Big changes at Melville House.
Carl Bromley has been named editor-in-chief, succeeding Dennis Johnson, who has been editor-in-chief since founding Melville House in 2001 with Valerie Merians.
Johnson stressed he is not leaving the company and will continue as co-publisher with Merians, saying, "Being editor-in-chief in addition to running the company with Valerie has become a bigger job over the years as the company has grown, and once Carl came aboard I realized our editorial program couldn't have a better leader. Carl is a veteran who's long championed the kind of books we publish, and he really gets the mission of the company."
Bromley joined Melville House in 2020 as executive editor. He was previously the editorial director at the New Press, and led Nation Books (now Bold Type Books) for more than a decade.
Amber Qureshi, who joined Melville House this month, will succeed Bromley as executive editor.
In addition, Sammi Sontag has been promoted to senior publicist from publicist. Sontag earlier was an assistant publicist at Gallery Books.