partner with Fifth Third Bank on this landmark transaction. This credit facility will help ILP continue its strong acquisition momentum heading into 2026, after doubling the size of our portfolio in 2025.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>EVENTS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 23rd</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bisg.org/events/doing-rights-right-2026"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Doing Rights Right 2026</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York, NY</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 24th </span></p>
<p><a href="https://biographersinternational.org/biography-lab-2026/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Biographers International Organization Biography Lab</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York, NY</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 26th- Feb 3rd</span></p>
<p><a href="https://kolkatabookfair.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kolkata International Book Fair</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kolkata, West Bengal, India</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 29th-31st</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.freshbookfestivals.net/event-details/f-r-e-s-h-book-film-festival-2026"><span style="font-weight: 400;">F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daytona Beach, FL</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 31st</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bookwormfestival.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bookworm Festival for Young Readers</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Houston, TX</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5679251-trump-era-lgbtq-book-bans/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Decline in LGBTQ+ Books</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://janefriedman.com/writers-and-artists-need-a-way-to-label-ai-use-heres-what-that-could-look-like/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AI Assisted Versus AI Generated</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://bookstr.com/article/annotating-books-how-to-make-meaningful-commentary/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Art of Annotating Books</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/publishers-move-to-join-copyright-lawsuit-over-googles-gemini-ai-product/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawsuit Against Google Gemini AI Continues</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/stop-judging-people-for-reading-trashy-books"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why All Books Matter</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://bookriot.com/american-reading-habits-2025/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">America&#8217;s Reading Stats for 2025</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/many-schools-are-assigning-excerpts-of-novels-to-read-instead-of-full-books-why"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Importance of Reading Full Novels</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://san.com/cc/the-digital-library-dilemma-why-e-book-borrowing-costs-taxpayers-more/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Bill to Make Digital Books More Accessible</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://impakter.com/how-publishing-industry-addresses-carbon-footprint-of-books/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Publishing and Its Carbon Footprint </span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/post-lit-society-doomsayers-books-ai-b2892871.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is Reading Dying?</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">EXTRA: </span><a href="https://www.glamour.com/story/the-emily-henry-obsession-has-made-it-to-hollywood"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Chat With Emily Henry and Her Rise to Fame</span></a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>PEOPLE At Hachette Book Group, Ed Spade has joined as senior vice president, commercial operations, reporting to deputy ceo Richard Kitson. Spade was previously president of sales at Harper Collins. Abigail Koons has joined as vice president of subsidiary rights, also reporting to Kitson, and succeeding Nancy Wiese who has left the company. VP, corporate...<a class="moretag" href="https://publishingtrends.com/2026/01/people-round-up-january-2026/">Continue Reading</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PEOPLE</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Hachette Book Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Ed Spade</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">joined</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as senior vice president, commercial operations, reporting to deputy ceo </span><b>Richard Kitson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Spade was previously president of sales at </span><b>Harper Collins</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Abigail Koons</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as vice president of subsidiary rights, also reporting to Kitson, and succeeding </span><b>Nancy Wiese </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">who has left the company. VP, corporate business development and strategy </span><b>Todd McGarity</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has left after almost 17 years with the company.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Little Brown</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Kim Dayman </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">joins as Director of Backlist, reporting to </span><b>Sally Kim</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span><b> </b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Macmillan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Karen Bullock</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as senior manager, strategic projects, business development.</span></p>
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<p><b>Podium Entertainment</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Jiayun Yang</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as subsidiary rights manager. She was previously at </span><b>Assemble Media</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Publishing Perspectives</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Andrew Richard Albanese</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as editor-in-chief. He will retain his role as editor of the site </span><b>Words &amp; Money</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as well.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Scholastic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, executive vice president and chief growth officer </span><b>Jeffrey Mathews</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has also been named president, </span><b>Scholastic Education</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. He has served as interim head of the division since June 2025.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Kensington</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Adam Zacharius</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been named president, succeeding his father, </span><b>Steven Zacharius</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who will remain as chairman and ceo.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Kirkus</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Meg LaBorde Kuehn</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> returns as ceo and publisher. The company also  acquired </span><b><i>AudioFile</i></b><b> Magazine</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and will now feature an audiobook section within Kirkus Reviews, edited by </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">AudioFile</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">’</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">s</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> managing editor </span><b>Jennifer Dowell</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><b>McGraw Hill</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Philip Moyer </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">coming on as president, ceo, and board member on February 9. Moyer succeeds </span><b>Simon Allen</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who will retire and remain board chair.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Olivia Hammerman </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined as production editor.</span></p>
