Todd McGarity has joined Lakeside Book Company as senior v-p of business development, book services. He has more than 20 years of experience in publishing, distribution, and corporate strategy and was most recently v-p of corporate business development & strategy at Hachette Book Group. Earlier he held business development roles at Random House, Pearson, and Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
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Victoria Velez has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as publicist. She was most recently at Scholastic.