We caught up with the newly appointed CEO at the 2026 London Book Fair to talk about how he’ll approach his new post, his first leading a publishing company.
Simon & Schuster Taps Former Amazon Exec Greg Greeley to Succeed Jonathan Karp as CEO
Greeley’s appointment comes some six months after Karp announced he would be stepping back to run a new imprint at Simon & Schuster, Simon Six.
Macmillan: Don Weisberg To Succeed John Sargent as CEO; Susan Winslow Leads Learning
John Sargent departs as CEO of Macmillan on January 1, 2021 because of ‘disagreements regarding the direction of Macmillan,’ says Stefan von Holtzbrinck.
Bonnier Books CEO Jacob Dalborg: ‘Digitization Is Not Necessarily Evil’
The book business hasn’t experienced disruption as dramatic as that of industries, says Jacob Dalborg. The ‘core publishing activities of acquiring, editing and publishing stories’ are resilient.
The State of US Illustrated Book Publishing (Part 2)
The continuation of our series looking at the increasingly competitive and innovative illustrated book publishing market in the United States.
The CEO Panel Drinking Game–At a Conference Near You
By Erin L. Cox As Digital Book World comes to a close, I looked back at the Twitter feed to catch up on the news from sessions I missed, remind myself of the salient points from the panels I did attend, and to chuckle at the snarky comments. Yesterday, one of the main stage panels was “A CEO’s View of …