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<p><b>Crooked Lane/Alcove Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Gary Goldstein</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as an editor. He was previously an editor and editorial director at</span><b> Kensington</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for 22 years. </span><b>Elana Gibson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as an editor. She was previously at</span><b> CamCat Publishing</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Agency News…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>UTA</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Kelly Karczewski</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was promoted to agent.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Triada US</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Brent Taylor</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to vice president, executive agent.</span></p>
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<p><b>Britt Siess Creative Management </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has </span><b>Phoebe Schmidt</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining the agency, representing upmarket science fiction and fantasy. She was previously an independent scout and book-to-film agent at</span><b> Paradigm Talent Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Martin Literary Management</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Charlie Serabian</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as literary manager representing genre fiction and select nonfiction. </span><b>Jess Taylor</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as literary manager representing primarily young adult and new adult. She is a former acquisitions editor.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Great Dog Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Ismita Hussain</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior agent. </span><b>Gabriella Melendez</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to agent.</span></p>
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<p><b>New Leaf Literary and Media </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Eileen Lalley</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to licensing manager. </span><b>Katherine Curtis</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to manager, film &amp; TV. </span><b>Keifer Ludwig</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to subrights and literary associate. </span><b>Jenniea Williams</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to literary manager. </span><b>Lindsay Howard</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to literary associate.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Handspun Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Justina Ireland</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as associate agent. She is the author of multiple books as well as a writer of both comics and television. </span><b>Cheyenne Faircloth</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to agent.</span></p>
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<p><b>Fortier Public Relations</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Lauren Ortiz</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as assistant publicity director. She was previously at</span><b> Little, Brown</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><strong>International Literary Properties </strong>brings on <strong>James Meader</strong> as the division’s president of publishing, and <strong>Jennifer Bassuk</strong> as president of partnerships. Both joined ILP’s New York office on January 5.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PROMOTIONS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Avery Books &amp; Tarcher</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Maya Ono</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to marketing manager.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Promotions at </span><b>Zando</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> include </span><b>Sarah Ried</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to deputy editorial director of the Zando, Tin House and Imprint Partner lists, </span><b>Caolinn Douglas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior editor, </span><b>TJ Ohler</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to editor, and </span><b>Natalie Ullman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to director of social media. </span><b>Zoey Cole</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has also been promoted to associate director of marketing, </span><b>Christopher King</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to creative director, and </span><b>Khalil Commissiong</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to manager, inventory and sales analytics. </span><b>Liz Eriksson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to contracts director. </span><b>Kayla White</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to associate production manager.</span></p>
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<p><b>Little Bee </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Jaime Gelman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to editor and </span><b>Sydney Hackley</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to junior designer.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, promotions include </span><b>Olenka Burgess</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to production director, </span><b>Wah-Ming Chang</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to director of managing editorial, and </span><b>Laura Berry</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior production editor.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>DULY NOTED</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Novelist </span><b>Dinaw Mengestu</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was elected president of PEN America. He succeeds </span><b>Jennifer Finney Boylan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “Dinaw Mengestu has spent his career illuminating the borders between countries, histories, and identities, and bringing readers into the lives of those too often pushed to the margins,” said PEN interim ceo and chief of Free Expression programs Summer Lopez. </span></p>
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<p><b>Storm Literary Agency </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">founder </span><b>Essie White</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has launched a new, independent </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">agency</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> named</span><b> Essie White Literary</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">where she will be representing authors and illustrators. She will continue to represent the majority of her long-term clients and some new clients.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A new literary agency, </span><b>Confluence Literary Agency, </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been founded from the merger of two previous agencies, </span><b>Bond Literary Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><b>Copps Literary Services</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. They will be representing commercial fiction, literary fiction, and nonfiction for children and adults. Founders </span><b>Sandra Bond</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Elizabeth Copps</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><b>Becky LeJeune</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will serve as principals. Joining as agents are </span><b>Nicole Payne</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who was previously at CLS, and </span><b>Rose Conway</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who was previously at Foreword Literary Consulting.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>EVENTS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 16-19th</span></p>
