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Effective July 18, Sara Nelson will join HarperCollins Publishers in the newly created role of v-p, executive editor & special advisor at Harper, where she will acquire fiction and nonfiction titles for the imprint. Nelson will also work with publisher Jonathan Burnham as a strategic advisor.
"Sara has worked in both journalism and book retailing and her knowledge of the publishing world is profound," Burnham said. "As special advisor, she will work with me and my team, bringing her expertise to bear on many aspects of the list, from editorial to marketing and publicity."
Nelson commented: "After observing the publishing world from the near-outside for many years, I am excited to have this opportunity to be involved directly in the publishing process itself. I can't wait to join my many friends at Harper, and to work closely with them on books that we love."
Nelson has been the editorial director for books and Kindle at Amazon since 2012. Prior to that, she was books editor at O, the Oprah magazine and editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly. She is the author of So Many Books, So Little Time.