The Week in Publishing
HarperCollins and the HC union agreed to employ an independent mediator as a way to move their stalled negotiations forward. Some 240 union employees have been on strike since November 10. William Morrow’s Emily Krump and Jessica Williams have each been promoted to v-p and editorial director for William Morrow Fiction, while Mauro DiPreta has been promoted to senior v-p and editorial director for William Morrow Nonfiction. Julia Reidhead, chairman and president of W.W. Norton & Company, was elected chair of the Association of American Publishers for the 2023–2024 term. Page Street Publishing is launching Page Street YA this spring, an imprint dedicated to the company’s growing teen readership. Under the brand, Page Street expects to double the number of annual YA releases to 24 titles by 2024. Chuck Morrell, a longtime book sales…