<p><a href="https://wintergetaway.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Winter Poetry &amp; Prose Getaway</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Galloway, NJ</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 24th </span></p>
<p><a href="https://biographersinternational.org/biography-lab-2026/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Biographers International Organization Biography Lab</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York, NY</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 26th- Feb 3rd</span></p>
<p><a href="https://kolkatabookfair.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kolkata International Book Fair</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kolkata, West Bengal, India</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 29th-31st</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.freshbookfestivals.net/event-details/f-r-e-s-h-book-film-festival-2026"><span style="font-weight: 400;">F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daytona Beach, FL</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 31st</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bookwormfestival.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bookworm Festival for Young Readers</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Houston, TX</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://kathleenschmidt.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-the-ceo-of-books"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books-A-Million&#8217;s CEO Answers a Few Questions</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/17/are-we-falling-out-of-love-with-nonfiction"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fall of Nonfiction </span></a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>PEOPLE At Penguin Random House, Milena Brown moves over from the Doubleday imprint to become as vp, deputy publisher of One World.  At Cherry Lake Publishing Group, Matt Warner joins as director of marketing. Previously, he was marketing director for Baker &#38; Taylor Publisher Services. Penguin Press brings on Haley Bracken as associate editor. She...<a class="moretag" href="https://publishingtrends.com/2025/12/people-round-up-late-december-2025/">Continue Reading</a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PEOPLE</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Penguin Random House</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Milena Brown</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> moves over from the Doubleday imprint to become as vp, deputy publisher of </span><b>One World</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  At </span><b>Cherry Lake Publishing Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Matt Warner</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as director of marketing. Previously, he was marketing director for </span><b>Baker &amp; Taylor Publisher Services</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Penguin Press </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">brings on </span><b>Haley Bracken</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as associate editor. She was previously at </span><b>Liveright</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Random House</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has </span><b>Nick Cummings</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joining as senior full stack developer. He previously led DevOps initiatives at </span><b>MassMutual Financial Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Zoe Karoub</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, most recently an intern at </span><b>Macmillan Children’s</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, has joined</span><b> Random House Children’s Books </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">as publicity assistant. </span><b>Random House Studio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Maria Correa</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as editor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Macmillan Audio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Jennifer Donovan</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined as director, editorial. She was previously at <strong>Penguin Random House</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Sourcebooks</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Emily Engwall</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as marketing &amp; publicity manager, </span><b>Poisoned Pen Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. ​​</span><b>Erika Tucker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as associate director, international sales. </span><b>Nicole Turner</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as production Specialist II. </span><b>Jade Draper</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as customer experience representative.</span></p>
<p><b>Harper Collins </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">brings on </span><b>Elizabeth “Liz” Catalano</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as senior managing editor for Harper, Ecco, Broadside Books, Harper Business, Harper Edge, and Harper Influence.</span></p>
<p><b>Hachette Book Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Sophie Kossakowski</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as senior manager, international sales &amp; marketing. She was previously at </span><b>Sourcebooks</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Zando</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Katrina Tiktinsky</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as senior publicist. Tiktinsky was previously at </span><b>Algonquin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At</span><b> Catapult, Counterpoint, and Soft Skull</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Amina Washington</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as assistant publicist.</span></p>
<p><b>Cecelia Sagun</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined </span><b>Simon Maverick</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as editorial assistant.</span></p>
<p><b>PJ Library </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><b> PJ Publishing</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Erinn Pascal</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, formerly senior editor at </span><b>Andrews McMeel Kids</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, as author stewardship manager.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>The Stable Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Blake Faire</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as marketing associate. </span><b>Carmel Madadshahi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined</span><b> Montague Books </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">and The Stable Book Group as editorial and marketing coordinator.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Agency News…</span></p>
