Publisher's Weekly: Trends in Book News

Jonathan Yaged, v-p and U.S. publisher of the Disney Book Group, has been named chief operating officer of House Party, a consumer activation and experiential marketing company. Yaged has been with Disney since 2000, when he joined as director of business affairs.

Print and digital wholesaler Baker & Taylor has reached an agreement with self-publishing house Author Solutions to provide print services for its authors through TextStream, B&T’s print-on-demand and short-run printing service.

We spoke with a variety of children's book publishers, editors, publicists, rights directors, art directors, and marketers, and asked them to tell us about those who made a difference to them, early on in their careers.