Industry veteran Dan Balow to take lead for the Ohio-based publisher to ‘make one of Barbour’s strengths even stronger’

Barbour Publishing has formed a dedicated in-house fiction team. Fiction is one of strongest categories for the Uhrichsville, Ohio-based company, known for its value-priced books. 

The newly established team consists of Publisher and Vice President of Business Development Dan Balow; Editorial Director Kelly McIntosh; Senior Fiction Editor Rebecca Germany; and Annie Tipton—recently promoted from managing editor to fiction acquisitions editor. In Tipton’s new role, she will be responsible for developing and implementing Barbour’s fiction strategy and acquiring new titles. 

“Fiction is very important to Barbour,” Balow said. “In fact, it accounts for over a third of our annual sales. Creating this fiction team and promoting Annie Tipton to the role of acquisitions editor will give us the vision and resources to make one of Barbour’s strengths even stronger. Rebecca Germany guided fiction to where we are today. This team will work together to make it even more successful.”

Barbour’s fiction authors include Wanda E. Brunstetter, Mary Connealy, Olivia Newport, Cathy Weinke and Yvonne Lehman. Sales of Brunstetter’s Amish-fiction titles with Barbour have topped 4 million copies.

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