<p><b>Europa Conten</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">t brings on </span><b>Amanda Bernardi</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as literary agent. She was previously at </span><b>Highline Literary Collective</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At</span><b> Stimola Literary Studio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, founder </span><b>Rosemary Stimola</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> becomes CEO, continuing to oversee her clients and the agency. </span><b>Adriana Stimola</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> succeeds her as president, serving her own clients and managing the business. </span><b>Peter Ryan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will become chief financial officer. </span><b>Erica Rand Silverman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> becomes vice president of children’s publishing, representing clients and providing guidance and strategic growth. Rights director </span><b>Allison Hellegers</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is also promoted to senior agent.</span></p>
<p><b>The Future of Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Kailey Wolcott</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as senior publicist and </span><b>Alyssa diPierro</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as campaign manager, both on contract.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PROMOTIONS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Within </span><b>Random House Children’s</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Shana Corey</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to vp, associate publisher, Random House Brands. </span><b>Heidi Kilgras </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to vp, associate publisher, Random House Brands. </span><b>Sara Sargent </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to editorial director, Rodale Kids. </span><b>Gillian Levinson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to vice president, publishing director. </span><b>Random House </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">also promotes </span><b>Saige Francis</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to managing editor at </span><b>Bantam Dell</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span> <b>John McGalagly</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to VP of finance at </span><b>Penguin Random House Audio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Penguin Random House Canada </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Kelly Glover</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to senior director, children’s sales and marketing.</span><b>Anthony de Ridder</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to creative director, marketing design. </span><b>Anna Trew</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to manager, consumer insights and solutions. </span><b>Cindy Pang</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to sales associate, in-market.</span></p>
<p><b>Macmillan Audio </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Emily Dyer</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to director, marketing and </span><b>Samantha Edelson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to vp, associate publisher.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Harlequin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Bryony Green</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is promoted to publishing director, overseeing the series romance editorial program. </span><b>Kathleen Scheibling</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior executive editor. </span><b>Flo Nicoll</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to executive editor. </span><b>Harlequin Intrigue </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Caroline Timmings</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to editor. </span></p>
<p><b>The Stable Book Group </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">promotes </span><b>Jack Zinsser</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to marketing manager. </span><b>Kierra Sondereker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior editor at Ulysses Press and VeloPress. </span><b>Abbey Gregory</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to designer and head designer at The Stable Book Group and Montague Books. </span><b>Yesenia Garcia</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to operations manager, production.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Spot Glass Media</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <b>Jennifer Calvert</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior editor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the </span><b>Grove Atlantic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <b>Rachael Richardson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to social media manager and marketing associate.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>DULY NOTED</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author </span><b>Mark Manson</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has launched his own self-help AI tool, called </span><b>Purpose</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. A release states, “The platform’s advanced AI architecture, rich memory systems, and evidence-backed psychological frameworks deliver rapid personalized insights about users’ core values and behavioral patterns. Every interaction adapts to the user’s unique circumstances and communication style, delivering directional feedback optimized for personal growth rather than generic validation or one-size-fits-all advice,”.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><b>Hachette Book Group’s Raising Readers Initiative</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the company is including a page explaining the benefits of reading to children in the back of more than 6 million books. They will begin including the page in kids books in 2026 and by the end of next year  in more than 25 million copies of more than 3,000 titles. Authors can opt in or out to having the page included in their books.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In honor of Hachette Livre’s 200th anniversary, HBG and Hachette UK will </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">invest</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> $200,000 in the Raising Readers program, which will include providing classroom libraries to underfunded schools, launching Little Free Libraries in book deserts, and hosting 200 author visits to schools.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>EVENTS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">December 13–21</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=International+Istanbul+Book+Fair&amp;rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS982US982&amp;oq=Istanbul+International+Book+Fair&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEAAYgAQyCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yBwgFEAAY7wXSAQgzNTA3ajBqN6gCALACAA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;mstk=AUtExfCq9KLjeZ3yFqJVxoj_zuh1G_ZaV8iETb-Xlzb3tA4g7fnsyhSJFR9eg5wlYRoss2gcWRRBC6gzOnnwct6wDRiqJJmiUKsHu-5qSMzIGUm12NUmJCfpZr4ftx1_J7IOhL6ABeahFCuJa9B_PrXs3BsHp9tM2-ixZFg2sw8SuQMboAE&amp;csui=3&amp;ved=2ahUKEwimx9mViMWRAxXkl4kEHfDgGnYQgK4QegQIARAB">International Istanbul Book Fair<span style="font-weight: 400;"> (TÜYAP)</span> </a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Istanbul, Turkey</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">December 19th-21st </span></p>
<p><a href="https://conaltdelete.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Con Alt Delete </span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago, IL</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">December 17th</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holiday-book-bash-market-tickets-1962639688140"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Holiday Book Bash &amp; Market</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bronx, NY </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jan 26th- Feb 3rd</span></p>
