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| Jan Johnson | |
Jan Johnson, publisher of the Red Wheel/Weiser group of imprints, including Conari Press, Disinformation Books and Turning Stone Press, since 2000, is stepping down from day-to-day management responsibilities to become publisher emerita. She will work with select authors and focus on developing special projects and new ventures.
Before launching Red Wheel/Weiser, Johnson worked at Tuttle Publishing, HarperOne (when it was known as HarperSanFrancisco), Winston/Seabury Press and as an independent book doctor, rewrite editor and editorial consultant for corporate and independent publishers.
"I've worked in book publishing since 1972, which kind of seems like the dark ages now," Johnson said. "There have been so many exciting and unforeseeable changes over the past four decades. I'm looking forward to discovering new ways of doing things and finding new projects to pursue."
With the change, Red Wheel/Weiser president Michael Kerber is taking a more direct role in the publishing program, along with associate publishers Caroline Pincus and Greg Brandenburgh, who will continue and expand their roles in acquisition and operations.