Ed Spade

Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations at Hachette Book Group

Overview

Ed Spade holds the position of Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations at Hachette Book Group [1][2]. Spade previously served as President of Sales at HarperCollins Publishers from January 2023 to August 2025 [3], and before that held the role of SVP, Online Sales at HarperCollins from September 2021 to January 2023 [4]. Spade's career in publishing also includes positions at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where Spade served as Interim President of HMH Books & Media from November 2020 to September 2021 [6], VP of Sales and National Accounts from January 2019 to November 2020 [7], and Director of Digital Sales, Strategy, and Business Development from March 2017 to January 2019 [8]. Earlier in Spade's career, Spade worked at Ingram Content Group as Senior Manager of Content Acquisition for North America from July 2015 to March 2017 [9].

Career history

  1. Senior Vice President, Commercial OperationsJan 2026 to presentHachette Book Group
  2. President of SalesJan 2023 to Aug 2025HarperCollins Publishers
  3. SVP, Online SalesSep 2021 to Jan 2023HarperCollins Publishers
  4. Interim President, (HMH Books & Media)May 2021 to Sep 2021HarperCollins Publishers
  5. Interim President, HMH Books & MediaNov 2020 to Sep 2021Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  6. VP, Sales and National AccountsJan 2019 to Nov 2020Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  7. Director, Digital Sales, Strategy, Business DevelopmentMar 2017 to Jan 2019Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  8. Sr. Manager, Content Acquisition, North AmericaJul 2015 to Mar 2017Ingram Content Group

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