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NASHVILLE, TN – Hachette Nashville is pleased to announce that Patsy Jones will join the division on February 24 as Vice President of Marketing.

“As a seasoned retail marketing professional, Patsy brings keen insight and experience from two significant retailers that understand our core markets,” said Rolf Zettersten, Senior Vice President & Publisher for Hachette Nashville.

Jones recently served for five years as the VP of Sales and Marketing for Books at Anderson Merchandisers, the primary wholesaler supplier to 2800 WalMart and 595 Sam’s Clubs. For 15 years prior, she served in various marketing and buyer roles at Books-A-Million, which has 200 stores in the Southeast and Midwest. Her most recent position there was Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Sales.

Throughout her career, Jones has worked closely with publishers to develop promotional plans, identify growth categories, and implement marketing and merchandising campaigns. In her role as Vice President of Marketing at Hachette Nashville, Jones will be based in the Nashville office and provide leadership for the advertising, marketing and publicity efforts for the FaithWords, Center Street and Jericho Books imprints.

About Hachette Book Group:

Hachette Book Group is a leading trade publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the second-largest trade and educational publisher in the world. HBG publishes under the divisions of Little, Brown and Company, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Grand Central Publishing, Orbit, Hachette Nashville, and Hachette Digital.