<p><a href="https://kolkatabookfair.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kolkata International Book Fair</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kolkata, West Bengal, India</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://deadline.com/2025/12/netflix-book-adaptations-data-audience-2025-1236632110/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Netflix Book Adaptations Drive Billions of Views</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/supreme-court-library-book-ban-texas-b2880421.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Supreme Court Dismisses Book Ban Case</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://bookriot.com/the-best-books-of-2025-across-the-internet/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best Books of 2025 Across Lists</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/amazon-opens-kindle-direct-drm-free-books-to-pdf-epub-downloads"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kindle Offers DRM-Free E-Books in PDF</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://booktrib.com/2025/12/09/writers-ink-podcast-agent-mark-tavani-shares-publishing-and-marketing-insights/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agent Mark Tavani Shares Publishing Insights</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvdkw4xgewo"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Waterstones Bookstore &amp; Its Use of AI</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/11/30/most-popular-dog-names-cat-book-characters/87455171007/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Top Bookish Pet Names of 2025</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://janefriedman.com/why-print-never-died/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Print Books Have Prevailed</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/2025-book-to-screen-adaptations-audiobooks-spotify-1235163801/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spotify Wrapped: Audio Books Edition</span></a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-schools-amazon-algorithmic-pricing?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon Price Swings Heavily Affecting School Budgets</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">EXTRA: </span><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5620964/jane-austens-pride-prejudice-a-blueprint-to-the-modern-romance"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jane Austen &amp; The Romance Blueprint </span></a></p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PEOPLE</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Simon &amp; Schuster</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <b>Cynthia Lin</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined the adult demand planning group as demand planning coordinator. </span><b>Jason LaCoursier</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will join as vice president of distribution operations on December 15. He succeeds vice president of operations &amp; distribution services</span><b> Pat Kelman</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who will retire at the end of the year. Kelman has been at the company for 35 years.</span></p>
<p><b>Hachette</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> announced that </span><b>Mary Beth Thomas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will join as director, field sales, overseeing the independent bookstore channel. She was most recently director of independent retail sales at </span><b>HarperCollins</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, where she led the national field sales and telesales team. Within </span><b>Grand Central</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><b> Kitanna Hiromasa</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as a publicist. She was previously at </span><b>Riverhead</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Viking Penguin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><b> Alexis Nowicki</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as a senior publicist. She was previously at </span><b>Astra House</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b>Macmillan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has hired </span><b>Trish O’Neill</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as director, D2C marketing &amp; ecommerce strategy, central marketing. </span><b>Anthony Trezza</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joined as senior director, finance. </span><b>Shareza Hosein</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joined as QA analyst, technology. </span><b>Juliana Kelm</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joined as UAT coordinator, technology. </span><b>Flatiron Books </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">brings on </span><b>Elysia Liang</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as senior editor acquiring practical nonfiction. She was previously at Harmony, Rodale, and Convergent.</span></p>
<p><b>Robert Allen</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, vp, associate publisher at </span><b>Macmillan Audio</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, will retire on January 1, 2026 after sixteen years with the company. Within </span><b>FSG Children’s</b>, <b>Nancy Conescu</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined as editorial director. Most recently she was publisher at Australia’s </span><b>Berbay Books</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>The University of North Carolina Press Andrew Kinne</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">y</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as the W. Hodding Carter III executive editor, leading acquisitions for the  trade imprint dedicated to publishing books about America and the world. He had been at</span><b> MIT Pres</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">s.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Holt</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><b> Fiora Elbers-Tibbitts</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as publishing operations manager. She was previously at </span><b>Neuwirth &amp; Associate</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">s.</span></p>
<p><b>Sourcebooks </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">brings on </span><b>Nicole Turner</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as production specialist II.</span></p>
<p><b>Beth Whitaker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been named executive director of the </span><b>Hudson Valley Writers Center</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Agency News…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Calligraph</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Eric Lupfer</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> joins as a principal agent, bringing his list of journalists, historians, science writers, and experts across numerous fields. He was previously at UTA.</span></p>
<p><b>Martin Literary Management</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> brings on </span><b>Robert Broder</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as literary manager representing children’s literature and graphic novels. He is the founder and former publisher of </span><b>Ripple Grove Press</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Lindsey Aduskevich</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as literary manager representing picture books, middle grade, young adult, and new adult. She was most recently an intern at </span><b>MLM</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><b>Jeanne de Vita</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as literary manager representing romance, romantasy, and select genre fiction. She is a former acquisitions editor and writing teacher.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Purcell Agency Amy Nielsen </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to senior literary agent.</span><b> Paige Broadbent </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has been promoted to associate literary agent.</span></p>
