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Publishing veteran Sara High has joined Sourcebooks as Vice President of International Sales, bringing her global expertise to the entrepreneurial publisher’s rapidly growing international business.

Sourcebooks’ international business continues to see extraordinary momentum with year-over-year increases since 2019, including a record-breaking +85% surge in 2024.

For the first time in decades, there’s a challenge to the hegemony of the biggest trade publishers in the US. As Sourcebooks continues to grow, it is now the fifth largest publisher in the country by print units sold, breaking the longstanding Big Five, and pushing Macmillan into sixth place, according to publishers’ internal analysis of data from Circana Bookscan (which does not itself publish market data that excludes distribution clients). While Macmillan is still considerably larger overall, with far higher ebook unit sales and an established, successful audiobook division, this is the first time an independently-run house has challenged...

Sourcebooks has named Cristina Cushing as Director of Sales Strategy, a new leadership role designed to accelerate growth and create opportunities for both authors and retail partners. Her appointment strengthens the entrepreneurial publisher’s commitment to leading in a rapidly changing market where retailers seek agile, data-informed publishing partners. The move comes amid a period of remarkable growth at Sourcebooks, with over 100 new positions added across the company in just the past two years.

Sourcebooks is proud to announce the promotion of Valerie Pierce to Vice President, Independent Sales and Retail Marketing, where she will lead Sourcebooks’ in-house sales team dedicated exclusively to serving independent bookstores across the country.

Inc. magazine has named Sourcebooks to its 2025 Best Workplaces list, recognizing companies redefining how purpose innovation shape the employee experience. The honor affirms Sourcebooks’ bold approach to people- and powered growth, building a high-performance, high-trust culture at the forefront of what’s next in book publishing.