Diamond Book Distributors has made the following appointments:
Janna Morishima has been named director of the newly formed Diamond Kids Group. She begins on December 11 and will be based in New York City. She was formerly Scholastic Publishing's editor at large and was responsible for such graphic novel lines as Bone, the Baby-Sitters Club and R.L. Stine adaptations. She will coordinate the company's sales of children's books to customers worldwide including bookstores, libraries, online retailers, mass merchants, book clubs and book fairs. Morishima will also work with the company's publishers to develop new properties for children.
Josh Hayes has been promoted to associate director of sales and marketing. His responsibilities include worldwide sales reporting and inventory management, handling the toys/games/merchandising program for bookstores and strategic planning with manga publishers. He formerly was a sales manager selling to Borders Group and earlier was a buyer at Waldenbooks.
Donnie Lewis has been named customer service manager. Lewis was formerly assistant manager of data processing at Diamond Comic Distributors, DBD's parent company. Lewis will be responsible for customer service and coordinating with distribution centers in Memphis, Tenn., Torrance, Calif., and Plattsburgh, N.Y.
DBD v-p, sales and marketing, Kuo-Yu Liang noted that sales in 2006 have exceeded projections, and the year "is shaping up to be one of DBD's best years ever, and 2007 looks even more promising as the market for graphic novels continues to expand."
Janna Morishima has been named director of the newly formed Diamond Kids Group. She begins on December 11 and will be based in New York City. She was formerly Scholastic Publishing's editor at large and was responsible for such graphic novel lines as Bone, the Baby-Sitters Club and R.L. Stine adaptations. She will coordinate the company's sales of children's books to customers worldwide including bookstores, libraries, online retailers, mass merchants, book clubs and book fairs. Morishima will also work with the company's publishers to develop new properties for children.
Josh Hayes has been promoted to associate director of sales and marketing. His responsibilities include worldwide sales reporting and inventory management, handling the toys/games/merchandising program for bookstores and strategic planning with manga publishers. He formerly was a sales manager selling to Borders Group and earlier was a buyer at Waldenbooks.
Donnie Lewis has been named customer service manager. Lewis was formerly assistant manager of data processing at Diamond Comic Distributors, DBD's parent company. Lewis will be responsible for customer service and coordinating with distribution centers in Memphis, Tenn., Torrance, Calif., and Plattsburgh, N.Y.
DBD v-p, sales and marketing, Kuo-Yu Liang noted that sales in 2006 have exceeded projections, and the year "is shaping up to be one of DBD's best years ever, and 2007 looks even more promising as the market for graphic novels continues to expand."