<p><b>Massie McQuilkin &amp; Altman Literary Agents </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">brings on</span><b> Elianna Kan</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as a literary agent. She was previously at</span><b> Regal Hoffmann &amp; Associates</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>Nancy Yost Literary Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span><b> Melissa Rodman </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has joined as associate agent and agency assistant. She was previously at </span><b>Park, Fine, &amp; Brower Literary Management</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b>Ingram Content Group </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has</span><b> Alexander Slater </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">joining as manager of Media Scout. He will &#8220;help bridge the gap between content and screen—connecting creators, rights buyers, and storytellers across industries.&#8221; Slater was an agent at </span><b>Sanford J. Greenburger Associates</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At </span><b>The Bent Agency</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Zoë Plant</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has joined as a literary agent. She was previously at The </span><b>Bent Agency UK</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Metamorphosis Literary Agency promotes </span><b>Shania Soler</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to agent. </span><b>Kaylyn Aldridge</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is promoted to junior agent. </span><b>Brian King</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a new assistant agent specializing in the science fiction genre.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>PROMOTIONS</b></span></p>
<p><b>Random House Publishing Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> promotes </span><b>Katherine Leak</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to editor, working primarily for the Harmony and Rodale imprints, with the flexibility to acquire across three imprints. </span><b>Leita Williams</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to editor for Convergent. In publicity, </span><b>Erin Richards</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to publicity manager, </span><b>Rachel Parker</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to senior publicist, </span><b>Hope Hathcock</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to publicist, and </span><b>Peter Dyer</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to associate publicist.</span></p>
<p><b>Gallery Publishing Group</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> publisher </span><b>Jennifer Bergstrom</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been promoted to executive vice president of</span><b> Simon &amp; Schuster,</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> while continuing to lead the Gallery Publishing Group.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Promotions at </span><b>Sourcebooks</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> include </span><b>Diana Schmidt</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to marketing associate for Casablanca and Bloom Books.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>DULY NOTED</b></span></p>
<p><b>Porter Anderson </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">has</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">passed away, it was announced on the </span><b><i>Publishing Perspectives </i></b><span style="font-weight: 400;">website today.  The site noted that “Anderson took on the role at </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Publishing Perspectives</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">2016</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, succeeding Founding Editor Ed Nawotka. As Editor-in-Chief, Anderson traveled the world, moderating industry discussions, reporting on new and established markets, highlighting changes in technology, celebrating publishers and writers doing excellent work, and engaging with an international audience eager to learn more about the publishing industry beyond their borders. . . . </span><b>Juergen Boos</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Director of Frankfurter Buchmesse said of Porter’s passing, “All of us who have known him personally over the past few years, who admired him for his expertise, his journalistic experience, loved him for his humor and admired his high professional ethics and his seemingly inexhaustible energy – we are all saddened and shocked by this news. There are no words or thoughts that can adequately express our feelings. The void left by his death cannot yet be fully measured.””</span></p>
<p><b>Bloomsbury </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">announced a new strategic collaboration with </span><b>Google Cloud</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> focused on technology innovation, AI-powered learning and core publishing infrastructure. The collaboration will combine Bloomsbury&#8217;s publishing with secure AI technologies from Google Cloud, such as NotebookLM, Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise. The collaboration will “ increase the discovery and sales of books, as well as transform engagement with content to improve learning outcomes.” according to Bloomsbury Chief Executive </span><b>Nigel Newton</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><b>Association of American Literary Agents (AALA)</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> named</span> <b>Sarah Lazin</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as the winner of their annual </span><b>Gailey Award</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the organization’s highest service honor.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Someone posing as a </span><b>Grove Atlantic</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> employee has been contacting authors by email to offer a publishing contract under false pretenses. The publisher is taking steps to try to identify and stop the illicit outreach under Grove’s name. If you are contacted in this manner, Grove would like to hear from you either at 212-614-7850 or at </span><a href="mailto:info@groveatlantic.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">info@groveatlantic.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><b>Jemiscoe Chambers-Black</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><b>Paige Terlip</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><b>Jennifer March Soloway</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> have launched a new agency, Starling Literary + Media, representing children’s authors and illustrators and adult fiction and nonfiction projects. They were previously at </span><b>Andrea Brown</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #993300;"><b>EVENTS</b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">December 13th-14th</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.comicartsla.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Comic Arts LA </span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Los Angeles, CA</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">December 13th-14th </span></p>
<p><a href="https://worldcaribbeanbooks.com/pages/media-press"><span style="font-weight: 400;">World Caribbean Christmas Book Fair</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Bahamas </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">December 19th-21st </span></p>
<p><a href="https://conaltdelete.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Con Alt Delete </span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chicago, IL</span></p>
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