Ed Spade has been named senior v-p, commercial operations, at Hachette Book Group. He was most recently president of sales at HarperCollins and earlier held a variety of positions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Books & Media division, including interim president, leading the trade business during its sale to HarperCollins in 2021. He had joined HMH in 2017 and later served as v-p of sales and led the audio division. Before that, he held senior sales leadership roles at Ingram Content Group and Viacom and began his career at Penguin Young Readers Group.
Richard Kitson, Hachette Book Group deputy CEO, to whom Spade will report, said, "I look forward to partnering with Ed on HBG's commercial operations roadmap. As a senior advisor to the executive management board, his expertise will positively impact the company's growth. Enhancing HBG's forecasting, pricing and revenue, Ed's extensive experience partnering with authors and agents to thoughtfully position books in the marketplace, will strengthen business analytics, sales, operations, distribution models, and digital content ecosystems."
Spade said, "I'm excited to join Hachette at such a pivotal moment. [HBG CEO] David [Shelley] and Richard have clearly built a culture defined by understanding consumers, with a deep commitment to readers, as well as growth mindset. I look forward to partnering with colleagues across the organization to support Hachette's continued growth and long-term strategic direction."