We’re marking two years of publishing this week, and are celebrating signing over one hundred authors; selling 1.5 million ebooks, audiobooks and paperbacks; and generating close to half a billion pages read in Kindle Unlimited!

Storm is also announcing two promotions to coincide with its two-year anniversary. 

Emily Gowers, one of our first hires, has been promoted to Publishing Director, with effect from 1 June. She will also take responsibility for Storm’s audiobook rights sales.

Naomi Knox, who will now report to Emily, is promoted to Assistant Editor and will support Deputy Managing Director Claire Bord and Publisher Kathryn Taussig with their authors.

Kathryn Taussig, Emily’s manager, remarked on the promotions: “As well as building a stellar list of authors, Emily’s work on our rights business has been instrumental. Naomi has impressed us all from day one, and her move to Assistant Editor is the perfect next step in what I’m sure will be a long and successful publishing career.”

Storm is also expanding its publishing team with the recruitment of an Editorial Operations Assistant, a role that will report to Alexandra Begley, Editorial Operations Director.

Oliver Rhodes, Managing Director of Storm, commented: “I’m thrilled to celebrate our second birthday—a significant milestone in the startup world—and to have built such impressive momentum right from the beginning. I’m grateful to our authors and team for providing the support to make this possible.

I’m also excited about the opportunities ahead. We’ve laid important foundations, including achieving profitability, and it is inspiring to be building a forward-thinking, author-friendly independent publisher with this exceptional team.”